In the beginning...

Ryan- on December 4th, 1984 the world was graced with the presence of Ryan Michael Gavagan. Thank god my parents had the final say in my name because if it was up to Emily (my sister) I would have been Hillary Dillary Gavagan or Snow White Gavagan . After leaving the the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, my mom, dad and 4 year old sister retreated back to our house in Hawthorne. We moved from there when I was about 3 years old to Basking Ridge, New Jersey where I would spend the next 16 years of my life. When I hit the 6th grade I hit a HUGE growth spirt promting my family to tell me "Ryan I don't think you grew any new skin; you just stretched it all out from when you were a baby." My parents threw me into sports and baseball is what stuck. Baseball took my all over the country and finally landed me in Florida at Indian River Community College. IRCC was great for many reasons but the best was that this is where I met Cammie.

In the beginning...

Cammie- I was born on April 22, 1985 in Tallahassee, Florida. My parents, David and Deborah, couldn't think of a name for me until the day I was born. When my nurse walked in they saw the name Cameron on her name tag and the rest is history. I have an older brother, Kellen, and two younger sisters, Kersey and Cooper. Yup...our initials are kckc...you can only imagine how many times my dad mixed up our names. My parents, Kellen and I lived in Tallahassee for 7 years, then moved to the Tampa Bay area where later the "surprises" (Kersey and Cooper) happened. I was a gymnast for about 7 years and broke so many bones (6 to be exact) that it led to retirement. After trying multiple sports I finally found the sport of diving. It was a perfect transition! I dove in high school and got a scholarship to Indian River Community College where Ryan and I met. After 2 years at IRCC I transferred to University of Central Florida where I got my Bachelor's in Elementary Education. I taught two years of first grade and now I'm teaching third grade. If you haven't already realized this...I was born on Earth Day and many people believe that's why I am the way I am....green. There's much more to share, but that's me in a nutshell.