We had an amazing wedding, honeymoon, reception all rolled into a whirlwind three weeks. I would like to thank all involved but especially my beautiful bride Tanya for pretty much planning/initializing the whole affair. I felt more like the bride as everything unfolded around me perfectly while Tanya with pencil in-ear ran about planning. Either way I look to a brighter future with the true love of my life for many years to come!
Brandon and Tanya met first online in the last summer of 2005 and then in person at the UGA vs. South Carolina game on Saturday, September 20th, 2005. Yes, something good actually did come out of myspace.com: the union of these two crazy kids!
Brandon opened up Tanya’s world to online gaming and all-things-techie, spicy food, photography and reptiles of all varieties. Tanya exposed Brandon to the wines of the world, the making of sketch comedy, the healing powers of a neti-pot and why ninety-nine percent of their laundry should always be washed in cold, on the gentle cycle.
Together they share a passion for writing, traveling and being lazy near sincere stretches of water with their child/dog Frosty (a very loving Maltese) by their side.
They have supported each other through several tragedies that have occurred on both sides of their families and feel they’ve come out stronger, wiser and more compassionate on the other side.
First Met in Person: Saturday, September 10, 2005
First Date: Friday, November 25, 2005
Brandon Proposed Marriage to Tanya: Friday, November 26, 2010
Tanya was a child of the seventies and eighties, loving the music from then and now the edgy sounds of today as well. She’s had a career at WSB-TV since 1998 with a truly amazing group of broadcast professionals. Tanya also delights in the voice over work she does and loves writing like there’s no tomorrow! She writes a blog for Emory Healthcare’s “Advancing Your Health-Weight Management” site, has a deep passion for her personal blog www.LifestyleSophisticate.com and also can’t live without her practice of Hatha Yoga and regular meditation. Spending quality time with dear friends and amazing family are things Tanya simply can’t get enough of. Fabulous fashion, blogging, synchronized swimming, making jewelry, reading and travel are among some of the other things that Tanya really enjoys!
Contrary to popular belief, Brandon is actually not the inventor of the Atari game system. He is, however, the best at gaming in the universe. That much is true (that is, at least, what Tanya will tell you.) Born with a joystick in his hand and HTML in his heart, Brandon went through the ranks of the Boy Scouts to be a well-rounded outdoorsman, animal lover, cook, photographer, videographer and computer whiz. Brandon has enjoyed a stellar full-time career with Astro Contractors, Inc. since 1996 and was made partner in 2011. Brandon has been committed to blogging on his site www.lastfreeman.com for several years, chronicling every day of his life in rich prose and photography. He’s even sold some of his video footage professionally for documentaries! When Brandon isn’t tearing apart an old CPU he enjoys researching early model Russian cameras, US History, politics and kicking back to take in a movie at home.
The happy couple have many furry (and some scaly) children! Frosty, the Maltese, is the animal matriarch of the household. Fabiola and Mr. Yunioshi are their two domestic, feisty kitties and Winston Churchill is their very wild and often vocal cat that prefers outside living. A fairly old boa constrictor enjoys his own private glass condo right down from the two very large tortoises Brandon has raised from just after they were first born. Right now the smallest children in their brood are their three clown fish, two sea anemones, several hermit crabs, the lone brittle star fish and one very old peppermint shrimp that share their bedroom.
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