today was the day, sixteen years ago, that dave and i were married in the salt lake temple.
it was the coldest day of the year. i remember because while we were taking pictures, dave knelt down, took off my white satin shoe and rubbed my foot warm. dave is celebrating our anniversary by finishing up a 30 hour shift at the hospital. i have a mini cake buffet waiting for him when he gets home. we will spend the evening at our eleven year old son's cello performance and helping our daughter write a debate case about why spending cuts are better than tax increases. real life, but oh so good! i am extremely grateful we have made a life together. we will sneak away tomorrow night and spend a whole 24 hours together in salt lake. it's my favorite get away. dave is planning so it should be good. the last year has been eventful. pregnancy, moving, building a house, new baby, a baptism, high schooler, coaching soccer, more soccer, basketball, callings, homework, laundry, and so the list continues. the other day, i called dave at work feeling behind and a little discouraged. he said to me, "don't worry, we've got this." and i know we do because we're a team. i look at the little world we have created and i love it. this has been an investment year for us. it's been really busy with not much down time, and we were joking around that this next year will be our "blissful" year, but really there are blissful things all around. here's my list of sixteen blissful things i love about dave:
1-he fixes food and places it in front of me often.
2-he scoots over and makes a spot for me next to him in church, even if the meeting has started and there are five kids in between us.
3- he takes my call at work.
4- he waits for me to go to bed.
5- he listens to me.
6- it's important to him that we have time together.
7- he works extremely hard.
8- he lets me be in charge.
9-he makes an effort to make sure i can feel that he loves me.
10- he is genuine.
11- he gives people the benefit of the doubt, always.
12-he isn't critical to me or anyone.
13-he helps our kids with tough homework and projects.
14-he wants to make sure the kids and i have what we need.
15- he makes our bed.
16-he is hopeful.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAVE!
we must be doing something right if our fourteen year old daughter listens to taylor swift's song, "stay, stay, stay" and says, "this song reminds me of you and dad." i love it! and you!
