7 Years

This comes a few days late, but I still have to mention how grateful I am for this amazing life I have! The last seven years has brought a flood of change in our lives. Getting married, moving 6 times (all within a 30 mile radius mind you), Billy graduating with both bachelors and then his masters, me graduating with my bachelors, growing our family by adding 3 children and another one added soon, purchasing our first home, etc. There has been so much growth and change, it has almost been a constant! Still, with all these changes I sometimes feel that we were married just yesterday.

We celebrated our 7 year mark with a weekend get-away in SLC. We got a room, enjoyed dinner out, stayed up all night watching a movie, playing card games, and well, you can guess what comes next... Breakfast we ate in bed and then we spent the morning in the temple. Lastly, we finished the day by picking up our three kids and enjoyed a family night at the BYU game. It was one awesome day.

Still, the best part of my day was and is waking up every morning with my best friend next to me. I love knowing my kids are happily and safely sleeping in their beds and we have a whole day in front of us to learn and grow (and clean, oh wait, not so much that one). What a life the Lord has given us! My husband is amazing, not perfect but pretty darn close ;-) He loves me, supports me, works harder than I've ever known anyone to (and he doesn't ever complain about it). He is kind, thoughtful, always putting me first, and a wonderful loving father, and has a testimony of the gospel. I know the favorite part of each of our days is when he walks in the door!

If you had told me before I met him that I would be married at 17 I would have thought you belonged in a metal hospital. But when I met him, I knew he was one in a million and I just couldn't pass this guy up! And so we have worked together and laughed together, and created this amazing life for ourselves and for the children that the Lord has blessed us with. As a mom of 3 almost 4 kids ages 4 and under is hard and mundane sometimes, but with the Lord and Billy at my side I find that in the mundane is also the celestial. I am grateful for my life, and especially for my husband. He is my best friend, confidant, and the love of my life. Thank you, Hun. I cant wait to see what the next 70 years will bring to us!

I LOVE YOU!