10 years...

Next week will mark the 10th annviersary of the first time Mr. J and I met. Here is the story....

Although we had lived in the same town, gone to most of the same schools and had many mutual friends, Mr J and I did not meet until after he was out of high school and I was in my senior year. We know God had waited until then to have us meet because He has perfect timing! We met through 2 friends who were (at the time) dating, Stefan and Vanessa. It was Vanessa's birthday so we all went to TGI Fridays for dinner. I had the privilege of sitting across the table from the older guy in the blue sweater who at the time worked at the local steel mill. We talked that night and then went our seperate ways again. It wasn't until a couple of months later that we went to a swing dancing class with our friends (that was all the rage back in the 90's, haha) and got to know each other while dancing. We officially started dating in March, and got married a little over 4 years after we first met. Mr. J took me to my senior prom in May of 1999. For your viewing enjoyment, I have posted some pictures below. I love the first picture, we stopped at his grandparents house on our way to dinner and they had him stand on a big book so he could be taller than me (we are the same height without shoes, but I was wearing heels that day).

Ahh, didn't we look so young?