welcome

It was a hot summer day in 2004 in Cincinnati, Ohio, when we found ourselves in my (now) best friend's backyard at a summer party she was throwing. At the time, we didn't know each other. But, Patrick remembers what I was wearing to this day -- a white tank top with a mini jean skirt. Patrick heard me, a young teenage girl, bouncing up and down on a nearby trampoline talking about pineapples, and he immediately fell in love... :) The high school years passed us by, and even though we attended different schools, we were always in each others lives. We then went off to separate colleges, two hours away from one another, still together despite being geographically apart. We went off on our own studies abroad - I explored France, and Patrick, India, and we never fell out of love. After college, we moved to California together (going on 9 years ago). Life brought us some hardships but we made it through and our love has grown even stronger. As Patrick likes to say, "our love story is the best love poem that was ever written" and I agree. We are both so excited to marry our high school sweetheart, and we are delighted to begin our happily ever after with you!