We're Getting Married!

You can call us "Middle School Sweethearts".. Or something like that. We met in 6th grade and "dated" for 15 minutes.. a loving relationship filled with lots of AOL instant messaging, awkward hand holding, and the yawn/stretch-to-arm-around-the-shoulder moves. Unfortunately, things ended when Caleb gave me a piece of jewelry I didn't like - Caleb thinks it was a ring, I think it was a necklace. Caleb moved to AL after freshman year of high school, and we grew up 1500 miles apart. We can't say this is a situation of "the one that got away," where we were both thinking of the love we once had and how silly we were to let it go... No, we both enjoyed high school and college, had tons of friends, first loves, and good times. But Caleb would come back to Boulder to visit, and in 2014 at my going away party to vet school, we reconnected for the first time since seeing each other at Fairview High. And in a dive bar on Pearl Street, with peanut shells littered at our feet and the smell of stale beer in the air, Caleb kissed me for the first time. 😍 We started dating long distance, going back and forth from CO to AL every chance we could, and we quickly fell in love. It was excruciating only seeing each other every couple of months, but when we did see each other it was wonderful - filled with fun adventures, great food, and love. And in between, we were the best support for each other during the grueling years of medical training. It was perfect. After 5 years of long distance, we finally moved in together in Mobile, AL while Caleb finished medical school. When it came time to apply for residencies, Caleb planned his proposal and asked me to marry him on the top of McAfee's Knob right before we learned we would be moving back to Fort Collins for the remainder of his medical training! Of course I said yes!! So, we packed up our chihuahuas and moved into our perfect little house where we have started building our lives together. ❤️