How it all started

The story of how Matt and I came to be is such an amazing gift from God. Matt and I attended the same high school for four years, but we didn't actually meet until our first year of college. The funny thing is that we are both from Escondido but didn't meet until we both were in Irvine at Concordia University. God is so amazing that way. He was waiting until we were emotionally ready for each other. You see, my younger brother ran cross country with Matt in high school. So when my family came to move me in, my dad and brother were bored with getting my room ready. They decided to go wander the grounds. My brother recognized Matt from a distance and the shy guy that my dad is ;) he decided to flag Matt down and told him "Didn't you run cross country with my son?" They talked for a little and then my dad quickly returned to my room to tell me about his encounter. The next day, as I was walking with my roommate, Matt stopped me and told me "Hey when you talk to your brother tell him I said hi" Romantic right? :) For the next couple of weeks he would look for me and ask me about my brother. We slowly became friends and in October of 2001 we started dating. We not only were boyfriend and girlfriend, but we were best friends. We got married in July of 2007 and have been happily married ever since.