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Our Year

A letter from the Cooks

Thanks for checking out our site! It's been quite the year for us, with ups and downs. We celebrated new beginnings, said goodbye to beloved pets, and made it through another year. Melissa has been busy working at a cybersecurity company doing digital marketing, and filling her weekends with wedding photography, while Justin has kept busy at work handling space...stuff (can you tell who wrote this?). We just wanted to say thank you for being a part of our lives and have a great holiday season. Love from Melissa, Justin, and Tilly

With love, The Cooks

A look back

  1. 👨🏼‍🍼

    January

    A snuggly start

    We kicked off the year with the best baby snuggles a family could ask for. Our niece Winsley was born last October so we started our year with all things baby.

    A snuggly start — photo 1
  2. 🌷

    February

    14 Valentine's Days together

    We celebrated our 14th Valentines Day together!

    14 Valentine's Days together — photo 1
  3. 💔

    May

    We said goodbye

    It felt wrong to leave this out of our family updates. We said goodbye to the best boy Joey at the end of May after a short battle with thyroid cancer.

    We said goodbye — photo 1We said goodbye — photo 2
  4. 🥰

    June

    A new Melissa enters the chat

    Justin's brother got married! It was a beautiful wedding and we're so glad to welcome Melissa (yes, another Melissa) into the family.

    A new Melissa enters the chat — photo 1A new Melissa enters the chat — photo 2
  5. ✨

    September

    8 years of marriage

    No picture here because Melissa was sick, but we celebrated 8 years of marriage this year!

  6. 🎃

    October

    Another wedding in the books!

    Our good friends Abby and Shane got married and we both played a part in their wedding. Melissa was a bridesmaid and Justin...well, Justin was their Ghostface flower girl! The wedding was Halloween themed and people loved the spooky addition.

    Another wedding in the books! — photo 1Another wedding in the books! — photo 2