So our love story is a blog on it's own and maybe someday we'll have enough downtime (Ha Ha Ha... downtime is a forgein concept) to write it. But Derek and I were married August 1998. He was already working at BHP as an engineer and I was in college still (he is seven years my senior, but often acts 17 years my junior). In 2002 we had Emily and two years later Olivia. We LOVE being parents... there is not enough time, words or space to really express that love in it's entirety, so we'll suffice with the above. I worked as a social worker & behavioral therapist until Olivia was born and then I quit my job to stay home with the girls. Again, that is a story in itself... but I would NEVER change it! We have so much fun!