Our Love Story

1. How long have you and your significant other been together?
P. and I have been together for 6 years this June 10th, but we have been married for 4 years this April 26th.

This was our first trip together to the beach - we had been dating about three months.



2. How did you meet? {What's your "love" story?}
We met on a Saturday for lunch at a little pizzeria here where we live. We had talked on the phone for HOURS the entire week leading up to the lunch, so I felt like I knew him already. His boss’ son was on my little brother’s baseball team. His boss asked my mom if I was dating anyone, she said “no”, phone numbers were exchanged, and I got a phone call from the sweet man that is now my hubby. Our first date was disastrous. My pug was at the groomer and they were closing right after lunch…bad timing on my part. I kept glancing at my watch praying I would make it in time to pick Pepper-Pug up…P. just thought I couldn’t wait to get out of there! Needless to say he almost never called me again…Thank goodness for divine intervention. Our next date we swore we both just knew…We were soul mates. We haven’t spent much time apart in the last 6 years…He’s my best friend.

3. If married, how long have you been married? If not, is this the guy you hope to marry? {do tell}
This April 26th we will have been married for 4 years…Time has flown!

4. If you are married, where did you get married at? Big or small wedding? If not, where would you like to get married? And will it be big or small?
We got married at Wynnton United Methodist Church. It was a semi-big wedding, I suppose. I think there was 150-175 people there.

5. Do you have any nick-names that you call one another? Do share!
No real nicknames…Although we both call each other “baby”. That’s our mutual term of endearment. I call him sweet-pea sometimes, but I think he chooses not to hear/notice! ;)

6. Name 3 things you love most about your honey.
His sense of humor…Lordy nobody makes me laugh like my hubby. I seriously tell him all the time he could have a second career as a comedian – no lie, folks…the man is funny!
His big heart…My husband is a closet softy. He loves his God, family, pets, and his work. I have seen my husband do some of the most selfless acts; and he never knew that I knew or saw, and he never mentioned them. That’s just P., he does things and doesn’t want the recognition for them…He’s that kind of wonderful.
This is cheesy, but his blue eyes. I pray all the time that if we are blessed with children that they have his amazing blue eyes. They run in his family, y’all…all of them have amazing blue eyes! I swear I could get lost in those eyes…and when I look into them I feel at home, safe, and always and forever in love with my sweetie.

7. Tell us how he proposed? Or your ideal proposal?
He proposed on a sofa in the hotel in our room where we were staying for our one year anniversary trip. We were getting ready for dinner and I had just had a shower; yes, wet hair and P.J.’s on! He said he couldn’t wait any longer; it was burning a hole in his pocket! He dropped down on one knee and the rest is history. We started planning and calling family right away!

8. Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day, or strawberries, champagne, and rose petals?
He isn’t a flowers king of guy…more towards a sweet card, jewelry, and a nice dinner. I won’t complain…I’ll take jewelry over flowers any day of the week!!

9. Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or pop a movie in and relax on the couch?

A pop in the movie and relax (we could do that while at the beach though!)...No, we really are pretty low-key people. Probably on the couch snuggled with out pugs.

10. Tell us one thing you'd like to do with your significant one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere?
I would go to Italy and Croatia with him. His mother’s side of the family has roots in Croatia, so to get to experience that with him would be amazing…and it’s near Italy, which is where I have always wanted to go!

11. Tell us what you plan on doing on this Valentine's Day.
I have class tomorrow night and the hubby has work…So we will probably have a nice quiet dinner at home tomorrow. We are pretty low-key on Valentine’s Day.

12. Are you asking for anything this Valentine's day?
No…Just grateful to have such a sweet hubby to spend the evening with!

13. Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love.
Humor…don’t take things too seriously. That and respect for one another. Oh, and seriously…never go to bed mad (true stuff there, y’all!).

14. Show us a picture of what love means to you.

This was at our wedding reception and to me our looks say it all...we are hopelessly in love with one another and so blessed to have found that love.