Oh yes we've been having lots of thunderstorms here lately. Always a sign of spring here in KY! And Jen thank you so much for your incredible kind words and for mentioning Beate and I's story. Yes, love stories like this do happen in real life :) even though many people believe that they do not. I am the luckiest man on earth and I wake up every single day with that realization.

I am so happy to be able to call you my friend. Can you believe we've known each other on here almost a year and a half now??

Oh wow, Jen, this is so amazing. Thank you so much for sweet words about us. I'm swept off my feet by how much our story is actually able to inspire :) I'm pinching myself all the time because our story does sound like it's straight out of a movie. It makes me cherish what we have and it's such an amazing feeling to share it with everybody and to meet such amazing people like you. Even though we've known each other a week now I already feel like old friends with you :) Thank you again! Love the pictures in this post. And I love thunderstorms - we had our first one last week :)