Thursday, April 17, 2014

Our Story

Ryan & Lauren

It's hard to believe that we met just over 3 years ago.  If seems like we've known each other and been together forever!  It's hard to even imagine life before Ryan was in it.

Here's a quick run down of how we met… I'll try to keep this short and sweet.  I was in the process of getting my teaching credential and was finishing up my student teaching.  Ryan was a computer tech for the school district.  One day, while teaching in the computer lab, Ryan can in to fix some of the computers.  I was being observed by my supervisor that day, so he has a running joke that I was being observed by more than one person that day! :) Apparently I made a good impression on him because he came with the intention of fixing a few computers and left with the intention of asking me out.  I have to say, though he may have been checking me out, he was certainly a big distraction for this teacher.  Not because he was being loud and distracting my class, but because he was so good looking and I was single and on the prowl!  I remember staying a little longer after class so that I could talk to him.  In the coming days, we would have more encounters, all of which we laugh about because tried to find each other on campus without acting too obvious.  If we only knew what the future had in store for us at that time.

Probably about a week or two after our first encounter, my supervising teacher, Katie, told me that Ryan had asked about me.  Now Katie is young, fun and we have become good friends over the years, but I had never said ANYTHING to her about being interested in him.  The two of them had apparently had a conversation about me though and Ryan became very interested, and Katie quickly became match-maker.  When she told me he had asked about me I was like, "WHAT?! Seriously? What did he say?"  (Hello!  This guy is hot!)  She didn't know much information about him.  Just that he was super nice, he had "some kids" though she wasn't sure how many and she thought he was late 30's possibly 40.   Ok, let me clarify… I was 27 at the time and 40 was going to be WAY to old! And kids… I had dated a guy with a kid and that was a train wreck so I wasn't too interested in someone with kids either.  However, Ryan had "IT"!  By "it" I mean, he was easy on the eyes, had a bit of a bad boy look (that's always been my weakness), a great personality, and everyone at work had nothing but positive things to say about him.  In fact, I remember our principal telling the staff to vote for him for employee of the year because he had been so amazing helping us out.  (Which he was awarded the following month and I got to be a part of that.) Long story short, he's a good guy… cute god guy! So I told Katie to give him my number.  Before long, he had sent her his number to give to me and said he'd call me on Sunday. Jokingly I said, "Sunday? what's that, the day his kids go to their moms?" BINGO!  Well it was Thursday and Sunday was a LONG ways away, so this girl had to make the first move.  We had a little conversation via text messaging Friday night, but he's such a good dad that he wanted to spend time with his kids, so I waited (not so patiently) until Sunday.  He finally called and we talked for over an hour and set up a date for that upcoming Tuesday. We consider that date (our first date) as our anniversary since we were pretty inseparable from that point on. April 12, 2011 was a good day!  Oh and P.S. I found out he has 4 kids.  Talk about an overachiever! :)
This was one of our first dates!

To continue my not so short story, we were practically living together within a month...

engaged by August... 

and married the following June. 

I cannot believe how incredibly blessed I have been to find such an amazing man!  
One that has invited me into his family, that has taught me how to love, live and appreciate life. 
Ryan is the perfect balance for me.  He calms me, appreciates me, and respects me.  
I couldn't ask for a better partner in life and there's 
no one that I'd rather share every day of my life with!  
I love you Ryan and I love our crazy beautiful family! 

Now married for almost 2 years…

 and learning how to become a stepmom to 4 wonderful kids, we are on to our next chapter in life.


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