We are not that complicated, but it suddenly becomes very difficult to summarize who we are. A little disclaimer to start: This is Sarah writing. It probably will always be Sarah. Therefore, "I" refers to Sarah. I have a hard time talking in 1st person about anyone other than myself!
Casey and I met my freshman year of college at UTK. He was a junior at Carson Newman. He, along with about 10 other people, got snowed-in in Knoxville in my teeny apartment. We became easy friends, laughing at one another (and his friend Todd and a bunch of inappropriate "me and your mom" jokes!). We remained friends for over a year and a half. We then dated for about 2 years before becoming engaged on my first graduation from college. Casey had moved back to Birmingham after his graduation, and we saw each other every couple of weeks. This was in a time before cell phones and, gasp, e-mail. I went on to graduate school, and Casey was working on his Master's as well. We got married a week after I graduated again, and moved to Jacksonville, Al, where Casey had one more semester to go.
I just realized how wordy I am being and that this is meant to be a summary of ourselves, so yada, yada, yada...
We will have been married 11 years this August. We took the verse "be fruitful and multiply" to heart. Our oldest child, Caleb, turns 10 years in July. (Quick! Do the math!) Isabella is 7 years, followed by Ava at 3 years, and Luciana at 2 years. Our spacing isn't perfect but our children are! I cannot imagine life without being a mother and am sure that is my purpose on Earth. I also just gradauted as a pediatric nurse practitioner and have been very blessed to secure a position at (in my humble opinion) the best pediatric office in Knoxville. Casey meanwhile works for Denso Manufacturing in Maryville. He will have been there a decade in August. This is certainly not his dream job, nor for that matter, remotely related to his degrees, but it does provide our family with security. He is great at what he does, no matter what that is!
