7 year anniversary

Yesterday was Steve and I's 7th anniversary! You know, some people say it has gone by so fast, but I feel like we have been married for longer than 7 years. I don't know if that is a good thing or not. Ha Ha. But it has been a wonderful 7 years, and we have done, and seen and been through a lot.

Mom sent this CUTE card that she made for us and I just love it. Tawna says that she learned some card making skills from Sarah. I was not surprised to hear that Dad did the rhyming in the card. :) Does anyone really think we can handle 4 girls on top of the 4 boys we already have. I mean HONESTLY.

So, to celebrate the day, we passed the kids off to Tawna at about 2:00pm so that we could take a nap, then get ready and go out to our traditional castle for dinner. It was a lovely evening, and Steve gave me such a nice card.

{I just got the cutest hair cut, but I was in total slow motion when we were suppose to be getting ready for our date. So, I ended up leaving with it wet, which is not at all uncommon for me, but it did make for a sloppy picture. :) Steve got a sexy haircut too!}

And just for fun...I found this on someone else's blog and thought I would tell you a little of our history for those of you who don't know:

Where did you meet your husband?

Steve's younger sister Kristin was in a class with me at UVSC. It was the first semester I was going to school after being in Provo for 5 years. She said that she wanted to set me up with her brother who had just moved to Utah, and I said "Sure, why not."

What was the first thing you said to your husband?

I love you! (I mean after all we had just gotten married)

Where was the first kiss? First date?

Our first date was going ice skating with Kristin and her husband John. Steve was at least an hour late for the date because he was working on his car. (I guess Kristin didn't talk me up very good huh?) The date was funny because when we started skating, I stayed with Kristin and Steve went skating with John. Finally Kristin said she didn't feel very good and wanted to sit down and John said he would sit with here. So, Steve and I HAD to skate together, and I ended up finding him very interesting (and still do).
Our first kiss was at his house during General Conference. He had invited me over for the morning session and made us breakfast. At some point during Conference we decided kissing sounded more interesting and so that is what we did. I hope you don't think any less of us now. :)

Did you have a long or short courtship/engagement?

We meet in Feb. 99 and got married in Sept. 2000 so I would call that long. It took us a while to grow on each other. And Steve having just come out of the Army had to soften up a little bit before we were ready to get married. (That is my side of the story anyways)

Where did you get married?

We got married in the Mount Timpanogos temple in American Fork, Utah. It was such an amazing day that I will always remember. The weather was even just like I like it. It would rain for 15 minutes then be clear for half hour. You can even see some of the little black rain clouds in our wedding pictures.

How did the reception go?

Our reception was AMAZING! We had it behind a church building in a little grass park area that was meant for BBQ's. A friend of my family's from Bakersfield came to Utah and BBQ'd for us. So everyone got to come and enjoy great food, and some dancing. I thought everything turned out perfectly.

How was the honeymoon?

The night we got married we stayed in a very nice hotel in Salt Lake that Steve's parents paid for and it was perfect. Mom even packed us a little bag of goodies to eat in case we were hungry. It was really nice. Then we waited a week to go on our honeymoon and we did two things. We drove to Bakersfield from Utah, but we went up through Reno and Monterey which was a way I had never been before. We stopped in Monterey for Steve to show me some of the places that he loved when he was going to school there. Then after another awesome reception in Bakersfield we flew to Virginia and stayed for a week in a hotel there. We got to visit with Steve's family and see some beautiful places in Williamsburg. We also had a reception there that turned out beautifully. It was a memorable couple of weeks.

We plan on having many more wonderful years together, and learning the valuable lessons of life together. Thanks Kristin, for thinking of me when you were looking for someone to make your brother happy. :)


P.S. Steve and I got married on my Grandma and Grandpa Allred's 50th wedding anniversary, so we will always share that special day with them. Happy 57th Anniversary Grandma, I hope you had a great day!