It's this guy ::
January 2011
His name is Dave, and he is my husband of 13 and a half years. We met in college marching band at Purdue University. Go ahead, mock if you must.
As an incoming freshman, I was at band camp when the director had all new students stand up in the rehearsal hall. He said something like "Freshmen, look around. Your future spouse is probably in this room." Everyone laughed. And for me, my spouse was in that room, indeed. Dave was a senior-year drummer. I always had a thing for drummers in high school, no idea why. Oh wait, yes I do because dudes who play drums are wicked cool. Sorry all you trumpeters or sax players. You will always play second fiddle to a drummer. Ba dum, pishhhhh. (That was supposed to be the sound of a drumset accenting a joke during a stand-up routine).
We were married in Louisiana two and a half years after first meeting.
The above shot is from our reception, held at the Strand Theater in Shreveport. I loved our reception, which was mostly on the stage and would change very little about it if I could go back and do it all over again. I'd change about 90% of the actual wedding though. :) I'd undo the navy bridesmaid dress choice, for sure. And the church's crappy paneling that is in the background of everyone of my photos. Hello, the ceremony totally should have been outdoors or in a barn or something. Wait, what am I supposed to be writing about here????
Oh yeah, this guy ::
I kind of like him. (I won't be wearing this, however.)
We were married for eight years before having our son, Tucker, in 2005. Aaaand, because we are complete band-o's, we went to Alumni Band five and half weeks after the baby was born. For the record, I did not participate in any of the Alumni Band activities that year. While Dave kicked it with his old drumline buddies, I sat in the stands at the football game and nursed Tucker pretty much the entire time.
(Don't ask why I was wearing a Longhorns hat at a Boilermaker game.)
Four years after that, we had our little Ceebers, aka Calvin.
We are also in the process of adopting a baby from China.... our family will continue to grow. Insert photo of Dave with new baby here! :)
But, back to The Man. The Drummer Man.
He stills drums, though has nerve problems, which occasionally prevent him from playing .
Dave has other talents. I am not sure how it happened that I married an *engineer* who might just be more creative than me.
He is a geologist and a collector of beautiful rocks. Sometime on my house tour, I will devote a section to his rocks. Here he is all MSHA'd up at work ::
In the past, Dave has also done some botanical photography (a few of his shots are on our gallery wall). He even had a showing at a small art gallery in Troy, New York, a couple of years ago. He snaps great photos on his various (but infrequent) overseas travel... the shot below is from Greece. The donkeys (mules?) were hauling bags of cement, made by the company Dave works for. Small world.
A few other things about Dave ::
- He has a photographic memory of music. So would that be audiographic? He can remember just about any piece after hearing it once.
- ...and therefore he knows just about every classical piece of music out there. He is pleased that our kids' fave TV show is Little Einsteins.
- He has been known to smoke a pipe or cigar. The new deck is nice for that.
- He was born in Indiana, then was raised partially in Pittsburgh, PA, until he went back to Indiana for college.
- He has worked for the same company since graduating college.
- He has lived in IN, PA,IN again, KY, PA again, NY and now AL.
- He can't wait to go to China, a nation that has fascinated him for years.
- He is pretty handy, though it wasn't always that way.
- He loves being a dad to two boys, who are both so much like him as a child.
- He reads a lot, though doesn't necessarily enjoy it. Its more for information gathering.
- He has loads of patience, rarely loses his temper, and forgives and forgets quickly. These are especially of great benefit to *moi*.
- He is a massive introvert. Weirdo.
Questions? Comments? Discussion?
aww, this was so incredibly sweet to hear all about your dave! and you look like a child in your wedding pictures! not that you look old now, so don't take that the wrong way. i'm so excited about your baby-adopting journey!!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this post. I enjoyed learning more about your hubs, your history together...and I enjoyed your personality in the post, too. :)
ReplyDeletethanks, mcmel and duski! it was fun to write it. he's alright, ya know?
ReplyDeleteps. i practically was a child when i got married... 20 years old. no regrets!
Fun post! I too thought you looked like a babe in your wedding photos, but you've been with Dave for a long time and you were together for a while before kids. That's nice. D and I did not get that opportunity.
ReplyDeleteHi Tara,
ReplyDeleteI was perusing the web for information about wedding receptions at the Strand and happened upon your blog! I'd love to hear about your experience there...apparently it was a great choice!
hi chelsea, i hope you get this response! thanks for commenting. i remember very little about the details of booking the strand.... it was 14 years ago and my mom did most of the planing work. so i don't how much it costs or anything. but the pictures from my reception on the stage at the strand were so great! i got married in a super ugly church, but the photos from the reception are pretty and classic. as my new husband and i walked into the theater, our string quartet was already playing on stage. stars of light were projected on the back wall of the stage and i loved that. if you'd like any photos, feel free to email me and i can email a couple out to you. tbremer33(at)gmail(dot)com . have a great time planning your wedding in shreveport! have you shopped for dresses at Hers in Minden yet? ;)
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