Meet Elizabeth & Jason

The story goes like this… a girl from Kansas and a boy from Texas meet at a college party, and the rest is history.

It would be so simple if that were true, but we were very far from college sweethearts. I (Elizabeth) was one month from graduation on that fateful mixer meet-cute day and boldly told Jason (after kissing him that night) that “I am going to D.C. and you can’t stop me!” He didn’t try to stop me, thankfully, but he did continue to pursue me.

Two years of will-we/won’t-we long distance and two more years of grueling graduate school later, we decided we were ready for our next adventure. (And by “we” I really mean me; Jason didn’t really have a say.) Our sights set on Denver, for no reason other than it sounded like a good fit, we both secured jobs in the Mile High City before even moving there. More than a decade later, and we can’t seem to find any reason to leave.

Since arriving in Denver in 2012, we proceeded to (finally!) get married, convince several family members to move here with us, and build a family. We now have two amazing kids, two dogs, a cat, and several fish.

I work in the travel industry, so am often sent to far-flung corners of the world. Jason, meanwhile, is working to become a counselor. I love to wordsmith and write, while Jason loves to concoct new things in the kitchen (never sure if our children will eat it or not).

We are known to start random dance parties, sing in our church choir, go sledding in the snow, take the kids on long bicycle rides, check out books from the public library, garden in the short growing season, and host friends and family for meals and board games.

It’s not always interesting, but it is often fun. We hope we can inspire a little bit of fun and adventure in your lives in return.