Anniversary

Six years ago today, Gary and I were married. What a wonderful day that was!!! I still remember the ceremony. It was in our back yard in Sandy. Family and friends were there.

These are our rings. They are Celtic. It's kind of hard to see the symbols on them, but there is a heart with a crown on it being held by two hands. The heart stands for love, the crown for loyalty and the hands for friendship. That is what marriage is all about. His ring is gold inset with silver symbols and my ring is silver with gold symbols. It has been a wonderful six years. In that time we have become the best of friends. We love to spend time together. Which is good because Gary works at home, so we are together more than most people.

Gary is such a wonderful person and I am so grateful that I found him. He leads and guides our family and honors his priesthood. He supports me in all that I do. He encourages me in all my endeavors and I love him for that. He treats me like a queen and he is my king.

Many things have happened in our six years. We had Lizzie and Sara get their driver's licenses at the same time. We had three graduations; Lizzie and Sara received their high school diplomas and I received my Bachelors Degree. We sent Lizzie off to UNLV to play soccer, get her degree and of course to find Luke. We married Lizzie off to Luke on June 6, 2009. It was such a wonderful day! The temple was amazing and Lizzie looked beautiful. Luke looked really good, too. We are so glad they found each other and are so proud of them.

We moved to Layton in November 2009 and love it here. We were finally able to get Sara a job (well I took her to put her application in at Dairy Queen, and she did the rest). It took her about 9 months to find, though. We gave Sara a car, which unfortunately she crashed, but she was okay and she is more important than a car. Now she rides her bike to work, at least until we can get her a new car. She has her own room with her own bathroom. She spends much of her time with friends in Salt Lake. She is a joy to have around.

We have been able to spend more time with Tasha and Jared and the grandkids. This has special for us. We love them as well as Anneke (who is an amazing women), David and Doug (who is such a great young man). We have such great kids!!!

We have traveled to many places in those 6 years. Hawaii, Seattle, Portland, Yellowstone, the Oregon coast, Colorado Springs, Las Vegas, Moab, Disneyland (Gary for the first time. We went with Luke and Lizzie), and Nauvoo (This was one of our favorites. What a great place and the temple was beautiful).

The best thing to happen next to our wedding was being sealed together in the Mount Timpanogas Temple on October 25, 2008. That was a special day.

We are going to go to Mimi's Cafe for dinner. This is where Gary asked me to marry him. We love it. So far it is a great day.