Ripp rolled out this morning around 4am for his week long trip to China. Selling American made products in China...pretty cool, I think. When I rolled out of bed I noticed a text message sent from him around 5:30. It read, "please put lotion on Elli and Will." I chuckled.

The hours and hours spent laying at the pool over spring break in the sunny, southern desert has definitley left its mark on our skin. And if I had to quickly name one thing that lights Ripp's fire-it is soft skin. His sisters laugh that early on when we were dating, they would ask how I was doing and his reply would be 'soft'. Some things never change.