Our 6th Anniversary

Tomorrow Aug. 28th is our 6th wedding anniversary. It will be pretty low key since we already celebrated earlier in the month. I still remember how nervous I was that morning and the tremendous peace I felt when I saw Eli walking toward me. Just another of the many confirmations that he is the one for me. What a wonderful day it was and how many other great blessings have come into our lives since then. In those 6 years we bought a home and had two beautiful children and now have number three on the way. Eli finished his bachelor's degree and is doing a fabulous job as our provider, so I can stay home with our children. There are days when I miss having so much time for the two of us, but we love being parents. We realize it is just a short time we will have little ones to take up almost all of our attention, so we are okay sacrificing some of our couple time for them. I think another sacrifice we make is living on one income which also makes it hard to get away as a couple for date nights. Regardless of the blessings and challenges we have had in the past 6 years, I am glad we have all of eternity to continue to celebrate, sacrifice, work, experience joy, learn from each other, etc. Thanks Eli for putting up with me the last 6 years and for your commitment, patience, forgiveness, devotion, and your unconditional love! Thanks also for being such a great dad!

I just wanted to add one more comment that is unrelated to our anniversary. Lately Beck has been pointing to the pictures of Jesus and calling him "Daddy". I think it is kind of cute and kind of profound at the same time. Maybe he is in the phase where every male is "daddy", but I'd like to think there is more to it than that.

Cherish every moment

This weekend we celebrated Eli's grandparents 60th wedding anniversary with a big family party. We were in charge of making a carrot cake for the celebration and Kate was very excited to help me. She kept saying over and over "I'm a good maker momma".



She loved wearing my apron, cracking eggs, pouring ingredients and especially licking the beaters. It turned out pretty well, but I have to give the credit to my grandma Anna Hart since it is her recipe.



A lot of the family wanted to have the recipe for the carrot cake so here it is.....

2 cups flour 2 t baking soda
1 t salt
2 t cinnamon
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups grated carrots
1 can crushed pineapple (drained)
1 cup nuts (optional)
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes

Frosting:
1 pkg cream cheese
1 cube butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 t vanilla

I did two batches of cake and two batches of frosting for this triple layer cake.
It is delicious and a very simple recipe that is hard to mess up. Enjoy!


I forgot to bring my camera to the party, but here are some pictures of Eli's grandparents when they visited us when Beck was born. They use to live in ST. George and recently moved to South Ogden. It is nice having them so much closer. We are grateful for their love and support. What an accomplishment to be married for 60 years. Eli kept joking that we are only a 10th of the way there. Since I didn't get married until I was 27 I will be 87 years old at my 60th anniversary if I am still around for it. It was nice visiting with Eli's aunts, uncles, and cousins that we don't see very often. He has a great family and it all started with these two people or as the quote goes "all because two people fell in love".
His grandparents mentioned that it went by so fast and I can believe that since time seems to pick up faster and faster each year. I was just mentioning the other day that it seems like yesterday was memorial day and now it is already the middle of July. I visited with my dad the other day and he was saying that he feels a bit meloncholy because his children grew up so fast and he misses having his children young and always around. It made me appreciate the fact that I get to stay home with my children and try to make the most of every moment. How sad it would be to lose those precious moments with my children while they are small with me working and them in day care. You only get one chance to enjoy them while they are young and I am so glad I won't have any regrets about not spending enough time with them because of other obligations. I hope I never forget how time flies and that I will always try to cherish every moment.