In 2006 I would have told you I had no interest in marriage. I was in my mid 20's and I enjoyed living the bachelor life. This all changed on February 23 2007, the day I met Sarah.

My cousins girlfriend(now wife) Alexis hired a new girl at her salon and she thought we might like each other. Alexis was the person who usually cut my hair at the time so she told me to come in with my cousin on a certain night when this new girl would be working. Alexis cut my hair as usual and the four of us went out and had a drink afterwards. We laughed and joked a little bit. She was super cool so at the end of the night we exchanged numbers and went our separate ways. The next day she ended up texting me while I was at work to see if I wanted to hang out. I said sure  and we have literally been together every day since.

It just worked. Right away we had a lot in common and laughed, A LOT. After a year of dating, on the anniversary of our first meeting we took a trip out of town to celebrate. I had plans for a more public proposal, but I chickened out and proposed in the hotel room. She said yes and we were married on Halloween 2009.

13 happy years later, she is my best friend and we still laugh... A LOT.  

I wish I had some nice love story to tell you all about how Andrew and I met but I don’t. I don’t have a “love at first sight” story or a “blind date success” story. You see, I went to middle school with Andrew and then high school with him. But funny thing is, I never said one word to him in all those 7 years. I never asked him if I could borrow his pencil, never accidentally bumped into him in the hallway, never got assigned as his partner, never a hi or bye…nothing. I simply knew of him and he of me.

Then, one weekend during my college freshman year, I got invited to a friend’s B-Day party in Hollywood. That was the first night we said our first words to each other.

Andrew: Are they always like this when they get together?

Me: Yeah, pretty much.

(We were talking about my sister and his college roommate who dated in high school and always seemed to tune out the rest of the world every time they saw each other.)

Anyways, that was pretty much it. That was our first encounter and, if I recall correctly, the only words we said to each other that night. Great story, right? Not really. But some love stories don’t come with a red bow on top, some start off kind of dull. But it’s our story so I wouldn’t change anything. 😊

Hope you all have a great Valentine’s Day next week!

Happy February everyone! Today I wanted to tell you a love story about my favorite person... ME! Just kidding, I wanted to give you the scoop on how I met my best friend, my hubby.

When I was 14, I saw the most perfect specimen (gross, I know) and I instantly fell head over heels in love. He was the social butterfly, I was the nerdy shy girl who had an embarrassingly obvious crush. I told my best friend all about him and she told me about a guy she was interested in too. It was most definitely time to introduce my bestie to Jordan and holy cow did that go wrong. HE WAS HER CRUSH TOO! Being a good friend and all, she gave me the green light on girl code and Jordan and I started dating. 

Fast forward 12 years later and it's our wedding day, easily the BEST day of my life. We got married in Vegas which is what we had been planning since we were 14. We decided to change a few things though, like not being so cheesy that we get married by Elvis. A bit of a regret there... 

We've been there for each other through our ups and downs and there's no one else on this earth that I'd rather play Pokemon Go with. From goofy teens to goofy adults to goofy partners for life, I love you to the moon and back, Jodin! 

- Main Photo: Wedding (2018)

- Top Right: He randomly found a wig to match my hair (2017)

- Bottom Right: Our first picture together, 15 years old (2006)