Decade

I figure, since Jon and I have been married for a

DECADE now, I should blog about how we met

and our life and adventures together. Don't

worry I summarized a lot so it's not TOO long.

We both sang in the Madrigal group in High School,

but officially met through some mutual friends.

We got to know each other at group movie outings

and parties and eventually started sitting back to

back (Like Forrest and Buba, "I'm gonna lean up

against you, you just lean right back against me.

This way, we don't have to sleep with our heads in

the mud.") when we'd hang out with friends before

classes. At one Madrigal party in January '97 after

an afternoon of ice skating, sledding and snowball

fights, a little group of us decided to hike to a little

spot called Monkey Rock to watch the sunset. Jon

and I sat back to back as usual, and watched the

beautiful Colorado sun set behind the mountains.

(awww) Well, Jon leaned over and gave me a little

kiss (AWWW) That was it, we were pretty much

inseparable after that. Our first date was to Denny's

and the movies to see Star Wars (re-release special

edition). For those of you who know Jon, this is

where his "geeky-ness" started.

We were totally spontaneous and we love to look

back and laugh at all the adventures we had.

We were in lots of plays together, and even cast as

a couple in Hello Dolly. I guess we were a pretty

cute pair...wink,wink! We had lots of ups and downs

and a few break-ups the next 2 1/2 years, family and

friends know all too well. But, we just couldn't stay

apart for very long, we always ended up back together.

After he graduated, he didn't go to college right away,

but even now he's not sure why he did that. So after I

graduated, we both headed to UNC.

A couple weeks into classes I found out I was pregnant.

I left school, and he followed soon after. It was a rough

few months dealing with how plans had drastically

changed, but Jon ultimately stepped up to the plate and

asked me to marry him...

...We were opening Christmas presents from each other,

and I was sure one of them was a ring. None of the boxes

were the right size, but I figured Jon was being true to his

trickster self. I got to the last one and low and behold...

no ring. I tried not to be too disappointed, and went about

looking at my gifts as Jon left the room and came back

with a little grey box. I knew what it was and was so excited.

I opened it ... and all that was there was a little sticky note

that said "I O U one ring." I think Jon learned his lesson that

day on not messing with a pregnant lady's emotions! Not to

worry, he did have the ring and he got on one knee and asked

me to marry him.

We had a little wedding at church, that turned out

beautifully thanks to some family friends, and got a

nice "honeymoon" at the luxurious Broadmoor resort.

Evey was born a month later, and changed our lives

completely. She had Jon wrapped around her tiny

finger from the moment he saw her. He became the

best daddy and hubby anyone could ask for. We

spent the next year and a half in Woodland Park,

but decided that we needed to move on from our

little mountain town. So, we moved to Utah to

broaden our horizons. We had two more kids there.

Then, we decided to be incredibly spontaneous and

move to New York. That was a huge, expensive,

adventure! So we came back to Utah and had

another kid, and here we are now. We absolutely

love our little (well, not so little anymore!) family.

Jon and I have a great partnership and a friendship

that has continued to grow over the years. We love

to be together, and love every part of our relationship.

We just fit perfectly, we complete each other (yes,

I would like some crackers with my cheezy!) 6 months

ago we were sealed to each other and our children, and

any more that may come, for time and all eternity.

I am so blessed to have Jon as my eternal companion.

He lives his life for our family. He is incredibly

unselfish, and patient, and just plain fun to be around.

I love him with all my heart.

I made a slide show one year for our anniversary, and

I think I even posted it last year, but I thought I'd make

a better, updated one for this "sorta"versary, since it's

a big one. It took me forever to go through our loads of

pictures to find these, but I love the video, I watch it at

least once a day.