Jonathan Krive (world's most handsome guy) was born in San Francisco, California.  His parents liked him so much they had four more children after that!  Of course his life didn’t REALLY get interesting till he met the love of his life (ME!).

Here are some of the Un(Until Noel)-interesting things Jonathan did growing up…

He attended Christian School until the 4th grade when he then transferred to full time home schooling.  He continued home education all the way through college with the exception of one semester at a Jr. College near his home in Petaluma.

Having been raised by professional musicians (his parents played in the symphony orchestra) Jonathan was raised with a love for music.  That love was only heightened as he mastered the piano and learned the guitar.  As a concert pianist he has been asked to play at weddings, conferences and meetings many times through his life.  He also enjoys leading groups in worship with his guitar.

In high school he was very involved with NCFCA (debate) and became famous for being the only student in the league history to ever win National champion in original oratory three years in a row!  This then opened many doors for him to speak at political conferences and meetings nation wide.

Jonathan became interested in politics early in high school and later pursued many work opportunities in that field.  He co-founded High School Conservative Clubs of America, moved to Chicago at age 17 to work for then Senate candidate Alan Keyes then moved to TX where he first interned at Global Learning Strategies and then World Magazine.

Now comes the good part…

Shortly after returning home from his time in TX and finishing a semester at the local Jr. College, a friend of Jonathans told him about an exciting race in San Diego.  It was the special election to replace Duke Cunningham.  This friend (thank you Tim Bueler) knew someone (me) who was working for one of the candidates, Howard Kaloogian.  Jonathan thought this would be an excellent time, since he had time, to build to his political resume.

After brainstorming political strategies with another of his good friends (Ryan Herche), he sent me off an introductory letter proposing we hire him. I new we could use more hands on board so was glad to get his note.  I then spoke with him over the phone regarding his ability and ideas before pitching the idea to our candidate for final approval.  (It sure is a good thing Howard said YES!)

I arranged to officially meet Jonathan at the next Republican Party state convention which was taking place the following week in San Jose.  I was standing at the top of an escalator with my dad waiting for Jonathan to finish his ride to the top when I saw him for the first time.  My immediate thought was “good he knows how to dress and looks good enough to be a face person for the campaign”.  Very romantic I know.

Shortly after Jonathan came to San Diego, I began thinking of him as WAY too serious for his own good and promptly made it my mission in life (among a few other things) to try and “help” him lighten up.  His impression of me… “Very annoying girl!”  I always had fun and he suffered along as we walk/ran precincts in a race to go to every house in the district before Election Day.  His brother David joined us toward the end which was also great fun.

By the end of the campaign we had become very good friends and (dare I say it…) almost like a brother and sister.  We both had plans to leave CA after that race.  He had a job waiting for him on the east coast working for George Allen and I was also heading east on a job hunt.  We both planned to drive our cars out, he taking the southern rout me the Northern.

Three days before his scheduled departure his car was totaled in an accident.  I called him and said he really should drive with me because it would allow us to go non stop all the way, keeping us both alive with a partner to trade off with.  He begrudgingly agreed, to the relief of my parents.

Just before we split off to go our own ways, me to Pennsylvania for a job I found and him to stay in Virginia.  He informed me that he thought he was starting to “like” me.  My first reaction was to wonder how he could possibly think such a crazy thing, he was younger then I and that just wasn’t natural.  My next thought was disappointment at the realization that I might break his poor heart because he was a really nice boy.  I then made immediate plans to leave, figuring he would loose interest by putting space between us.

Three weeks later he came to visit me for my birthday.  Just a little background, the term “out of sight, out of mind” is something that very aptly describes my personality.  I always look more to the future then the past and to miss someone or feel homesick is not something I am prone to do. However that day when I saw Jonathan again I was very surprised to realize that I had actually missed him.  Then when he wished me happy birthday and gave me a hug I was overwhelmed enough to cry a little, which I think shocked us both!

That is when I realized I might like him back, a little.

Now you can read the rest of our story under "Our Story."