Five Years Today.

I apologize in advance if I get sappy in today's post, as it is M and I's five year dating anniversary today. While this may seem like no amount of time at all for couples who have been together for decades, I am so amazed at how far we have come in the past five years. I'll let pictures do most of the talking, because seriously, it's hilarious to look at old pictures of ourselves.

We started dating when I was 17 and M was 18. I was a junior in high school, and he was a senior. Although we didn't attend the same high school, we were inseperable from the very beginning.

We attend M's senior prom together...

...and had to conquer the whole long-distance thing when M went away to college five hours away...

Before we knew it I was about to graduate high school myself!

By the end of my senior year I made the decision to also attend the same college as M...

We attended many a Pittsburgh Penguins game together....

We got some fancy pictures taken to celebrate our 3-year dating anniversary...

M popped the question shortly after our 4 year anniversary, and it was truly the best day ever....

I am so incredibly blessed to have this wonderful man in my life as my forever sidekick. I would have never imagined that this boy I met on a blind date in high school would turn into the love of my life and my closest, very best friend...

M, I am so grateful for you! You are my encourager, my rock, and the one I can always count on. You make every single day so much fun, and I promise to never ever get used to you. I am so excited for the next journey of our lives - marriage!- to start in a little less than nine months. Thank you for putting up with me and all my crazy antics over the past five years. You are the best, ever.

xoxo, J