Sweet Hearts

I'm going to share a little about Travis & I

Picture is of Travis and I going out to dinner for my friend Lacey's 21st birthday (10/17/2001). We used this picture for our engagement.

1- Where did you meet you hubby? Travis and I met at Blockbusters in Portland. He moved from Salt Lake to Portland in August and my high school friend Hannah and I moved to Portland in September to live with my elementary school friend Lacey. Hannah and I moved on such short notice that we didn't have jobs so we just applied and got hired at Blockbusters.

2- Who asked who out first? Nobody really ask anyone. I called him first to have him and Calvin come over and hang out with my roommates and I.

3- What do you remember most about him? His eyes, they are very blue

4- What did you do on your first date? We mostly hung out with our roommates and their friends. We went to see Zoolander together with a group of people. Our actual first date was the Portland Zoo.

5- What was your favorite thing to do while dating? Everything, we had fun hanging out at home or going out with friends.

6- When was your first kiss by your sweetheart? Beginning of October. Travis and Calvin got invited to go to his brother Bryan's place for Jennifer's birthday dinner. I was very nervous to meet part of Travis' family. I was very impressed that Everet(4 yrs old) and Janalyn (2 yrs old) could say my name.

7-Who said I love you first? Travis said it first, it was on Valentine's day back in 2002

8-When did you first realize that you loved him? Don't really remember I think it was probably some time around Valentine's day when he told me he loved me.

9- How did he propose? Hate to say it but it was not romantic at all. We had just gotten back from a New Year's Eve Party and it was like 2 am and he had said that before he leaves he wants to get married. He was enrolled to go in to the National Guards at the time. Lucky him he was able to get discharged honorably (he was underweight so they gave him the option)

10-What do you remember about your wedding day? I remember everything from that exciting time in our lives. We wanted to do an outside wedding since our families came from different religion back grounds and wanted it to reflect who Travis and I are as people. We are both really laid back, easy going, enjoy going out to the movies, staying home watching movies, hanging out with our friends & family, love BBQing in the summer, camping, and hiking (I'm not in to hiking as much as him). Any way we got married at Mary S Young State Park in West Linn OR on August 24, 2003 (Travis was working for the Parks & Recreations). We had our family and bridal party come in the day before. My mom and sister in laws Allison & Roni help decorate the covered area were we did the vowes exchange and where we were going to eat. My aunt Nancy made our cake (it was beautiful and yummy). My brother Lincoln created our wedding announcements. We had Busters BBQ come in to do the catering and that was the best BBQ food ever! We were married by 4:30 pm had our dinner. For our reception we did something a little different we rented a bowling ally from 8 PM to Midnight. Travis and I both like bowling and I like dancing but... Travis isn't that great and he kinda embarrasses me when he does (shhh.. that is a secret even though I tell him). Anyway we ended up order pizzas later at the bowling alley. It was a lot of fun and something different! That was our wedding long version shorten. It fit us perfectly.

This was almost 6 years ago and today we are happy, healthy and in love with not just each other but our little OBO (nickname for Eoghan)

Taken by Christy Nestripke 10/2008