32 Years and counting -

Yep, that's right on April 8, 1977 Curt and I were married. It was a beautiful, colorful event as you can tell from some of the pictures below -

Although High School sweethearts (thanks to my brother Steven), our marriage has not been the storybook, fairy tale dream I think we both envisioned. Don't get us wrong, we are very happy BUT it has taken a lot of work, dedication, love and caring and we are here to state it is great - and getting better and better each and every year! In honor of our anniversary, we sat together and came up with 32 memory/events we have LOVED about being married. In no particular order (except the first 4), here they are - how many have you been part of:

1) Sealed together as a family for time and all eternity
2) The births of our children
3) The marriages of our children
4) The births of our grandchildren
5) Moving/living in Alaska (including babysitting Jewel and her brothers)
6) Certified Scuba divers and the adventures that has afforded (including my first attempt in the bathtub of our apartment)
7) Our home
8) Traveling and family vacations - including some of the following:
9) Hard Rock Cafe excursions ("gotta get the pin")
10) Vegas Weekend Get-a-ways (remember the "Chariot of Fire")
11) Tahiti (Marisa being taken captive by the Natives - "Marisa, don't go!")
12) San Diego and the Crystal Pier
13) Hawaii (Curt taking us all to Costco for lunch, come on, isn't it funny now?)
14) Europe (especially visiting Elder Bohn)
15) Mexico (now our home away from home)
16) LAKE POWELL trips
17) Family Reunions (each and every one of them!)
18) The White Rocket (Curt's Lebaron)
19) Curt's graduation from Weber State University
20) Salmon fishing on the Russian River, Alaska - before it was the thing to do!
21) Watching Brandon participate in athletic sports of all types (how about that penalty box?)
22) Watching Marisa dance her little heart away!
23) The CABIN! Doesn't that bring back memories?
24) Marcia's graduation from SLCC (how long did it take???)
25) Brandon/Marisa's graduation from High School
26) Marcia's Suzuki Samurai (the cheap jeep - how many kids did we stuff in there?

27) Brandon's missionary service in Berlin, Germany

28) Curt's activiation and deployment for Desert Storm (we did not LOVE this, but it was pretty significant and we are proud of his military service)
29) Brandon/Jamie's graduation from the "U"
30) Brandon's upcoming graduation from Temple
31) Working together as ordinance workers in the Bountiful Temple
32) Still excited to be together - and looking forward to more adventures in the years ahead!

Wow, where has the time gone? I plainly remember when we got married and John VanWeezep said "You look at each other now and think there is no way you could ever love each other more, but in the years that lie ahead, you will look back on this love and wonder how it was ever enough to have gotten married in the first place". I certainly realize the truth of that statement now, and simply couldn't imagine my life without Curt. I know our love will continue to grow and am looking so forward to the upcoming years. Thanks Curt, Happy Anniversary - I love you!