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We met in 2001. August. Ryan had just graduated and I was in high school. Just babies.

We worked at the same farm store. Our first time out together was at Wendy’s… on an hour lunch break. So romantic. Unless you count the times we ate free pizza at a local pizza joint where friends worked (hi, April and Haarzy). Hopeless romantics, we are.

 

Even though many say that high school relationships don’t last, ours did.

After nearly seven years of dating, we said “I do,” toasted to the rest of our lives and moved into our newly-renovated house.

Oh yeah, the house.

We bought this baby in June of 2007. It was a foreclosure. It needed work (or torn down, but we went with work). Check out the before and afters of our first home renovation for more pictures and information.

Since our relationship survived, we decided to try it again. First with a rental (Foreclosure #2). Then with another home (Foreclosure #3). This meant tons of work and a move. What didn’t kill us made us stronger.

Our first babies were our pugs. Franco is our demonic black pug, born on Halloween in 2006. We brought him home from a double-wide.

Lola was born in July of 2007 and we adopted her in 2008. She comes from a mansion in a gated community.

So, you can probably discern their differences.

Then not too long ago, this little guy came along. He’s pretty cool. His name is Henry.

Henry kind of rocked our world. And while we were waiting on his arrival, we bought 17 acres of land in the country. For us. For him. For our future. We’ll build a barn and eventually a home.

Location: Illinois

Ages: 28 and 30 (Ryan’s older)

Careers and education: Ryan earned an associate’s in diesel technology and a bachelor’s in general studies. He works for one of the world’s largest agricultural equipment manufacturers (can you guess which one?) in the experimental area. Kim earned a bachelor’s in marketing and public relations and an MBA. She works for an financial services organization in public relations.

How we can afford to buy homes and rentals: Well, we’re independently wealthy – psych. And we have trust funds – nope. We actually just save a lot of the money we make on our day jobs (see above). We don’t have cable. We don’t have car payments. And we buy super cheap homes. Read more about that here.

If you have any questions or just want to say hi, email us at newlywoodwards@gmail.com.

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