Belated Thank You to Love

Wednesday was Aaron's and my 3rd anniversary! Yeah! However, like every single other anniversary our celebrations have had to be put on hold due to finals. Darn that BYU for getting out earlier than any other school :)

These last three years feel like they've passed like gust of wind. I can't believe we're here already. Three years doesn't seem like a long time and it isn't, BUT it marks a new stage for us. We will finally be earning money instead of borrowing it. We will finally be living the life of a non-student family.

... Okay, this is not a blog about ending law school and entering the real world of employment. It's about our journey so far.

Aaron and I were married the day after we both graduated from college. Crazy, I know, but I wouldn't trade it for another day. So much of our family was there for their own child's graduations that it really made it fun for us to have so many at our wedding. It was also the most beautiful day at the temple.



Our honeymoon was spent at my uncle's incredible cabin in Island Park and in one of Canada's most beautiful places, Banf. We were making our way north for our reception in Canada and it was great!



After our honeymoon, we came back to our little apartment in Provo and realized, maybe for the first time, that both of us were unemployed (that's what happens when you both graduate from the school you work for). Heavenly Father blessed however with two very busy jobs within days after coming back.


That August we took our family adventure to Maryland where we have lived for three years, mostly. We've lived in three different apartments. The first only lasted five months. I can only describe it affectionately as the "pit of despair" (picture a basement apartment with no windows). The next had huge windows that were wonderful, BUT it ended up having a mouse infestation and really wasn't in the best part of town. Now we live in a HUGE basement apartment with a walk-in entrance and a really nice neighborhood.

It's been a fabulous three years for Aaron and me. There have been hard things, like me trying to complete my internship with every stumbling block thrown in the way. There have also been amazing things happen: the addition of Eli to our home being the best. Through it all, Aaron has been the most understanding, supportive, and encouraging person! I can't believe how lucky I was to get this catch! I don't think I even realized how good of a man he was while we were dating. He really is so devoted to me and Eli. He has never made me feel like I was less than perfect to him (even though I take him for granted frequently) and he is always telling me that I deserve every good thing I want. What's the flaw in this... I'm spoiled beyond all belief and so is our Eli. If there's one thing I would change about Aaron is the fact that I know I will NEVER get to use this line on our children.

"You just wait until your father gets home!"

Why won't I get to use this? Because Aaron is such a push over when it comes to Eli that I know I will have to be the "bad" parent all the time. Hey, I guess I'll just have to take the bad with the good, right? ;)


I love you Aaron. Thanks for making this life so much fuller. Thanks for being my sounding board of frustration and rants of meaningless plausable political fallouts. Thanks for not making me try to catch the mice with a box (I was a lot more comfortable playing goalie with a broom). Thanks for being the best husband to a sick pregnant wife who basically just laid on the floor from the time I got home from my internship until it was time for bed, trying to prevent myself from throwing up. Thanks for not getting mad at me for coming into our room at three in the morning LIVID at you, and while thrusting our child in your arms and saying, "take your son". I know you didn't know why I was upset, but you handled it wonderfully and were able to laugh at the situation when I told you why. I love you so much and I'm looking forward to our next great adventure!