From the beginning...

Gus and I have been talking about starting a blog for a while but neither one of us did anything about it until yesterday. Surprisingly, Gus had the urge to create our blog last night and actually did it. I had to keep a blog for an online staff development I did this summer, so I have a little experience. Click here to see my blog. I wanted to start our blog from the beginning, so I'll share a quick picture time line to catch you up.


First, we met in eighth grade in Mrs. Thompson's science class at Franklin Middle School.

We were "boyfriend girlfriend" for two weeks, then I broke up with him because it's hard to have a relationship over the summer when you're 14.

Then, we started dating on November 5, 2002, during our junior year of high school, when I was a Panader and Gus was a Pana-dude. 

After high school, we both went to Texas A&M (for different reasons), Gus wanted to be in the Corps and I always liked the school since my cousins went there.

April 11, 2008, during our senior year, Gus proposed to me under the Century Oak Tree.

I graduated in May of 2008 and Gus graduated in August 2008. I started teaching first grade the next school year in Mesquite and Gus went to basic training for the Army National Guard.


One year and three months after we got engaged, on July 11, 2009 I married my high school sweetheart and best friend.

Almost a year later, on May 3, 2010 we bought our first house in Mesquite, Texas.

 

We moved in (with lots of help from my parents) on May 22, 2010. Then, almost a week after moving in we decided to get our puppy, Bella.

 

Now we have one big happy family! So, if you're wondering if there are any children in our near future the answer is NO, not yet. Raising a puppy is enough work already. 

We were lucky enough to get to take a trip to Hawaii with my family and my mom's sister's family. There were 11 of us total. We flew to Honolulu and took a cruise to Maui, Kona and Hilo on the Big Island, and Kauai. Here's a break down of what we got to do: 

Maui: Drove the very beautiful, long, and winding road to Hana and we woke up before the crack of dawn to see the sunrise on top of Haleakala. That was very cold and amazing.

  

Hilo: Went to Volcanoes National Park

 

Kona: Went snorkeling at Two Step beach where I did indeed almost get eaten by a sea turtle.

Kauai: Ziplined over a creek valley next to the mountains, went snorkeling again at Ke'e beach, and took an AMAZING helicopter ride over the beautiful island of Kauai.