9 yrs...and going...

Happy Anniversary

Yesterday was our nine year wedding anniversary. It has gone by sooo fast! It is a good thing we have eternity or else by the end of our lives when we are old- it will seem as if we blinked and missed it all. I laugh at the idea now of saying "what are our plans for the next five years?" because in the last nine years NOTHING we have planned on actually happened that way - and we never imagined we would be living in southern texas right now. I am soo blessed to be married for time and eternity to my best friend. Heavenly Father sure knew what he was doing when he put us together. So just for fun: Let me tell you a few tid bits of what we have done in the last nine years!

Tyson was my home teacher for the summer at Ricks College, ( he was the very best home teacher), we started dating in september, we were engaged two weeks later, and married two months later on november 18th 2000 , I originally didn't want to date at Ricks because "everyone who dates there gets married" --until I met Ty and I changed my mind ;)

It was very cold and snowy in Idaho that day- we got married in the Idaho Falls temple and when we got pictures outside, eveyone was bundled in coats, except for the bride and groom! (we were so happy- we didn't notice).

We have three kids born in 2002, 2004, and 2006.

Not planned that way- but it does make it easier to remember when they were born. and they were all born in Idaho Falls.

We spent our first summer living in Tri- Cities washington selling Living Scriptures Door to Door. Since then we have lived in Rexburg, ID, Idaho Falls ID, Ammon ID, Blackfoot ID, Pocatello ID, Casper WY(rented a house, then bought a house), Vernal UT (an apartment, then a house), Spring Tx, just don't ask about the hotels we have lived in too- the list grows longer.

WE have visited at least five different dinosaur museums- it seems they are everywhere! We have learned something special about all the places we have lived. We have had everything from deer and antelope to wild pigs and armadillos in our yards.

We have survived weather temperatures that range from -18, up to 110.

We have gotten older and gained more weight- although no one seems to notice ;) SO I guess it's okay! (but I have not gained ANY height, (I may , in fact, be a little shorter so no one is allowed to check))

"So What do we try to imagine the next few years will bring??" WE have NO idea - but we know we will be doing it together.