Happy Anniversary!

6 years ago today Paul and I were married in the Portland Oregon Temple. After a 10 month courtship, we tied the knot. To this day Paul claims he was duped into marrying me by our Bishop who supposedly told him I had a bunch of money! HA! But I always remind him that he drove himself to the Temple that fateful Saturday morning of his own free will so he's the one to blame. He could have kept on heading north on I5 if he wanted to but he chose to marry me. What a guy! This first picture is somewhat of an engagement picture. Paul took me on a motorcycle ride into the hills of Corvallis, OR and proposed to me in a ditch in some stranger's driveway. We had a gorgeous view of the city lights and the star filled sky. It was a perfect proposal! The motorcycle played a large role in our engagement because his purchase of it is what finally broke my silence on our plans for the future. I fugured if he was willing to spend money on a motorcycle he wasn't planning financially for a future with me. So thanks to the motorcycle, communication lines opened and we decided to get married.

Aren't we babies!? Ah, fresh newlyweds, shiny in love, throwing a reception in the gym of the local Mormon church. Its free, right? I threatened Paul with no honeymoon if he shoved cake in my face. I just don't find it funny and he luckily agreed.

Here we are on our Honeymoon in New Orleans. We are on a riverboat on the Mississippi River. Very cool. N'awlins is a crazy town! I'm glad I visited it once but that is probably one place I will never visit again.

As I was thinking over the last , or first, six years of our marriage, I came up with TONS of some pretty major events: Road trips to Alaska, Michigan, Niagara Falls, Colorado, Maine, Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., and everywhere in between! The passing of my wonderful Father-in-Law the week before my son was born, the birth of 3(!) kids, the passing of 3 of my grandparents, buying a home for the first time, Paul graduating from college and getting a great job at Intel, the marriages of siblings and births of nieces and nephews, health scares from various family members, and the ups and downs of everyday life. These have been 6 years of great times and some pretty sad times, but over all I have had a great and truly blessed life since I decided to drop my stubborness and agree to marry my best friend. Thanks Paul for loving me, for standing by me, for accepting me, for calming me down more times than I can count, and for being the great daddy you are to our 3 babies. I love you TONS and look forward to the next 6 years and beyond!