We've been in a long-distance-relationship for nearly three years now - we met 15th May 2000 on an internet chat room. Since October 2001 we have been talking on the phone, and we first met each other in England at the end of July this year (2002). Kelly lives in North Dakota, USA, and Tom lives in Northamptonshire, UK. That's about 4000 miles between us.

We plan on meeting again this summer, only this time for an entire month.  We're very excited to be spending practically our whole summer vacation together.  We'll spend two weeks in the US and two weeks in the UK. 

We hope to set up permanent residence in Colorado, USA after completing university at North Dakota State in Fargo.

Marriage dates have not been finalised yet, but we hope to marry for real within the next three years or so (our honeymoon destination is to be Andalusia).  We have been engaged since March 17th, 2002, and on August 1st, 2002, we read our wedding vows in a very private ceremony during our time together in the UK.  Our love for each other grows every day and surely will throughout our lives.

We're planning on having up to six (yes, six!) children, three girls and three boys.  We've already got all of their names picked out and everything.  Our girls' names will be Rebecca Cameron, Jennifer Erin, and Mia Christina.  And for our boys, we've picked Ryan Scott, Matthew James, and Joseph Lee.  We're looking forward to having them all very much and truly cannot wait for them to become part of our lives.

With both of us being only 16 years old (our birthdays are 18 days apart), you could say that we're childhood sweethearts. Our parents know all about our plans for the future and have been very supportive. They've helped a lot in arranging our visits and are probably glad that we'll be leaving home soon!

06/12/2002

At last we have tickets for our holiday next summer! Tom will spend two weeks in ND with Kelly, before we both fly back to England together on the same flight, where we'll stay for a further two weeks.

During the first week of our time in England we will travel to Bournemouth by train and stay in a hotel by ourselves for three nights. At last a bit of freedom for the two of us, and a nice holiday by the sea! Everything is booked now, so we just have the long wait until July.