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Hello friends and family! I've decided to start this blog becuse some of our friends and family live so far away. I figured this would be a great way to keep everyone updated with what's going on in our lives. So to start of this blogging adventure I'm going to introuduce you to both Jeff and myself and the start of our adventures together.


Jeff is a wonderful guy that God brought into my life about 3 years ago, with some help from some friends of ours. He grew up in Winston Salem, NC with his 2 older brothers and parents. Jeff went to High Point University and majored in Human Resources. After college he got a job and then continued his education at Pfieffer University. In July 2010 Jeff received a double masters in business administration and health administration. He is currently working at Value Options in Morresville, NC.



I grew up in Cary, NC with my 3 younger sisters and both my parents. Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be a teacher. You can ask Katie and Lauren about this, I used to play 'teacher' and they were the 'students'. God led me to UNCG where I received my bachelors degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in Classical Studies (I LOVE Roman history!). Right after school I started working at this amazing school in Raleigh- Endeavor Charter School. I have been quite spoiled there (especially the two lovely ladies I work with)! I love my teaching job and couldn't imagine doing anything else. The picture below just shows how much fun I have teaching:



In February 2009 is when we first met. One of Jeff's good friends, Carrington Dahmer, invited Jeff to meet up with some friends at Frankie’s. Jennifer Hill (now Jennifer Dahmer), one of my friends, invited me to meet up at Frankie’s as well. Frankie’s is a fun park that has put-put, go cart racing, laser tag, and arcade games. As it turned out the only people that came to Frankie's were Jennifer, Carrington, myself, and Jeff. They played some put-put, laser tag, and arcade games. After Frankie’s everyone went out for some dinner at Chili's. A couple of months later we officially started dating.


On October 9, 2011 we officially tied-the-knot! Now because it was fall and I love pumpkins, we had a pumpkin wedding. I've put some highlight pictures below, but check out this link to see our wedding pictures taken by the lovely Betsy Coley: http://jeffalisonswedding.shutterfly.com/
 

We went to Hawaii for our honey moon. If you'd like to see some pictures visit: http://jeffalisonhawaii.shutterfly.com/

Feel free to check on back later, my plan is to keep this updated. Thanks for stopping by!


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