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.

Congratulations Chase!

My cousin Chase was married this past Tuesday to Breanne Nebeker in the Salt Lake Temple. I loved being able to witness their beautiful sealing. Everyone shared advice at the luncheon which as something I wish I had done at my own wedding luncheon. I loved the advice from my cousin Brett. He said someone had recommended to them that during their couple prayer to find something to appreciate or be grateful for about your spouse each day. What a difference that would make to a couple's prayer and what a great way to end the day. Of course their were those jokesters who said things like if you ever think you picked the wrong person and should have held out for more just make a trip to the super wal-mart and take a look around and you'll realize you did make a good choice.

The reception was held at Lomond View Gardens and it was very beautiful with all the flowers, trees, ponds, etc. They had yummy ice cream in waffle bowls with toppings. Everything was very beautiful from the pictures to the cake and of course Breanne was stunning. However, what I thought was most beatiful was the love I could feel they had for each other. It was very touching.

I am so proud of Chase for all he has accomplished so far in his life. He has done well for himself. I hope I am not wrong, but I think he just barely turned 25 and he is a returned missionary, recent college graduate with a degree in economics, he is working hard to build his career as a financial planner (he does mortgages, investing, and even helps with wills and such), and he has now as the sealer put it "created a new family unit" and received the "highest priesthood blessing". It is obvious he is one to go out and make life happen for himself and not to wait for things to be put in his path. Thanks for including me in your special day and good luck in all your pursuits! Love ya!