Happy 4th Anniversary

Wow!  It's amazing to me how quickly time has flown.  It still feels like yesterday and yet it feels like it has been an eternity.  I remember feeling like getting married was never going to be an option for me and that no one would ever love me enough to ask me to marry them.  I remember moving back to Orem and wondering what the heck for.  And I remember my first ward prayer in my new ward where I met this extremely handsome man with graying hair and a deep voice and I thought, wow he's cute.  I'm thankful I had the goal to talk to at least two new people that night.  I'm thankful that he chose to go to ward prayer that night, which he typically didn't do.  I never thought in a million years that he would choose me to be his wife.

Dating and engagement was a whirlwind that I had vowed I would never be involved in.  My plan was to date for at least six months before getting engaged.  George told me he loved me within days of our starting to date.  I told him I loved him two weeks later. 

We were engaged two months later on Thanksgiving and married on February 21, 2013.  I couldn't believe I had fallen into the Utah wedding plan but it didn't matter because I knew it was right.

Over the last four years, we've definitely had our ups and downs.  George started school and got an Associates from UVU.  He was in the YM presidency and then was made 2nd Counselor in our Bishopric.  He transferred to BYU and switched majors twice.  He ran a half marathon.  He has made it through so many of my ups and downs and has been my rock to help me through some of the hardest trials we've ever had.

I've worked at Continuing Education the whole time but been in three different departments since we met.  I've been in the RS presidency, the VT coordinator, YW camp director, and now a YW adviser.  I ran a half marathon. I found out I have PCOS.  I've had five miscarriages and have had my body strung through many different drugs and appointments.  I've held George as he's cried over the struggles that he has had and hopefully have been a rock for him too.

We've both had trials with depression, landlords, jobs, school, miscarriages, illnesses, and deaths.  We've had joyous times though.  We've been blessed by our Father in Heaven.  We've seen his hand through our trials and we count our blessings.  We've taken the time to remember the blessings we do have.  We've seen many nieces and nephews join our family and we've been blessed to be a part of their lives.

We've taken trips to Disneyland, Florida, San Francisco, and Idaho.  We hope to continue taking trips and enjoying the new things that we get to see together.

The past four years have definitely not all been easy nor all joyful all the time.  George and I definitely are not perfect and neither is our marriage but one of our favorite quotes is "You may not be perfect, but you're perfect for me".  We have our struggles as all married couples do but we work through them and become a little better every day because we have each other in our lives.  I'm so thankful that this man took a chance on me.  He has made me a better person and I love him with all of my heart.  Who knows where I'd be without him.  Happy 4th Anniversary to the most perfect man for me!  I can't wait for so many more.

I love you to infinity and beyond!

I've Been Thinking

I've been thinking about a lot of things lately.  Here's just a few:

1. I want to learn to write better.  I think I may take a creative writing class.
2. Is it better to be so busy at work that you can't breathe or so bored at work that you could poke your eyes out?
3. I don't have to be perfect, I just have to be me.  Who cares what anyone else thinks.
4. I'm not sure there are any easy callings in the LDS church.  They are all time consuming.
5. New Testament is really interesting.  Whoever thought that I, of all people, would be attending a religion class at BYU and be enjoying it.
6. Who cares if boys look at or like women's fashion.  There was a guy sitting in front of me in my New Testament class perusing women's fashion on pinterest.
7. I love good food.  I could eat all the time.  Too bad my body hates it when I do that.
8. Is there an age that you get to and you don't care about what you weigh anymore?
9. Tax refunds are meant to be used to travel.  
10. How'd I get so lucky to meet a man who was okay with my crazy thoughts and loves me despite what I weigh?  I know so many women who deserve the same thing and I'm not sure how I got lucky.

Not really profound but they are the thoughts that have been floating around in my head lately.