Day 1&2-20 Year Anniversary Trip!

We are off to Rome...Our first flight out of SLC was delayed 2 hours because of maintenance, which would have made us miss our connecting flight out of Atlanta. So we had to switch our flight to New York to Paris then on to Rome. The new flight (New York to Paris) ended up leaving an hour late! So we literally ran through the Paris airport, we just barely made our flight! We finally made it to Rome...but our bags didn't! So we had to wait in the airport for another 2 hours to wait for our bags. No big deal. We rode the metro then walked for awhile to our room, dropped off our bags and headed to the closest thing to us, which was the Trevi fountain. We had planned to go to the temple, but had to cancel it because of our switched flight, we lost about 10 hours. We had pasta at a little restaurant by the fountain and had some gelato for our walk back to our room. That was two very long travel days! I slept so good! I don't think I moved all night.

 

Happy Anniversary!

Level 20 complete! 

We had such a good day celebrating! Started the day off with watching an episode of 99 To Beat with the kids. Then we went to a movie and had lunch at Wellers Bistro and did a little shopping. When we got home we decided we had enough time to go for bike ride! So we picked up Jaime and then headed out to Antelope Island. We had a great ride and made it back to the car just before it got too dark to see! When we got home we celebrated with the kids with some pizza and doughnuts. After dinner we were showing the kids some of our engagement and wedding photos which led to a mini photoshoot! 

Happy Anniversary Mike! I can’t imagine my life without you! Love you! 💕

Happy New Year and Anniversary

Happy New Year! Wesley got braces to start the year off.

Happy Anniversary to Mike and I, we made it to level 18! We went to a movie and lunch then to Jaycee basketball game. The Ulrich's anniversary is on the 6th, they invited us to go do an escape room with them. It was fun, I even helped a little.😊 And it snowed and snowed some more. I've haven't been any help this year with snow removal and it has been a pretty snowy year!

The should is coming along. I still can't really do anything with it. Mike has really picked up the slack, he even does Vivian's hair!

I also included the kids school pictures. I never buy them, but i took screen shots of them on my dsd. They are so cute!

 

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to us!

#13years!

#Wemadeitthisfar

Because hashtags are a thing.

Marrying Mike was definitely the best decision I have ever made!

 He is easy going (most the time), hard working (all the time), the best dad and husband, and overall pretty great!

 Our day ended up being on a Saturday, but with the kids having basketball practice and a birthday party we decided to celebrate early. We planned to go out on Thursday, but Mikes mom got sick and she was going to watch the kids. So we didn't go to a movie, but Bensen got invited over to play at Ambers, so we took Viv with us and went to Olive Garden. We loved it, Viv did not.

On Friday my mom watched the little kids and we went as saw Aquaman. It was pretty good.

 On Saturday there was so much going on, but later that night the older kids were invited over to Trevor and Katie's to play.

After I dropped them off,  I stopped at Burly Burger and got us a Oreo shake to share, then came home and we watched the Jazz game.

 It was nice we were able to spend some time together. Much later that night Mike got sick and threw up most of the night. He was the last one to get it. It had already made it's way through the rest of us.

We had a great year and we are looking forward to many more!

Happy Anniversary Mike, I love you!!💖

Happy Anniversary to us!

This year we celebrated 12 years! 

We had fun all week. Mike didn't have to work all week so we went to a couple of movies.

On our actual anniversary we went Jumanji then to Kneaders for lunch. For dinner we took the kids to Chili's. Then we came home and played with Lincoln Logs.

It was a really great day!

Man, I am so grateful for Mike! Looking back, 12 years ago I could never have imagined how awesome our lives would have turned out.

We have been so blessed!

I'm so glad I get to spend eternity with him!

Happy Anniversary!

It really is crazy to think  we have been married for 11 years. It doesn't seem that long ago that we were just friends hanging out!

 At the same time, it seems like we have been together our whole lives!

 I'm so glad Mike had the patience to wait for me to make up my mind. (Was there really ever a question?) I was pretty scared to get married and it took me a couple of years to come around to the idea.

 Marrying Mike was the best decision I have ever made.

 We have been so blessed. We have lived in 3 houses, remodeled/rebuilt a motor home and sold it,  have owned 6 cars, and have 4 of the best kids around!

 Mike has done a great job keeping us out of debt. We have never really used a credit card, and have paid cash for pretty much everything we have, with the exception of our house.

Mike has worked for the IRS our whole marriage with a handful of different positions. Currently he is a tax analyst, he tells me he does work load selection and delivery.  I was in a temple interview one time and the guy asked me what my husband did for a living, and I really couldn't tell him and felt pretty stupid! He told me I should probably find out how my husband supports our family. Since then I try to understand. So he selects work for people to do and then delivers it to them....I think. :)

We have had several different callings in the church. My latest is Young Woman Miamaid advisor and Mike is the Gospel Doctrine teacher.

 I feel like we have grown a ton in  11 years! Not just in size! ;) But we have done that too.

 I remember when we were just about to have Wesley I told Mike I was worried because I wasn't sure how we could love another kid as much as we loved Jaycee. It is amazing how love can grow. And it continues to grow with each child.

 I could have never imagined how much more I could love Mike. I thought I loved him the day we got married, but it pales in comparison to how much I love him now!

 Who knew?

 He is so funny! He makes me laugh everyday.

 He is the best dad. Just ask my kids. :)

 He is the smartest person I know, he's a hard worker, and a great teacher.

I really don't know how I ended up so lucky, but I am so glad God saved him for me.

 Mike, I hope you know how much I love and appreciate you. I'm pretty sure I could not survive without you. 

 I thank Heavenly Father everyday that he let me have you. 

You really are the best thing that ever happened to me!

I love you!