Timothy & Tabitha

We were married on October 31st, 1997. We had a very small ceremony at my family church. We had lots of big plans for the wedding and couldn't pull the funds together, so we decided to do it short and sweet. We wouldn't change a thing, except maybe told more people so that we could have gotten a bridal shower (newly married couples can really use the gifts.) But marriage isn't about gifts, so we think it turned out perfectly! We do plan to have a nice "wedding" when we renew our vows either 5 or 10 year anniversary. But I guess I'm "jumping-the gun" a bit... you're probably wondering how we met, and how this whole thing got started. So.....

In The Beginning....
Our first meeting was in the summer of 1991, I was about to be a freshman in High School and was working at a local fair for the pom pon squad. We had a booth where we were painting kids faces. A bunch of boys who had just graduated were hanging around our booth flirting with all the girls (Tim being one of them.) I told them that they couldn't hang around the booth unless they had a skirt on, like we did (we were in uniform.) So Tim, being the schmuck that he is said "ok, then take it off." So I had a pair of shorts in my bag, and put them on under my skirt, then took off my skirt and handed it to him. He put it on as much as he could. After awhile he took it off, gave it back and I didn't see him again for 3 years.

In The Begining Part 2....
September of 1994, I was headed to Brandon with 2 of my friends. We were going to one of my friends' boyfriend, Trent's, house. We went there and Trent and Tim were sitting in his living room watching TV. The 3 of us sat there, and we were all talking. I made mention to one of the commercials on the television, saying that I enjoyed Star Trek. Well, my husband says that from that moment on, he knew we were made for each other. =)
We went downstairs to Trent's bar and talked some more. Trent and one of my friends left for awhile. So Tim, myself, and Becky my other friend were still there. While they were gone, we were listening to music and a song came on that myself and my Becky performed to in poms. So we did a bit of it, and all started goofing off. Tim got a call from his girlfriend (the only wrench in the works.) So while he was on the phone, Becky and I did our best to distract him. We ended up having a big water fight! Lots of fun!
A few days later I was working (at Hardees) and Tim came in, right about the same time I got off of work. So we sat and talked for awhile. He told me that he and his girlfriend broke up (OH YES!!!) We talked for awhile and found that we had a lot in common, as well as some major differences. He took me to my dad's house and we decided to meet up at the local football game where I was to perform. We were going to go out after the game and so after a wild goose chase that I put him on to find my mom's house. We went out and had a great time. My mom loved him immediately, and inquired how old he was. I was 16, and I didn't think my mom would really approve of how old he was (almost 21.) She said "what is he like 19ish?" Well, at the time he was technically 20 and I thought that he would still be considered 19ish so I said "yep something like that." (Hehehe) We spent a lot of time talking out at the marsh near where we lived. It had a big open place where we could talk, and no one ever went out there. He was going to start school soon, and was debating moving to Madison (which was about an hour away.) We needed to decide if we were going to be exclusive or if we were going to date others. We decided to stay together and he decided to commute to school and back.
Skip Ahead, We Don't Want To Hear The Dull Stuff...
We talked about getting married from day one. He took me to my Junior prom, and we spent tons of time together. He helped me through tons of very hard times, and I tried to help him through some of his. On my 18th birthday we went away with my mom and her boyfriend to a casino, and stayed at a hotel. Well, that was when our first son was concieved. We debated getting married, since we planned to anyway. But decided that then we wouldn't ever know for sure if we married because we loved each other, or if it was for the baby. Both of us being from divorced families, we decided to wait. I graduated from High School, and worked all summer. Tim was to graduate from college Oct. 11th. And I was due Oct 19th. He had no real job lined up until Oct. 1st or so. He was going to be working in Necedah, WI (about 2 hours from me.) Levi was born October 26th. Tim started work October 28th. It was really hard not being able to see him all the time, but he did alot of commuting to be with us. We moved in with him around March/April. We started planning our wedding. But money was tight and we had a hard time getting money from our parents (I'll match your mom, I'll match your dad.... ugh!) Plus everyone wanted us to invite everyone and their brother. We wanted to have a fun wedding. Costume party or Rocky Horror Picture Show theme. But knew our family wouldn't go for that.... so we weren't going to tell them. We were just going to do it and tell them later. We told our witnesses and the minister. Well, the minister and my dad are close and he mentioned something to him by accident. So we were stuck. We couldn't invite one without the others. So the wedding consisted of Tim, myself, Levi, the minister, Becky (maid of honor,) Jason (best man,) my mom & her boyfriend, my dad and stepmom, Tim's mom and his dad. That was it. We had a small short wedding, but with a lot of meaning to us.
From Then To Now....
We moved to Mauston for awhile. I got pregnant with our other child and we knew this wasn't going to work any longer. Then we moved to Appleton in November of 1998. Love it here, but money was shorter than expected. We had Liam on March 15, 1999. Tim got a new job recently at WW Electric Motors Inc. in Oshkosh. And he is enjoying that. I stay home with the boys, and I am working on getting myself a home based business. We will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary on Oct. 31st. and couldn't be happier. Oh, sure we have our ups & downs, but I truly feel he is my soul-mate. We work together and help each other. Our love will just keep growing and I couldn't be happier!


And The Story Continues..... Forever......




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