2 YEARS!!

Ok so Tuesday was our 2 year Anniversary! WOW! Here's our story...

(I'll apologize in advance for so many words. I'm not one who normally types much)

WE START WITH HIGH SCHOOL...

We got together sometime during the school year or 1996...of course that was YEARS after we "met" at Wal-Mart. (Which really was YEARS after we were in the same primary when I lived in Safford) Anyway, so Dustin still says we met in Taco Bell, but he is wrong. We saw each other in Taco Bell but didn't actually speak to each other until we were in the Garden Section of Wal-Mart. He claims he fell in love with me that day and I'm not sure it's all true, but I guess I should believe him. I didn't fall in love with him until years later...it took me some time :). 

Our First Dance together...SHS Prom in '96. We basically look hideous. Look how skinny he is!!! My goodness. I won't even talk about myself....

THS Homecoming in 97. After Dustin played his first summer of baseball. I was SO excited to have him back! Especially in time for the Dance.

High School in '97. We took Luci to the Airport the night after homecoming. We were sad to let her Go. Funny thing about this - see how Dustin still looks so little/skinny! I remember him coming home and he came to pick me up from school for lunch the day he got back and when I saw him I thought he looked so Big. haha. I guess compared to what he was before he was big.

THS Girl's Dance '97. This is my favorite old picture of us.

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Then while Dustin was playing baseball we broke up...or more likely I broke us up. I was a college girl who was on a mission to have fun without a boyfriend and really...well Dustin was always off playing baseball and I had a hard time with that. But....

THEN THERE WAS COLLEGE

Well I was in college anyhow. He was still playing baseball. We got back together...again. This is the only pic I can find of us together. It was in the 2000-2001 area. 

THE IN -BETWEEN 

We weren't together for a LONG time. In fact as we know, I got married. In 2005 I got divorced. One night I couldn't sleep. It was a bit of rough times adjusting to being divorced and so I got up around midnight and went to my computer. I logged into myspace in hopes of after browsing awhile I'd get tired and want to go to sleep. (I didn't have TV to watch because I was too poor and couldn't afford cable and I was too lazy to put a movie in.) Anyways, so I'm looking around at pages and I go back to my homepage and I have a message. I click, it's from a Dustin. I'm like thinkin' who the heck is this. I open it and it says something like "I heard about your grandpa and I hope you're doing ok. Dustin." (My grandpa had died a few weeks earlier.) So I look at his page and it says he graduated from THS in 98. So then I'm confused cause the only Dustin I remember was Dustin Welker. So I immediately call Erin to ask if she remembers anyone else cause I'm thinking this is Dustin Seale...a boy I haven't spoken to in 4-5 years. She says she doesn't remember anyone. So I email him back and just say something like "is this Dustin Seale" He emails back and says "yep. Surprise" hahaha. Cracked me up. Anyways, so we emailed back and forth for awhile til he says something like "why don't you call me instead of emailing" So I emailed him back with my number and he called and i was SO NERVOUS! Anyways, so that night we talked on the phone all night. Sounds so much like high school but it was awesome. It was like we didn't miss a thing all those years. Then the first time he came by my house I knew we were going to get married. Yes, that stupid thing you hear about when someone looks at a person and knows they're going to marry them. That was me. But I didn't tell him that for awhile. haha. Didn't want to scare him away :P. Anyways, here are some of our wedding pics and just random stuff.

Our Engagement Picture

The Kiss!

I do have to share this because I LOVE it. So at the wedding dinner we had Ron Nunley (Dustin's best man) and Erin (My best girl) give little toast/speeches (Whatever you want to call them.) They were both so perfect. Erin talked about all the trips we went out and it was perfect. Then Ron said what a giving person Dustin is and after that he pulled this out of his front pocket and read it. The picture on the front is the one up there From THS Girls Dance 97. Dustin sent this to Ron while he was on his mission. It was too cute that he still had it and found it for the wedding.

Our First Dance...Married!

Our First year married.

We continue to go to a lot of high school dances....I like to pic pics together at them all.

Florida!!

Snow in Thatcher!!

A Fun Trip to the Zoo!!

A Fun Trip to the Lake!

A work trip to Greer.

SHS Frolic '07

DHS Something Dance...I don't remember

So Crazy! Somedays I'm still surprised that I even ended up marrying this boy!! haha. Well we had a lot of years together before we were married...a lot of ons and offs and I guess it just goes to show that what's meant to be will always find its way.

T.H.S. Class of 1998 10 Year Reunion!! (Wow I'm old)

So a few weeks ago was my 10 year reunion. WOW! I'm old. Well I don't feel old. I'm a freakin' spring chicken dangit!! yeah...right.........

Anyways, I thought it was a pretty dang good time. I loved being with my friends all together again. AND I got to play Rock Band on the big screen at the high school. It was basically awesome and if anyone wants to hint to Dustin what he can get me for our anniversary, birthday or Christmas a big room with a huge screen and a HD projector and surround sound would be awesome. So just let him know :P.

Anyways, I have nothing else to say, so I'm going to move to pictures now. I like them better then talking anyways.

So this is the best shot i have of the group and it's not so great, but hey...Dustin did his best.

Me and my bestest, Erin! 

We look kinda stupid in this one, but the other was out of focus so oh well!

Friends!! I was sad I didn't think of taking a picture until after almost everyone was gone! This is who was left so I had to do one with at least them!

DMB at The Gorge.

Works been super busy (like insanely busy) So I haven't had the chance to post about my favorite trip of the year. THE GORGE!!! So I've always said that everyone needs one good obsession...something to love. Mine is the Dave Matthews Band and even better, DMB at The Gorge. It is an awesome venue in Southern Washington State. This was my 3rd year going. It's my favorite place to see DMB. 3 Nights of DMB in the middle of nowhere...under the stars with 20,000 other people who love DMB as much as I do. There's a huge hill to climb down to get to the reserved section. Going down is fine, it's the going up part that sucks! We were on Row 3 night 1, Row 6 Night 2 and Row 8 night 3. So we had to make the climb up each time. I thought it was FREEZING...but of course I'm from Arizona :) This year was a little different because of the recent death of LeRoi Moore (A founding band member - he played the Sax) We had some special nights. The best Gorge trip ever.

So now I've been to 37 DMB shows and I've dragged Dustin along to 11 (I think.) Each time he becomes more of a fan...this year he actually bought a DMB shirt and hat! He's moving up in the world. Makes a girl proud :P haha.

ok so here are our pics...It's super easy to sneak a camera in and once you're in there they could care less that you're using it.

This is from the top of the Hill

During O.A.R. - They opened.

Us at the Gorge!

Little Timmy! He's not a band member, but has been guesting on this tour and he's amazing!

Rashawn Ross & Jeff Coffin - Neither Band members. Rashawn has been a guest on the tours for awhile now, but Jeff was filling in for LeRoi after he had his accident.

Stefan!

Dave!

Dave!

And even more Dave!

Boyd!

Carter!

Carter brought this little kid up on stage after the show on Night 2 - I love Carter.

Dave, Carter & Stefan

Dustin found these friends at a restaurant in Wenatchee

Go Firesstix

This year (and last year) I helped Stacey coach Ashtyn's PeeWee softball team along with Brandon, My dad and Cindy Mattice (And Dustin when he could come. We had quite the coaching staff) Last week was our tournament and of course we came out Champs (Seriously, would my team have it any other way? haha. just kidding!) Anyways, it's a lot of fun coaching these little girls. They are almost always (sometimes they get a little attitude) eager to do whatever you tell them and it's fun to see them improve and be excited about it. We had one girl who'd never played so it was fun to see her hit in the last game...even though she wasn't fast enough to make it to first. I think half the reason for that was she was so shocked she hit it it took awhile to realize she had to run. She was really excited. It's definitely a lesson in patience though! For some reason the age of 7-10 yr olds really really LOVE to draw things in the dirt with their feet. I'm not sure what the appeal there is...but I know I used to love it too. Anyways, I think after 2 years it's the end of the coaching road for me. Too much unnecessary stress!

WOOOHOO #1!!!!

P.S. 2 Posts in one day!! Wow! Such eventfulness in the life of Dustin & Kristen!!

Greer Az

So I got booked to do a wedding in Greer a few weeks ago (with my sister Trisha). It was nice. The client paid for everything and we got a weekend up in the mountains! It was fun and we got a lot of good shots. I also got to put Dustin to work which is always a good time. He actually started getting into it...making suggestions and such. Made me laugh! Sometimes he tells me I have to teach him how to shoot and use Photoshop. We'll see about that!! Pics as always...

The Boys hauling the bags...that's really what they're best for!!

On The Way home...Dustin had  to stop and Play. Typical Child. :)

Dustin & His date for the wedding