1. Describe your spouse on your first date?
Magnetic, the chemistry between us was like nothing I had ever experienced.  She was so easy to talk to and came across very genuine and completely “real”.  She struck me as the complete package.  I remember thinking to myself “how can a lady like this be single?”  Truth is, I had become emotionally invested in her during the prior 2 weeks of marathon texting.  I was hooked by the end of the first date. 

2. How did you meet your spouse?
Dating website.  We were an 85% match which was the highest I had ever seen in the two weeks I was online.  But honestly, it was her pretty face that caught my eye first.  I canceled my dating website profile shortly after our first date.

3. When and where did you first kiss?
Our first kiss was on the lawn of Lake Eola.  We sat on the grass and alternated between kissing and talking for hours that went by like minutes.

4. What color did your spouse wear on your first date?
White tank top with blue jeans.

5. Where did you go on your first date?
Frank & Steins Pub, then a Solar Bears hockey game and finally a stroll through downtown Orlando and around Lake Eola

6. Which one of your said, “I love you” first?
Me, evening of second date, 11/1/13.  But if I’m honest, I was starting to fall in love with her personality even before our first date.   We had texted so much and were so open with each other that by our first date it already seemed like we were good friends.  At some point during our second date, I told her I found myself wanting to say something that was clearly too early to say.  Later that night I told her I loved her. 

7. How long had you been dating when you became engaged?
Just over two years

8. What do you like best about your spouse?
I admire her as a person which makes her so easy to love.  She is one of the best humans I have ever known and the fact that she picked me to be her guy makes me incredibly proud.  She is simply the nicest person I have ever known.

9. What do you think is the one thing that your spouse likes best about you?
That I’m thoughtful and considerate of her feelings. 

10. If you could describe your spouse in one word, what word would it be?
Exhilarating

11. If your mother-in-law were an animal, what animal would she be?
Tiger is what I think I’m expected to say

12. What is your definition of, “And they lived happily ever after”?
Waking up every morning still wanting her to be the centerpiece of the memories that will be made that day.

1.Describe your spouse on your first date?
Oh, gosh! Patient! Haha. I was excited for our date, but also very nervous! I was enjoying being a girl and getting ready for our date and I lost track of time. I texted Greg to let him know and he told me not to worry about it. I expected to be about 20 minutes late. Maybe 30! But somehow once I arrived downtown, I could not find the parking garage he had told me to park. I circled back and forth multiple times before finally finding it. I ended up being about an hour late! Not exactly how I wanted to start off our first date.

When I first laid eyes on Greg, I thought he was handsome. But what I remember most vividly about those first few moments was how strange his Pennsylvania accent sounded to me! Leading up to our first face to face meeting, Greg and I had already invested 9 days (and probably 90 hours) in getting to know each other through emails and nonstop text messaging each other. Yet, I hadn’t heard his voice. And boy, did it throw me!
   
2.How did you meet your spouse?
Destiny! He just landed in my inbox one day. He’d sent me an email two days earlier on October 16th. I responded on October 18th, while on a Delta flight—sitting in the first row, first class, window seat, next to my friend, Matt—returning from a business trip in Chicago and Detroit. I connected to WIFI and answered his message while flying home to Orlando.

3. When and where did you first kiss?
Greg will say at the hockey game. He’ll say he leaned in and gave me a peck and I responded by laughing at him. I have zero memory of this! I remember our first kiss being later that evening—at Lake Eola.

4. What color did your spouse wear on your first date?
He was actually very casual. Our date was a hockey game, but still remember thinking he was pretty casual. I wondered if that was maybe just a sign of his quiet confidence.

He wore a lighter blue Vneck t-shirt, white wash light jeans and tennis shoes! (Ohhhhh how I disliked those jeans!)

5.Where did you go on your first date?
Met for a drink at Frank & Steins downtown. Walked to arena to watch Solar Bear Hockey Game (my first). Then, took a long stroll around Lake Eola before finding a place on the grass and copping a squat.

6.Which one of your said, “I love you” first?
Greg. We had gone to Leu Gardens for Movie on the Lawn (under the Stars). Best date ever—and still one of our favorite places to go! It was sweet. But made me a bit nervous. I was hoping he wasn’t just rebounding with the first woman who was kind to him! But I felt the connection, too. It was deep. Still, I wasn’t ready to reciprocate, so I replied with, “I adore you.”

7.How long had you been dating when you became engaged?
Greg popped the question on November 30, 2015. We had just celebrated our two-year anniversary the month before.

8. What do you like best about your spouse?
There are a million little things that I love about Greg—I actually made him a book last Valentine’s Day documenting many of them! What do I like best? Ultimately, above all else, I really like that I know Greg is a good person. He’s thoughtful and compassionate. He’s attentive and protective. He has a good heart and is honest. He’s responsible and dependable. He’s an exceptional Dad and he cherishes his parents. He’s even keeled with a great head on his shoulders. He has a quiet confidence about himself that never requires boosting. He is extremely witty and quick to banter. He’s ridiculously funny and has a goofy side that not everyone sees. He’s smart and business savy. He’s handsome and sexy as hell. He loves animals—even my dog, Tator! He’s trustworthy and honorable. He’s accepting and inclusive and non-judgmental. He’s reasonable and rational and always seeks to understand others’ points of view, especially when they differ from his own. He’s passionate about life, about God, about our family and about me. What I like most about Greg is that he’s a GOOD MAN. In every sense of the word. And knowing him and loving him has made me a better woman.

9. What do you think is the one thing that your spouse likes best about you?
Interesting---I think he will have a similar, yet shorter response to what I said above. I think what Greg will say he likes best about me—is that I’m a good person—just that the core of who I am is someone he likes and admires. That he’s proud of the person that I am. I think he’s happy he can say that.

10. If you could describe your spouse in one word, what word would it be?
worthy

11. If your mother-in-law were an animal, what animal would she be?
The first thing that came to mind was a gazelle. I’m not sure why exactly. I’ve always thought gazelles were so graceful and beautiful. Alert, smart and intuitive. Wonder what my new Mom will think of my answer! haha

12. What is your definition of, “And they lived happily ever after”?
What a beautiful question. My favorite one actually. My definition of “and they lived happily ever after” would literally just be a continuum of the last 3 years. Waking up every day with this wonderful man, having the privilege of witnessing his life, sharing my life with him…..just spending the rest of my days with my hand in his and knowing that together we can handle anything. Because he’s “my person” and I’m his. And from this point forward, whatever we decide to do and whatever life presents, we get to do it together—as a team.