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“Apparently we were in the same middle school newspaper staff, but I have no recollection of this. Eighth graders were clearly too cool to pay attention to 7th graders,” he said. She added, “My junior year–his senior–we started hanging out and became good friends.” Not a lot of people can remember the specific date they […]
Coming to Iowa from Arizona in October means an instant cold chill, but Hannah & Tom’s wedding day was perfectly full of fall colors and a chilly breeze (wind? Hm…it was a bit billowy). They had their Celebration Farm wedding on a Friday, a personal favorite wedding day of mine, and included an intimate group of […]
They met in person for the first time at Backpocket Brewery on a Tuesday night. They were both busy and had a hard time finding a coordinating time when they were both available. “I was out of town, then he was out of town. We exchanged texts in the meantime. Nothing major–small talk, really–but I […]
They met at Augustana College when he was running for student office and asked her to run with him. They lost the race, but won with their friendship. She says they casually dated their junior year, but went their separate ways. During that time, she realized how much she missed him. “We began dating again our […]
They both admit that they have always known they were meant to be together. Christian said, “I think deep down I always knew. When you meet somebody as young as we were [in high school], you tend to go through growing pains…and we had ours. Through a few break-ups though, I realized I had never been […]