So without further ado-

1. I was born in California and at 12, we packed up and moved to a little bitty teeny town in Iowa. I wouldn’t consider myself a farm girl but our family duck won first prize at the county fair 2 years in a row!

2. Matt made it all the way to an Eagle Scout. I give him a hard time about it but at least I know we’ll be safe if we’re ever lost in the woods!

3. Crafting and DIY are definitely in my genes. My Mom is always salvaging something or rearranging the furniture. Her motto: “Don’t clean the wall, let’s just repaint.” Seriously.

4. As we all know, Matt loves numbers and investments. Even I was shocked at this one-he bought his first stock at 13.

5. I LOVE to read. I probably love it more than home improvement. My friends said it was a little weird when I moved to town. I would always have a stack of books under my chair in case we were done with our assignments early. What can I say? Laura Ingalls Wilder writes a mean book.

6. Matt studied architecture for a year at Iowa State. He switched later to a double major in accounting and finance. Judging by #4, that was probably a wise decision.

7. We met when we were sophomores in college. I was 19 and he was 20. Looking back at pictures, we look so young!

8. Matt speaks German. He even studied abroad one summer.

9. We dated long distance for 3 years. I went to the University of Iowa (Go Hawks!) and he went to Iowa State University (boo! hiss!). We put a lot of miles on I-80!

10. We got Lulu for my 22nd birthday from my Mom. We got Lily about a year and half ago. They are chi-weenies. And they are awesome. And for the record, they enjoy their outfits.

Anything surprising? Are you dying to know anything else about us?