Amanda and Craig: How it all began.

I honestly can't remember the first time I met Craig. He kind of just got absorbed in my life. He was my younger brother, Timmy, friend and hung around with the other neighborhood kids. One of the earliest memories I have of him is at school: I had to go up to the art room and he was there working on a project. I specifically went out of my way to go say hello because I thought he was cute.
I went off to college not long after that and we would talk online (AIM! haha) all the time. When I dropped out I came back, we hung out all the time. We went to a Chevelle concert, watched movies like Dazed and Confused, went to Geauga Lake and much much more back in our teens. This was all 8-9 years ago. I know most people have these crazy/funny/memorable first time meeting stories but I like our very organic way of getting together.

Here's a very old picture from the time period I was just describing:

hahahaha. At the Cleveland Zoo circa 2004.

Date is Set! October 13, 2012

Craig and I officially have a date set. Here's the place we booked:

Inside

The back stairs

The front, coming through the parking lot

Best part in that it is a two minute hike to a waterfall. (!!) It was literally the only place I looked at. This means it is a lot of DIY. We reserved it all day, just in case we need to get married on the lawn if we can't find a ceremony location. This is real! It's finally happening!