Jen

Here's the How We Met blurb on our website: Darin and Jen met at the bowling alley one night when Jen came to wish her dad a happy birthday (and to get him to stop telling her she should come out and watch him bowl).  Darin and Jim (dad) were on the same team, so it only seemed natural to Jen that she should start to make friends with Darin.  Jen proceeded to trash talk Darin’s game and ruin a perfectly good string of strikes (6 or 7 in a row at last count) – that’s one way to make friends, right?  In any case, it wasn’t love at first sight but they definitely left an impression on one another and they decided to hang out again (bowling, of course) later that week.   A long story short, they started hanging out a lot and determined that they might make good roommates (what? you thought they’d make a good couple?! Ha!).  Just as they started to talk seriously about being roommates, that other thing started to creep into the back of their minds… just maybe this is someone special.  …Nah- can’t be! So they settled on being roommates and BFFs.  And just to make it clear, Jen established the ultimate house-rule: no kissing. The penalty: immediate eviction (and emergency housing at her parents’ house where he could explain what happened to Jen’s mom).  After a while Darin and Jen started to realize that they really didn’t want to be roommates anymore (and that house rule really sucked!).  It’s not that they didn’t get along (best roommates EVER!), but they couldn’t really deny it any longer that something else was brewing.  So Jen gave Darin his notice to move out (no complaints from Darin) and they began planning their first date (a trip to Reno, NV for the National Bowling Tournament - of course!).  From that point on they both had a good idea where things were headed, but Jen told Darin that it all hinged on one little thing… could he kiss???  She found out somewhere over western Kansas on the way to Reno – must’ve been good… because here you are, reading their wedding website!