My hubby just gets more and more romantic! I didn't think he could ever top surprising me with a birthday horse.


(First time with Blue, I had just gotten over the flu the day before this picture)

But boy did he hit it out of the ballpark this time, clearly he wasn't hitting off  Felix Hernandex.
This little gem of a story took place August 11. My very good friend Tanica was getting married. Chris and I were excited because we thought it would be so fun to get to go to the temple so close to the Anniversary of the day that we separately (he couldn't see me before hand, duh) drove to the temple with our parents, while both listening to "Going to the Chapel" on the oldies station in the car. And maybe one of us was late and the other one thought I wasn't going to show up. 10 years of us being late to things because of me would have calmed his nerves that morning. How exciting that we got to replay that amazing moment and at the same time getting to see someone I love starting her fairy tale for time and all eternity.
As we were sitting there watching Morgan slip the ring on Tanica's finger Chris slipped this little beauty on my finger. It is so perfect!


(It is on the wrong finger because it was a little too big)

Now you may ask, "Why weren't you wearing your original wedding ring?" It's simple, I'm incapable of having and maintaining really nice things. In the 10 years we've been married, I've knocked a diamond out of my ring twice. The first time I knocked it loose, we weren't even married yet. I was riding a horse that bucked and I went flying up onto his neck, luckily I didn't fall onto the really fluffy concrete below, where I'm sure a nice comfy pillow would have cradled my head. No I didn't fall but my hand smacked against the saddle horn knocking my diamond loose. I was able to get it reset and everything was okay. Unfortunately not too long ago, I was at a church meeting, I looked down and one of my diamonds was gone.

I looked all over but couldn't find it. I had fed horses that morning and think it must have fallen out in the pasture.
So I told Chris that maybe I needed a band, then I wouldn't lose another diamond. So Chris got me this ring. It is so perfect, he knows me so well. I don't like things very flashy or bulky. I like simple things and this is just that simple with a little extra sparkly bling. I absolutely love it!  Good job hubby! Awww, so sweet! I think I will kiss Chris right now!

10 Years and Counting

Eternity might seem like a long time but if the first 10 years are any indication of the coming eternity, then sign me up.

(Our scanning skills are lacking, Chris's face is really smudgy)

I am a fairly happy, content person. I have always known whatever station in life I was given that I would thrive and be happy. Chris and I have both agreed that we would probably be happy without each other, maybe finding someone else or not, having 10 kids or not, being rich or not. But when our worlds collided we were forever altered. I think we were supposed to meet, the way gravity pulled us together was funny. The journey started long before our two selves were one (maybe one day I will tell those stories). Our planets slipped together and we made the conscious choice to stay in each others Universe. We haven't regreted it one day.
We both feel that we are truely blessed. We married young. I was only 20 and Chris 22.

 We had only dated a year before we were married. Without knowing each other very long, we were lucky we meshed so well together. I love him more today then I did back then. Even though he acted as if he liked gardening, which he doesn't. And he loves me still, even though he now fully understands just how crazy I am when it comes to horses. So cheesy but oh so true, we love each other! This journey through eternity has been interesting and sometimes hard but we still get along so well and not only do we get along so well but we have SO much fun together! T o this day if I have a girls night out with some awesome ladies, I always think "Man, I wish Chris was here". Because I always want him here. Forever and ever.

Maybe I will do this, it's scary to share the words that are straight from your heart. A little scary and a lot embarrassing. But oh well, here goes. I once wrote a poem. It reminds me of Chris and the way it felt to fall in love with him. Gulp, here goes. Don't laugh okay. Start judging me.....now

 Everything in place when we

  found us.

  In the place between falling                                                        

  and hitting the floor

 The complete fall of our hearts,

 it came so fast

 that there was no

 space

 between knowing and not knowing.

  Because the two edges of our

worlds slipped together

 and anything between them was now

   nothing.