We met at Applebee's restaurant in Roseburg, OR on March 20, 2004. We were having dinner with a mutual group of friends. This was spring vacation for both of us from college so Emily was home from Western to stay with her family. We hung out everyday that week before Emily had to go back to school. We have been together ever since.
Jason proposed to Emily at her college house in Monmouth, OR on March 20, 2006. We went to dinner at McMinnemin's in Corvallis. While we were dining, Jason had his friend get Em's room ready for the proposal complete with rose pedals, candles, music, and a gift. We went to get ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery after dinner than ventured back to Em's house. Jason finally convinced Em to go to her room. She opened the package which was a plague from the Universal Star Counsel. Jason had named a star, Emily Joy Bruggeman. As Emily began figuring out what the plague said, Jason got down on his knee and pulled out the ring and asked her to marry him! Of course she said yes!
We spent a good year and a few months planning our beautiful wedding but more importantly our lives together. We were married by Paster Richard from Hucrest Church on July 7, 2007.
Jason continued pursueing his degree in Mathematics at Western Oregon Univ. While Emily started teaching first grade at Stayton Elementary School. We lived in Sublimity in a two bedroom apartment with our kitty Tinkerbell. Jason finished school in 2008 and got his job at RLSM in Independence in Nov. 2008.
In August 2009 we began house hunting in Independence, OR. Although we looked at a total of 23 houses, we still ended up in the house of our dreams (which happened to be the first house we looked at). We signed papers closing the deal on our first home on Sept. 11, 2009.
In December 2009, we got the exciting news that we would be expecting our first baby in August of the next year!
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