Jay & Annie’s Love Story

Now for a little bit about our love story… We grew up 20 minutes apart, but didn’t meet until we were attending different colleges in different states. Mutual friends introduced us during our winter break one year. We immediately hit it off on some common interests like sports and travel. Even though we were a few hours away from each other, we kept in close contact through text messages. (This was in the T9 days- if only we had today’s technology!) We also made visits as frequently as we could fit into our schedules and budgets. Thankfully we at least had summers and holiday breaks with each other to spend quality time together.

A few years after graduating we got married on December 27, 2008 right outside New York City. We picked this day because it was our anniversary of our first date together and since it was so close to Christmas, we knew the church would be amazingly decorated. We saved so much money on flowers! It was a relatively small wedding by NYC standards (around 100 people) but everyone in that room meant something important to each of us.

Our first dance song was by the band Journey (hint hint about the name of our blog!). It’s held special meaning to us ever since! It was at our wedding where our anniversary gifting tradition began. We’ll continue to share each of the presents that we’ve gotten each other for years 1-14 (click these links for posts about years 1, 7, 9, 12 and 14), and hopefully derive some inspiration for our upcoming 15th anniversary!