10 Years of Marriage

Jeff and I celebrated our 10th Wedding Anniversary on January 7th. I thought this was a great way to start out our new blog. Some people say that 10 years is a long time and others say it goes by so fast. For us, it is hard to say. Not much has changed for us, other than me developing constant headaches, which are caused from stress....I wouldn't say it has been stress free, but the morning of our Anniversary, Jeff gave me a hug and kissed and said that this has been the best 10 years of his life...and I can honestly say that, that statement is true for me as well. I thought since this is my first post I would give a brief history of how it all began.....

I guess you could say we owe it all to Bryan and Tonya, but who wants to give them all the credit! They may have set up the date, but I believe that Jeff and I where destined to be together. Cheesy I know! Our first date took place down in Utah, Jeff stayed at my house (awkward, yet convenient). He was very shy. We went to TGI Fridays, where I told him to eat his carrots, which he did, not knowing that he really doesn't like carrots. I remember he showed me a picture of Camry, who at the time was only 2. She was absolutely adorable, who wouldn't have fallen in love with her. After dinner, we went to Mulligans to miniture golf. I remember Jeff brushed up against me and I got all the wonderful butterflies that come with that first love. After that we went back to the house and got in the hot tub, I guess you could say that the real conversation started, once everyone got out and we stayed in. We talked until about 3am! Because we were now prunes, we got out and changed into our sweats and sat on the couch to continue our conversation. The words just flowed, it was awesome. Around 5am, which now you could say had turned into our second date, he leaned in for the kiss. All I can say, is that it was perfect. It was like you always dream of what your first kiss would be like, I believe at this point, I new he was the one. Because he lived in Pocatello, ID, and I lived in Sandy, UT. We developed a long distance relationship. We would talk every night and both developed huge long distance bills, which both parents can attest to, and on the weekends he would come see me or vice versa. I met Camry a week later. They arrived at my house late, and she had slept all the way down. Jeff was hoping she would go back to sleep, but she didn't. Now Camry did not like to many people, but I have to say when I opened the door she smiled and gave me a big hug, I guess it couldn't help that I had a cute white dog (Beau). That night Jeff got so frustrated, because she wouldn't go to sleep. We tried everything, maybe she thought she was our chaperon. I tease Jeff that I only married him for Camry, and somedays it is true. I am so blessed to have her in my life. Well, needless to say we were engaged a month and a half later. His proposal wasn't exactly the most romantic, but it was still perfect. After driving from Salt Lake to Park City, back to Salt Lake around Salt Lake and up the canyon, we finally pulled of the rode and stood in the dark and rain, where he finally asked.

I am so greatful to have found a man who is funny, light-hearted, patient, loving, kind, active and so on...I couldn't have found a more perfect match.