Who in the world is Sarah marrying??

You might be wondering who this Mr. Robert W. Martin is. How did they meet? Did he lure her with some tricky potion? Nope. Robert and I have been friends (at varying degrees) since Sunday School at church, maybe age 5ish?

Here is baby Robert, before we met. He started out with his parents and older brother, Jeff, in grandpa and grandma's Virginia basement. Robert and I always joke about how we hated each other when we were in Sunday school together. I didn't like all the moles he had on his face (especially the one under his nose, you can see it below. Who knows why kids are weird like I was?) and he didn't like that I was a giant.

It was actually Jeff and I that became good friend first(Jeff and Robert below), in about 8th grade. Jeff was in my grade and Robert was in the grade below, so it made sense.

This is actually a picture I scanned from my 8th grade year book. This was out middle school outdoor education trip. just recently, we were looking in it, and, in the group picture, Robert and I are actually right next to each other (we were not even really friends then). We all thought that was cute. Can you see us in the upper right corner?

In high school, Robert and I became better friends because we all sat at the same lunch table. I remember going out with him to the mall to find my best friend, Brittany, a birthday present in, maybe, 11th grade.

It all really started when I started to tag along at all Robert's band's shows. I had a couple friends that were in the band (Anapra) so, somehow, I ended up going to every single concert for a year or so. Robert told me that one of the first times he really started thinking about me was after he has a little operation that took him away from one of the Anapra shows. I stayed home with him and watched Gothika. It all went from there. We started doing everything together; going to look for CDs, books, out to eat, everything. Still, I didnt really like him more than a close friend. People would ask me, "So...whats up with you and Robert?" I would reply, "Me and Robert? No way" After a little while of being close friends, I went on a trip to Michigan for two weeks. It was THEN that I realized that...gasp!...I missed Robert! He was going to leave for Georgia the day before I got back from Michigan, but I switched my flight to a few days earlier and surpised him (he had already realized he loved me months before). Since then, we have been growing together and trying to follow God in our relationship. We cannot wait to spend our lives together! Hopefully Robert will post his version soon!