Dear family and friends,
We were so excited to celebrate with you our entering into covenant for the rest of our earthly lives with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at our wedding! Here's a brief update on our lives post-wedding.
Right after the wedding, we honeymooned for one glorious week in Hawaii, and then another week in Colorado. In Hawaii our main activities were lying on the beach, eating delicious food, and drinking Kona coffee. In Colorado we did some backpacking and camping, and then spent a couple days at Bear Trap Ranch with good friends. It was a welcome vacation and a great time to relax and hang out together.
We then moved into a duplex in North Mankato. We started working for CHAMP Software in Mankato about a week later, and we are still employed there and are enjoying it. Matt is a Software Engineer/Team Lead and Erin is a Project Coordinator. It is both challenging and fun working at the same place. We get to see a lot of each other, and have learned a lot about each other in a short time. We are both doing what we enjoy and are good at, which is a real blessing. The company is family-owned and operated and rather small, which we are also enthused about. It makes us feel more like we're worthwhile contributors to the business. Learn more about CHAMP at their website, www.champsoftware.com. The biggest hurdle in working together is probably learning to balance our professional lives and priorities with our personal ones. It can be difficult to disconnect from work sometimes. But on the whole we very content with our situation, and it pays the bills too!
As to our marriage relationship in general, it of course has its good times and challenging times. It is incredible to see your own selfishness revealed through the choices you make regarding your spouse. We learn daily the reality of taking up our crosses and following Christ. Being married is probably also the most joyous relationship imaginable. As one of our good friends told us before getting married, it's like having a slumber party every night with your best friend! How cool is that!
This year we split the major holidays, spending Thanksgiving in Janesville, WI with Erin's family and Christmas in Reno, NV with Matt's family. Both celebrations were great, and we really enjoyed seeing our families and spending time with them. They are blessings to us.
We hope to stay in touch with you over the coming years! Please feel free to contact us at erin@mattanderinyoung.com. We'd love to hear from you. Much love, and God bless!!
Matt & Erin
