Five Years Later

Sean and I were married April 17th 2009 which means this past week was our fifth wedding anniversary. 

We first met on April 10th 2008 when I was on a vacation visiting my brother in Los Angeles.  We were getting together with a group of my brother's friends to watch an episode of The Office so we stopped by Sean's house who agreed to carpool with us to Pasadena.  We had just picked up some In-N-Out so when we were at Sean's apartment I had a picture taken of me with my In-N-Out.  Because of this image we know what I was wearing when I met him. 

Later we played some Rock Band together.  We went to Disneyland after that and spent the evening together.  I can't remember if we ever rode a ride next to each other but I do remember thinking I wanted to.

 

Snuck this one off of Facebook, one where we were next to each other.

Once I returned to Boston from my vacation I added my brother's friends as Facebook friends.  I think I might have waited to add Sean last because I didn't want to seem like I was anxious.  Sean remembers seeing one of the other guys was friends with me and was wondering why he wasn't friends with me yet.  It must have been a few days before I added him.  We eventually started Facebook chatting with each other and one night I wrote a message to him telling him if he ever was bored and wanted to talk to a girl on the east coast that he could.  I left him my phone number and immediately signed off.  I was too nervous to wait around for a response.  Within the week he called.

I kept inviting him out to Boston for a visit.  I figured he could have a semi-free visit out to a great destination--it wasnt necessarily for him to come see ME.  That would have just been an added benefit.  When he finally booked his ticket, I sort of freaked out.  It was a lot of money and I was concerned that I was leading him on in some way.  I was really unsure how I felt about it.  In the end I figured it would just be a fun weekend with a cute guy.


He came and we had a blast.  He was introduced to Vacations by Heike, well organized and informed, escorted tours.   He saw and experienced so much.  By the time he left I knew this was it.  It was just a matter of time and we would be getting married.

It took a couple of months but eventually I moved to LA that November, was engaged in December and married one year and one week after we met.  The past five years have been so much fun.  We've had so many adventures both great and small.  We count ourselves extremely blessed.  We're probably one of the happiest to be married to each other couples you've ever met!