Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Six years

I know this is a little late, but I wanted to post about it anyway. Justin and I have been married for 6 years! It has gone by quickly, but it seems like we have been married for a lot longer. I think the number of kids, the minivan, and the mortgage really help to speed things up. I just have to say that I am the luckiest woman in the world. I love Justin so much and I am so glad that we met and got married. And that is just about what happened, soon after we met we knew we would get married. I feel like our relationship is so special because Heavenly Father set us up. We met in January of 2002, in the country of El Salvador. We were both serving full time missions. Actually the first time I met Justin he came off a little bit conceited and I wasn't that impressed. He also kept correcting my Spanish and I really didn't like that. Later on that year we were put in the same area and began working together in a small town. There were only four missionaries there so we did a lot together. We shared some really incredible experiences there, sharing the gospel and serving the people. We often talk about the people we met and taught, I feel so blessed to be able to share these memories with Justin. When Justin was transferred to another area, we didn't see each other anymore. But, he was released three months later and waited patiently for me to get home too. When we met up after the mission it took me about 30 seconds to know that I wanted to be his wife. Lucky for me, it took him 10 seconds to know he wanted to marry me. Since then we have been together. Except for a week that my Dad made us separate, we both hated it! He wanted us to be sure that knew what we wanted. We got engaged a month after I came home and then got married 2 months after that. It was the best decision I have ever made. The first year of marriage wasn't easy, it took a lot of adjusting and compromise, but we got over it and started our little family. Which now is a big family and I hope it gets even bigger! I love Justin so much and I am so lucky to be married to a wonderful, honest, hot, capable, dedicated, loving, righteous, man. The kids are lucky to have him as a father. Our anniversary was really fun. My parents took the kids so we could go to the temple and out to dinner. We ate at the Melting Pot which was really good. I am so grateful for Justin and our life together and look forward to everything in our future! Here are some pictures of our wedding day. These are just some shots my Grandpa took, I didn't put any of our professional ones up, maybe I will later. Thanks for reading if you made it this far!
This is one of my Bridals before the big day.




2 comments:

Jackson said...

Way to go on the 6 year mark! I remember being there the day you were married, so fun. Congrats!! You have a beautiful family.

Ruth said...

love your dress