Our Story

This is our story.

Grand Valley's art department was a small building, full of talented and dreamy eyed students. It just so happened to be where Dan saw me for the first time. Even though it took weeks for him to even say hi, he eventually did. Four years later, we were saying "I do" on the shoreline of Lake Michigan.

In the past five years of marriage, life has thrown us a lot of obstacles, as it tends to do, but we have made the most of it and have enjoyed ourselves. We started off in Michigan, but due to a lack of income and jobs in our respective fields, we found ourselves packing up our cars and driving to Portland, Oregon. It was there that our married life began. Dan worked as a creative for a marketing company and I worked as a graphic designer/marketing coordinator for a real estate company.

Eventually the economy got the better of us, once again, and Dan started his own web design company after being let go. Despite the tough times, we were set on having adventures. We found ourselves touring the state of Oregon on the weekends in search of great hikes and forgotten campgrounds. Bears, creek crossing, rock climbing, and many many miles later, we had so many great experiences with friends.

A few big road trips were put in the photo books; national parks had been seen; meals cooked on the side of the road were eaten. Yes, we've had some amazing times!

In October of 2012, we welcomed the newest addition to our family when little Jane was born. She is by far the greatest adventure we have had yet! Shortly after she joined us, Dan was offered a dream job designing video games. One caveat to the offer, we'd have to move from Portland to San Francisco. The choice was easy, but the move wasn't. During the week of Thanksgiving, we said goodbye to our Portland friends and headed to the Bay Area to make a new home.

Now that we are in California, we have a whole new state to explore and I get to spend my days with our little girl, the greatest job in the world!