take me back.

four years ago today(ish),

i kissed the boy i'm going to marry for the first time.

somehow i can't find any pictures from the night

except for this one:

(i love my friends.)

....but i know more exist

of the post-finals, pre-christmas break

party my roomies and i hosted.

{girlfraynds, send pics from that party if you have some! 

mhalaska: i'm pointing at you!}

we don't have an official anniversary, so december

(especially around this time)

has become the marker.

four years and several pit stops later

[omaha; fort knox, kentucky; fort sill, oklahoma; chicago; iraq; tennessee; baltimore; afghanistan], 

here we are,

planning a wedding.

i don't think we ever could've guessed during that milwaukee winter

that our reality would go from this

to this

but it truly feels like not long ago when i asked this boy

"so are you going to kiss me or what?!"

time really does fly when you're having fun...

and falling more in love every day.

happy anniversary, sweet fiance!!!