Who Are We?

Wedding photo shoot in Freak Alley, Boise, Idaho.

Welcome to our blog! Before things get too deep, we wanted to take a minute to talk about us, who we are, and our life's journey.

We are Cole & Jessica Ivancic. We live in Meridian, Idaho and have been married since October 6, 2012.

Our story actually starts in middle school, where we first met in P.E. Class. At the time, Jessica was more interested in the boy behind her than me, which was fine because my life revolved around video games.

We went on to attend high school together, where once again we were seated next to each other, this time in Ms. Galloway's english class. We started dating during our sophomore year. Our first real date was dinner and a movie, Cat and the Hat (you know, the terrible one with Mike Meyers). Our relationship was the stereotypical high school relationship, full of drama, break-ups and getting back together, gratuitous make out sessions in the hallway, and generally not knowing what the hell we were doing.

Fast forward to college years at Boise State University. Going into college, Jessica and I were still dating, albeit the on again/off again style until our sophomore year, at which time we decided it best to take time apart to see other people and grow as individuals. After this point, our contact with each other was sparse, at best. I declared as a marketing major, Jessica had landed on business management.

After making it through several entry-level marketing classes, I had decided to switch my major to psychology for a few reasons; 1) I realized that I hated marketing, 2) I am a bit weird, and psych majors are all a bit....off, and 3) The psychology program was where all the chicks were. Unbeknownst to me, Jessica had also switched her major to psychology, at first I presumed it was to stalk me, but I never clarified that with her.

For the next year my life was full of dread. The idea of having multiple classes with my ex terrified me. Strangely, we did not have a single class together until our second-to-last semester. We ended up in the Capstone class together, at which point I turned into a melting pot of anxiety, stress, dread, etc. I knew she was dating someone, and I had just gotten out of a relationship. Throughout the semester we began to talk more and more, which progressed to her and her group of friends extending an invitation for me to go out to dinner with them after class.

At this point, it is December 2010/January 2011 and we are on winter break for school. I am sitting at home playing video games. Jessica is in Costa Rica with her family for their annual Christmas vacation. Out of the blue I get a text from her, asking what I was doing the day after she was set to return. My heart began to race, not knowing what was to follow. We began to talk, more than we had over the last 2-3 years and she informed me that her relationship had also come to an end.

She returned from Costa Rica, and we got together only a day or two later. Things progressed slowly at first, just going out on dates here-and-there. As relationships do, casual dating turned into serious dating, turned into trips together, turned into a committed relationship. We dated for just over one year before I asked Jessica to marry me. We became engaged on February 12, 2012 and 8 months later, we were man & wife.

The last 5 years have been full of ups and downs, trials and triumphs, and everything in between. We have grown closer and learned to love one another for our strengths and weaknesses. Is that too cliche?

Thank you for sticking with me to this point! Make sure you stop back by for our next post where Jessica & I will talk more about our journey to parenthood!

- Cole Ivancic