2003- Girl moves to same state as boy. Boy and girl get married one really cold April day. Boy and girl are beyond happy. Girl sees a tiny little puppy and says "pretty please", boy sees puppy eyes and says yes.
2004- Puppy has a rival for boy and girl's affection when new baby girl comes along. Girl is pretty certain the people at the hospital are crazy to let her go home with a baby. Boy goes back to school.
2005- Boy and girl and new baby girl and not so tiny puppy move to a bigger house and are sure they'll never be able to use all the empty space.
2006- Boy and girl get a bit of a surprise when baby #2 is actually #2 and #3. Girl is now certain the people at the hospital won't let her go home with 2 babies. They do.
2007- Boy finishes school. Girl is very grateful to have a husband home in the evenings.
2008- Girl discovers her secret desire to run a marathon. Boy tells her to go for it and is now alone with three small children most Saturday mornings while girl runs. Girl runs marathon and swears to never participate in that kind of nonsense ever again. Boy is grateful to have a wife that can again walk up stairs without crying.
2009- Baby #4 comes along bringing the total to 2 boys and 2 girls. Those people at the hospital let girl take that baby home despite her serious doubts.
2010- Girl plans a really long road trip. Boy has doubts but goes along with yet another one of her crazy ideas. Girl begins to have doubts but she's made the plans and is stuck. Boy and girl pack the kids in the car and take off. Really long road trip ends up being lots of fun. Girl also struggles with untreated postpartum depression, that's a long uphill battle but eventually everyone survives.
2011- Girl decides it's time for her to go back to school and finish what she never really started. Boy also decides to go back to school and get his Masters degree. That big house that seemed so empty is actually bursting at the seams.
2012- Girl thinks that life is kinda boring and that they need to mix things up a little. So kids start ballet. Some of them play baseball. All of them swim. Girl wonders what she was thinking. Boy keeps going to school like the genius he is. Boy and girl dream about spending time together not doing homework. Girl also decides to run another marathon. This one was billed as "all downhill", she discovers the race directors were lying at about the 2 mile marker.
2013- Baby number #5 decides to finally join the fun. It's a beautiful little girl who is adored by all, she's a gift from above. Boy also discovers that his long time job is coming to an end. Together they decide to batten down the hatches and ride this storm out. Boy also graduates with a Masters degree and amazing grades. This is all while working and taking care of a growing family. Girl is in awe.
2014- A job takes a little while to finally come but they're okay because despite being unemployed they're happier than ever, the savings last just as long as they need to and all is well. New job arrives and brings many blessings. The things they have learned cause a major course correction.
2015- A brand new year brings new chances to change lives. It also brought heartache as we said goodbye to Doggie, she did more than her fair share of highchair crumb patrol and feet warming, we miss her everyday (not just because of the floor pick up, although it was one of the perks). Happily, the student loan debt is slowly but surely disappearing. All 5 kids are healthy and happy and well. Boy loves his job and looks forward to each day. Girl is still in school but is picking up the pace, big time. She has also finally decided on a career direction, when she grows up she wants to help other families in financial crisis. Boy and girl are more in love today than all those years ago.
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| The Jordan River Temple where this all began 12 years ago |
Yesterday was our 12th anniversary. We celebrated with the usual Sunday fun (scriptures gone missing, a baby who needed a nap, dinner with family), it was pretty great. It's also not anything that I could have dreamed of way back when we first got married but it's better than I had hoped. I love that husband of mine, he really is my better half. Everything good and wonderful in my life has come because of his love and support. And that's the truth.
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