Monday, May 5, 2008

Our 8th Anniversary

Here's a countdown of some of what Cale and I have been up to the last eight years:

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Amazing years of marriage filled with laughter, tears, joys, frustrations, trust, and love with many more years to come!

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Moves. From Rexburg, Idaho to Riverdale, Utah. From Riverdale, Utah to Mexico City, Mexico. From Mexico City, Mexico to Ogden, Utah. From Ogden, Utah to Westland, Michigan. From Westland, Michigan to Lincoln Park, Michigan. From Lincoln Park, Michigan to St. Louis, Missouri. From St. Louis Missouri to Clarkston, Michigan.
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Years in Michigan. We can't believe it's been this long! Michigan has been very good to us with wonderful friends, a successful career for Cale where I have the blessing of staying home, two homes with many home-improvement projects, and now close family.

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Exotic vacations. Mexico City, Mexico. Acapulco, Mexico. Cancun, Mexico. Hawaii, USA. Mormon Disneyland (our term for church history sites, does this count as exotic?). Not to mention trips to California, Wyoming, Utah, Chicago, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, Colorado, Ohio, Canada, Niagara falls, New York, St. Louis, and I'm probably forgetting something.

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Parents that have supported, loved, and encouraged us and our marriage since day one!

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Beautiful children. We are the luckiest parents to have been blessed with Averie, Kempton, and Brenna. They are our greatest accomplishments, our pride and joy and we love them so much.

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Years spent together at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah where we supported one another through poverty, hard work and determination, and were so excited to graduate together and see what or life had in store.
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26.2 marathon. This may not seem like an accomplishment for the both of us, but it required an intense amount of support and patience on Cale's part. He was my number one fan and I could not have accomplished this goal without him.

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Regrets!

Happy Anniversary, Cale. I love you!











11 comments:

  1. Congratulations! Sounds like the last 8 years have been wonderful, can't wait to see what's in store for the years to come! I also love the video of the girls, too cute!

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  3. Happy Anniversary. Love your countdown. You guys have accomplished a lot in 8 years. Congrats!

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  4. What a wonderful family you have. I am not kidding when I say, "Neither of you have changed one bit, you look the same!". I know there will be many more happy years to come. Happy Anniversary!!!

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  5. Happy Anniversary/Cinco de Mayo! You have done a ton of fun in those 8 years. Congrats:)

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  6. Congratulations. Wow, time really flies, huh? I can't believe you have been married that long, have 3 kids and live in Michigan. We have been out of high school for 10 years... we are getting old! You guys look very happy, though. Congrats.

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  7. Happy Anniversary! You guys have done a lot of great things this past 8 years... I think you ought to add a vacation to Argentina to your post next year... I'll meet you there;)

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  8. happy 8th! we celebrate our 8th in august. I love all the pics of you guys--especially the ocean one (made me super beach-hungry). what a cute idea for the 8 things!

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  9. suzette!!!!!! i am so happy to hear from you!! we totally have to get together... i think i finally figured out this blogging business so, i should update more than once every 9 months! your kids are so beautiful! avery was just a baby when you guys moved away and now you have three!! ps your cacti(sp?) is still alive and well
    selinapengelly@comcast.net 313-971-4802 we need to shop that outlet mall asap!

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  10. What a beautiful post! Very creative and heartfelt. You are building such a wonderful life together. Congratulations on the marathon, too! Wow I am so impressed!
    Love, Aunt Mary

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  11. Congrats! You guys are so cute together. Great post. I didn't know that you have run a marathon. Very cool!

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