Our Story...

It all began in May of 2003, on Wood Lake...a small lake in the city of Fifty Lakes, MN (near Crosslake for those of you that may not be familiar with Northern Minnesota). I was spending a week with girlfriends at the Jarvi family cabin...we had just graduated college from St. Ben's and most of us didn't have jobs, nor did we know what we were going to do with our lives once we made our way back to our hometowns! It just so happened that Trav's parents have a lakehome next door to where we were staying! It was "like" at first sight...and I spent the rest of the week referring to Travis as my boyfriend!

The next few years involved job changes for me, moving from my hometown of Faribault to Minneapolis, moving in with Travis, and going through the normal ups and downs of starting your adult life and trying to make it on your own. We bought our first house in May of 2005 in SW Minneapolis and we're still there! It is a work in progress, but with Travis being a carpenter, he's always full of big ideas and new projects. I'm sure once we get it the way we want it he'll be ready to move so he can have something else to work on! Carpenters are crazy!! But I won't complain about having a handyman in the house!

And then comes the next step...marriage! Travis planned an amazing weekend for us at Ludlow's Resort on Lake Vermilion in Cook, MN. The best part about the trip was that it was a surprise and I actually had to follow a set of clues, kind of like a treasure hunt, to make my way to the resort. So yes, I spent almost 5 h0urs in a car by myself, following a set of clues that Travis had left for me at random places...one clue was in our deep freezer, the next clue was at Lund's grocery store, the next at Hardee's in Hinckley, and the final clue was in an envelope taped inside my trunk. He really put a lot of thought into planning the weekend. He proposed that night and of course I said YES!

Wedding planning was so not my thing...and so Travis and I decided to have a private ceremony in Mexico. We were ready to tie the knot, so we booked our trip to Silversands Resort in Riviera Maya! On December 12, 2008 we exchanged our vows on the beach...just the two of us! It was absolutely beautiful and perfect. We spent 12 days enjoying the sun, beach, ocean, margaritas, and plenty of relaxation! It had been about 2 years since our last vacation and so we were in desperate need of a break from real life.

We arrived back to MN to temperatures in the single digits (brrr!) and just days before Christmas. Our holiday season brought us up north for a few days, and then back to Faribault to visit my family. And this brings us to now...starting a blog to keep all of our family and friends up to speed on any new developments in our lives! We'll share plenty of pictures of the wedding/honeymoon and of all the other fun journeys we may go on!

Travis and I are blessed to have such a wonderful group of people in our lives and hope you all know how wonderful you are...

Take care and check back soon!