They met, originally, probably, in august of 1997 (which, for those of you that are counting, was the first week liz was at college). They started dating in approximately February of 1999, had a long-distance thing for almost a year in 2000, moved cross-country and in together in 2001, bought a house in 2002, and became engaged in January 2004.
liz (the bride) grew up in binghamton, NY, where she was terrible at soccer, but they let her play anyway. She went to high school at Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, where she (on the whole) had a lovely time. She also went to Powell House a lot and was eventually a junior counselor. liz went to Beloit College in Wisconsin and got a BS in molecular biology, and now has a real 8-to-5 job in a cube farm. liz is learning to cook and is becoming adept at stir fry, but doesn't have the patience for baking. she has also made several attempts at reading Ulysses.
matt (the groom) was born in chicago but shortly thereafter moved to decatur, IL. He was lucky enough to play the violin in the school band, and went all the way to Eagle Scout, as well as making time for native american dancing. matt also graduated from Beloit, and they made him president of his fraternity (Phi Kappa Psi) and head residential assistant. He's now working on a Ph.D at Texas A&M in biochemistry (and is about halfway - and, yes, they pay him), agility classes for our two dogs, and getting his World of Warcraft rogue to lvl60. matt really likes the movie the boondock saints.
They both go canoeing a lot, including the Texas Water Safari, which matt did and liz cheered on primarily from the comfort of their own home (they reccomend the Little River, Little Colorado, and San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers). Their dogs are named Emily (a.k.a. Dog Number One, a.k.a. Monster, a.k.a. Kitten, who is part german shepherd) and Denali (a.k.a. Dog Number Two, a.k.a. Tweety Bird, a.k.a. The Neediest Dog on the Face of the Planet, who is part coyote). They both go to the Fox and Hound English Pub & Grille on Thursdays, which is $2 pint night, but which is, sadly, a chain of atrocious bars exactly like every other chain of atrocious bars. Revolution in downtown Bryan is much better, but doesn't have Fat Tire on tap.
