Happy Anniversary!Today is our first wedding anniversary and our fifth anniversary of the day we started dating! I really feel like this year (and 5 years) has gone by really fast. I'll try to remember everything that has happened over these past years:
2005 - Started 'officially' dating. I was a senior in high school and he had been in the Marines for about a year. He would come to visit me from Monterey every weekend, and we went to our first Marine Corps ball together.
2006 - I graduated high school and started attending SJSU. On Valentine's day that year I had the flu, but we tried to make the best of our time together. We went to my Senior Ball together. On my 18th birthday we went to visit Brad's sister and husband and went to Vegas together.
2007 - We road tripped to move Brad to Texas and then later Georgia while I continued at SJSU and my involvement in ROTC. Our months were spent counting down the days until we saw each other again. Brad surprised me and came home for Christmas and we went to San Jose's Christmas in the Park together.
2008 - We got engaged this January! I was in the Miss Alameda County pageant, and Brad was able to fly home to escort me on stage. Brad moved to North Carolina and then Iraq for 7 months. That summer I went to Field Training at Maxwell AFB to continue my AF career.
2009 - Brad came home safely from Iraq around Valentine's day. We adopted our first dog Hank in March, and I took him with me to Georgia to visit Brad. We spent most of our time that summer in Savannah and Tybee Island. We adopted our second dog Spencer right before our wedding. Brad finished his time in the Marines and moved in with me. Oh, and we got married.
2010 - Brad started school, and I graduated from SJSU and commissioned into the Air Force. We moved back to Livermore and spent the summer vacationing in Mexico and at my grandparents house. We recently road tripped across the country to move me to Alabama. In October we will be moving to Texas together.
It's so fun looking back at all of the cool things we have done together. We are definitely looking forward to this next year of exciting changes.
Happy Anniversary, babe!
Love,
Stephanie
2005 - Started 'officially' dating. I was a senior in high school and he had been in the Marines for about a year. He would come to visit me from Monterey every weekend, and we went to our first Marine Corps ball together.
2006 - I graduated high school and started attending SJSU. On Valentine's day that year I had the flu, but we tried to make the best of our time together. We went to my Senior Ball together. On my 18th birthday we went to visit Brad's sister and husband and went to Vegas together.
2007 - We road tripped to move Brad to Texas and then later Georgia while I continued at SJSU and my involvement in ROTC. Our months were spent counting down the days until we saw each other again. Brad surprised me and came home for Christmas and we went to San Jose's Christmas in the Park together.
2008 - We got engaged this January! I was in the Miss Alameda County pageant, and Brad was able to fly home to escort me on stage. Brad moved to North Carolina and then Iraq for 7 months. That summer I went to Field Training at Maxwell AFB to continue my AF career.
2009 - Brad came home safely from Iraq around Valentine's day. We adopted our first dog Hank in March, and I took him with me to Georgia to visit Brad. We spent most of our time that summer in Savannah and Tybee Island. We adopted our second dog Spencer right before our wedding. Brad finished his time in the Marines and moved in with me. Oh, and we got married.
2010 - Brad started school, and I graduated from SJSU and commissioned into the Air Force. We moved back to Livermore and spent the summer vacationing in Mexico and at my grandparents house. We recently road tripped across the country to move me to Alabama. In October we will be moving to Texas together.
It's so fun looking back at all of the cool things we have done together. We are definitely looking forward to this next year of exciting changes.
Happy Anniversary, babe!
Love,
Stephanie
