From our maid of honor Kim

Two stories from Kim:

Tom contacted me via computer when he was ring shopping for Krista's engagement ring online. All he knew in advance was that she wanted to get engaged and she would want a ring. After IM'ing for a bit, I convinced him that I could call Krista and find out everything he would need to know about what kind of ring she would want. While Tom was on the computer, I gave Krista a call. The beautiful thing was that I, too, was hoping to get engaged sometime soon. Talking about what kind of rings we would both want was a piece of cake!! It was all pretty comical... I would ask Krista, "So, I wonder when I'm going to figure out my ring size. Do you remember yours from our high school rings?" She would answer... then I would type the answer to Tom. Then I would say things like, "I wonder what kind of metal Jason will pick out for our wedding bands. What kind would you want?" (Typing to Tom- "yellow gold band.") "I don't know what kind of cuts I like. How about you, Krista?" (Typing to Tom- "she DOES NOT want heart or pear-shaped. She likes round!") By the end of the conversation, Tom had the perfect ring picked out for Krista. One day on a mountain top, Tom presented her with a beautiful ring. :) I was so honored for Tom to ask for my help and in turn be a small part of that special moment.

Krista and Tom came over to see Jason & I just after our first Thanksgiving as a married couple in our new house. I had never built a gingerbread house before, so we decided it would be fun to construct one as a group! Needless to say, Tom, Krista, & I made sure that everything was very symmetrical and perfectly spaced out. (We are all first-born children in our families, so this came naturally to us.) Jason did his best to throw off some of the color combinations of our candy on the roof of the gingerbread house... and he did a lovely job decorating the front yard of the house (skating rink & all)! About 40 minutes later, we ended up with a candy-guy wearing what we thought looked like a hazmat suit holding a soda! We decided that we needed to take a group picture to celebrate my first gingerbread experience, but Tom kept blinking in every shot! It took about 7 pictures (some taken with and others taken without the flash) before we got the perfect shot. To this day, it is one of my favorite pictures ever.