Ben and Alyssa: ouR sTorY :)

Ben...

was born and raised in Idaho.
He graduated from high school and then headed back east to serve a

2-year, church mission. After completing that wonderful experience, he headed off to school in hopes to become a health care administrator.
There he studied, hung out with friends, skied & snowmobiled on the weekends and in the spring of '08 started a lacrosse league at the school, and that's where he met...

Alyssa...

who grew up in beautiful New England with her five siblings and loving parents.

After graduating High school she took a leap of faith and headed out to Idaho for college.

There she studied health science, had the best roomies possible, sang and toured with the Collegiate Singers, met amazing people and joined the new lacrosse league in the spring of '08!

As you can probably already image they met,

(Our lacrosse team right after we WON our Championship game!!!)

became BEST friends,

(At the Hessing family reunion in Bear Lake, where we had our first kiss :)

fell in love,

(In Boston, right after we said "I love you" for the 1st time!! and where we would later be married for

time and all eternity)

got engaged,

(Family together in Utah after our engagement)

(Some of our engagement pictures taken in Boise)

and were married on January 2, 2009 in the Boston, Massachusetts LDS Temple

for time and all eternity!

"One life time was just not enough for us"

(All pictures from our wedding day)

But that was just the beginning! Our life together now is still AmAzInG! We certainly have had our challenges, but at the end of the day we are soo very blessed to be eternal companions!

Our love is sweet and will last forever :)

Last summer (July 2010) we welcomed the first addition to our family, our little angel, Bryson!