Weddings, Weddings, Weddings...

Just got back from Idaho.

 My niece got married!

  

Congratulations Layton and Ashley!

Up next....Nephi and Mallory
My nephew
April Wedding

And, Brian and Vanessa

The Postman's Brother
June Wedding

Last year. Matt & Kylie

The Postman's niece - Mesa, AZ

13 Years Ago...

February 21, 1998

I have found that when you first get married you believe that you are in love. Not until you live the years together do you finally learn TRUE love. It transcends the storms and lows and cold. Then you love because you know you have found someone who can love you, in spite of you, and you find strength in forgiveness and disappointments, companionship, and encouragement. You never abandon or think more of yourself and you don’t give up. You’ll find yourself in these moments of beautiful peace – full of joy and never alone. I’m grateful for my husband who has taught me and helped me to feel all of these things. Most of all, I’m grateful to be loved by him.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 

    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height 

    My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight 

    For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. 

    I love thee to the level of everyday's 

    Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. 

    I love thee freely, as men might strive for Right; 

    I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. 

    I love thee with the passion put to use 

    In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. 

    I love thee with a love I seemed to lose 

    With my lost saints,–I love thee with the breath, 

    Smiles, tears, of all my life!–and, if God choose, 

    I shall but love thee better after death.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Congratulations to everyone! 

Welcome to the tree! ♥

Happy Anniversary

Today's the day....

Married 12 years!

Happy anniversary Honey!

I was tricked. He told me he was in AZ for Christmas. He showed up at the Idaho Falls temple on Christmas Eve dressed as Santa Claus. He asked me to marry him. When I FINALLY realized that he wasn't some random guy in a red suit (which was only AFTER he pulled off the beard and got down on one knee *duh*)...I said, YES!

Dearest Anniversary Fairies,

Dearest Anniversary Fairies,

Steve and I will have been married for 12 years next month! And while our love has lasted, alas, some of those wonderful wedding gifts have finally expired. (See pix below.) So fairies, this year we’d love to receive from you a new bedroom! No not furniture (though not choosing a king size bed those many years ago was a serious and regrettable error) some things just need replacing.

Linens:

Our sheets are totally righteous dude! It’s so “holy” that our kids can stick their heads through it. I finally pulled them off the bed when I got tired of getting my foot tangled in that hole. And since a similar demise of two other sheet sets, we are finally down to one mis-matched set of blue cotton and a cream jersey knit.

Last night I slept on a Hello Kitty Pillow case. My dear husband had to choose between Spider Man and a pink one. (Would you believe me if I told you he chose pink?)

Duvet:

Somewhere (and we don’t know where) there is a small hole in our duvet. We pull the covers up and feathers go flying! I have to admit it is pretty comical to wake up with feathers in our hair and the most hilarious episode ensued when my hubby was choking on one that had gotten caught in his throat. Can we say “Duct Tape”? Well, at least that’s one solution should we ever find that elusive feather-spewing hole.

Windows:

Brrr….Why oh why do we feel like we’re winter camping in a snow cave in our lovely master bedroom? Not so luxurious… That humungo thin window is NOT keeping the cold out. We have to cover ourselves with every camping blanket we can find and, maybe one possible advantage, we cuddle together to prevent chattering teeth and hypothermia. Wouldn’t an energy-efficient window be grand? I also dream of a fireplace and often pray for an electric blanket. My favorite has to be the warm, yet very odd, blanket my husband brought from his mission to Korea. Sporting a giant head of a lion, it is neither swanky nor sophisticated.

Paint:

Our bedroom is brown. No, not beige. Chocolate milk brown and mud pie brown. One wall is that brown that’s so brown it’s almost black. Convinced that would be the first thing I painted in our home I started painting color samples right onto that wall. I’ve since learned it makes much more sense to put those samples on white poster board. That way you can move it around the room to see what it looks like in all the lighting situations and most importantly you’re not messing up your walls in the meantime. Three years later it still looks like a half-baked project. And…a little bit ghetto. (What!? Why wouldn’t that look good with a Hello Kitty pillow case and a Lion head blanket?)

That’s why this year; I’m requesting a warm and cozy romantic bedroom for my anniversary.

            (Wouldn’t you?)

Love and kisses