Our Story

11 Years

12.31.14 → 12.31.25

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The Beginning

December 31st, 2014

New Year's Eve. A second baby on the way.

A promise to build a life together.

11 years later, that promise became...

The Big Numbers

57,391

Messages Exchanged

707,419

Words Shared

685

"I Love You"s

9

Years of Messages

Our Family In Numbers

1,639

Times We Mentioned Faith

1,400

Times We Mentioned Ari

515

"Thank You"s

359

"Sorry"s (We Made Up!)

The Fun Stats

53

"Miss You"s

6,004

Total Emojis Used

That's a lot of feelings!

Who Texts More?

24,709

Andrew's Messages

(43%)

VS

32,682

Jessica's Messages

(57%)

Jessica wins! 👑

How We Communicate

Andrew

4,949 questions (?)

3,093 exclamations (!)

More curious

Jessica

2,860 questions (?)

2,575 exclamations (!)

More direct

Our Favorite Emojis

Andrew's Top 5

😁 👍 🤷 🍆 🙄

Yes, that's an eggplant 🍆

Jessica's Top 5

🙄 🤷 😑 😘 🤣

Queen of the eye roll 🙄

When We Talk Most

5-6 PM

Peak Hour

Saturday

Busiest Day

2018

Most Messages

8,779 messages on Saturdays alone!

The Things Our Kids Say

The moments that made us laugh until we cried

😂

Faith, Age 3

"I like your boobies Momma.. ya I like your tiny little baby boobies.. they're so tiny"

- January 2018

Faith's Fashion Logic

"No these are not pants.. these are water undies!!"

- July 2018 (in her bathing suit)

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Faith Discovers Anatomy

"Can I pee like this!?"

"But Daddy pees like this..."

"Well Daddy has a different who ha..."

"Oh ok."

- September 2018

Family Q&A

Ari: "Jess what does daddy like the most?"

Mom: "As far as what?"

Ari: "Like birds ummm..."

Faith: "HE DOESNT LIKE BEES!!!"

- September 2018

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You Are Cake

Faith asked if I was happy.. I said of course bc I love you...

She said "well I love you too bc you are cake"

- March 2019

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Delivery Required

She said what she wanted and very seriously said...

"And I want it delivered!"

- September 2020

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Sharing is Caring

Faith asks Ari...

"Ari.. do you want to share that with me?

Sharing is caring Arianna..."

- March 2019

😇

Grape Pool

She asked for grapes... she ate some...

Then she said "look mommy they are swimming in the grape pool"

- December 2018

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Year by Year

The highlights, lowlights, and LOLs

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2017

Year 3 of Marriage

✅ Moved into our Sherrill house

✅ Building our life together

❌ Only partial messages saved (started Feb)

😂 "Just touched down in VEGAS!!!"

1,176 messages

2018

Year 4 - The Big One

✅ Faith turned 3 and started talking... A LOT

✅ "I feel like we are married and in love all over again"

❌ The year of most arguments (we survived!)

😂 "Seriously both of my phones are fucked up and I'm pretty sure all the GPS satellites are drunk"

8,204 messages - Our chattiest year!

2019

Year 5 - Half a Decade!

✅ "Best decision of your life marrying me 5 years ago"

✅ "You're the best wife I had all decade!"

❌ The great cat debate of 2019

😂 "If you see my Sexy Assistant.. can you tell her she's outta SICK DAYS!"

6,836 messages

2020

Year 6 - The Pandemic Year

✅ Homeschooling together (sort of)

✅ "I wouldn't be able to do it without you"

❌ Kids. Home. All day. Every day.

😂 "How can I answer you when I'm goin 70mph on a Harley!?"

6,582 messages

2021

Year 7

✅ "You are my best friend and the greatest thing to ever happen to me"

✅ Learning to communicate better

❌ Health scares and stress

😂 "Just started raining here of course wtf"

7,986 messages

2022

Year 8 - The Hard Year

✅ Millie born - became Funkle!

✅ We leaned on each other through it all

❌ Lost Dad (March) - the hardest time

😂 "Of course, out of the blue pulled over by a Ranger of all things. Don't know why."

6,828 messages

2023

Year 9

✅ Marley born - more Funkle duties!

✅ Finding our rhythm again

❌ Balancing work and family (always)

😂 Faith was more excited about your gift than anything else!

6,837 messages

2024

Year 10 - A Decade!

✅ 10 years married!

✅ Still choosing each other

❌ Life still crazy... but we're used to it

😂 Still telling each other "hurry up" and "on my way"

6,053 messages

2025

Year 11 - Today!

✅ Louisiana trip with Tim & Carey's wedding

✅ Still growing, still learning, still laughing

✅ 11 years and counting...

😂 And this slideshow exists!

6,889 messages (and counting!)

The Love Declarations

The moments we said what mattered most

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"I feel like we are married and in love all over again. I also see that you have been doing more to help... Helping with the kids.. meals.. discipline.. overall just being present.. and it is making such a difference."

- Jessica, August 2018

"I love you ❤️ I don't know about you but this past week has been so good with us and I feel like husband and wife again.. I feel closer and more in love.. just by the little gestures and changes that we have made"

- Jessica, September 2018

"I love you with my whole heart.. more than all the stars in the sky ❤️"

- Jessica, October 2018

Year 5 - December 2019

"Bring your game face and smiles and love for me bc you made the best decision of your life marrying me 5 years ago 😉"

- Jessica

"You're the best wife I had all decade!"

- Andrew

"You are my best friend and the greatest thing to ever happen to me... you are my sunshine on a rainy day... you've changed my life in a million ways.. I love you more than anything and I love our life.. I love our love.. our sarcasm... our sick sense of humor... I love all of you.. every piece."

- Jessica, April 2021

"I appreciate all that you do for me, for us, for our family... I'm proud to call you my husband. But at the end of the day.. it is more important that you are here... They are only little once and these are days you cannot get back. They need you. I need you. We all need you here with us."

- Jessica, March 2018

How We've Grown

The ways we've become better together

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We Learned to Listen

Then: Long defensive text essays explaining why we're right

Now: A 2-second hug that says "I hear you" without words

We Learned to Fight Fair

Then: "You always..." and "You never..."

Now: "I feel..." and "I need..."

We Learned to Apologize

Then: "I'm sorry BUT..."

Now: "I'm sorry. Period. I love you."

We Learned to Be Present

Then: "You're never here"

Now: Putting the phone down. Being in the moment.

We Learned to Be a Team

Then: "Why didn't YOU do this?"

Now: "How can WE handle this together?"

Teamwork mentions went from 2 in 2017 to 24 in 2025!

We Learned Grace

Through sleepless nights with sick kids...

Through losing the people we love...

Through arguments that felt like the end of the world...

We found our way back. Every. Single. Time.

Through The Hard Times

We lost parents who meant everything.

We faced health scares and sleepless nights.

We juggled work and kids and life.

But we never faced any of it alone.

🙏

"I appreciate everything that you have done! Laundry, dishes, taking care of the girls, bed time routine, meals, helping me walk, getting me up.. I wouldn't be able to do it without you. I love you very much"

- Jessica, June 2020

The Little Things

"On my way!"

"Drive safe"

"Love you"

"Miss you"

"Be home soon"

970 everyday moments of love

The Truth of Us

Through 57,391 messages...

Through arguments about who said what...

Through losing parents and raising kids...

Through every 'I'm sorry' and every 'I love you'...

We chose each other.

Every single time.

Not because it was easy. Because it was worth it.

One Thing That's Never Changed...

Through all 11 years...

I'm still always late.

You're still telling me to hurry up.

...and through it all, I'll still be loving you when we're 70!

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Here's to 11 years down

And forever to go.

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We'll still love each other...

Even when we're 70

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