Today Scott and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary!!
We were able to get away to Chicago for a sort of celebratory trip
Here we are 14 years ago.
And here we are now
In case you missed anything in the past FOURTEEN years, here's a really long recap...
(this is borrowed from a previous anniversary post but updated for 2019!!)
(this is borrowed from a previous anniversary post but updated for 2019!!)
We met in Florida
We dated
We had fun together
We dated some more
We decided to get married
We got married
We kept having fun together
We moved to Monterey
We had a baby (Matthew)
We moved again...to Okinawa
Scott deployed to Afghanistan
Scott came back, safe and sound
We moved again to Colorado this time
Scott broke his leg
We had another baby (Grant)
We kept having fun together...but there were more of us
We had another baby (John)
Scott got home from his deployment to Afghanistan about six months later
We moved again to low, humid, hot and flat Illinois.
We had another baby (Emma)
That makes five if you're counting.
and our youngest (Emma) was blessed on the same day.
Scott left active duty, joined the Air Force Reserve...
...and got a new job
Check out the civilian clothes!!
So we moved west for his new job
(that makes five moves since we've been married)
The kids and I stayed in Utah with my parents...
...and Scott worked in Silicon Valley for a year while our house was built
finally it was finished and we moved to Northern California all together
We loved California!!
but Scott got transferred after only two years,
so we had to say goodbye to the ocean and California (tears)...
...and we moved to Utah (more tears)
Scott works in SLC and we live in Davis County
If you're a true Utah person you know where that is ;)
the kids love the snow
and having a big yard with plenty of kids to play with
the big yard is a lot of work
but there are lots of fun things to do in and near Utah
even if there's no ocean
and before we knew it, a year had passed in Utah
Aug 2018
Aug 2019
And we're still going
Matthew - age 12
deep thinker, always three steps ahead of me, loves all things Japanese, kindest of hearts
Anna - age 11
a great reader and crafter and wonderful friend maker, precocious, big dreamer, loves to talk and make things beautiful
Grant - age 8
hard working, fun, creative, a builder of worlds, all smiles and always at the center of things
silly, a great question asker, singer of songs, has strong opinions and always ready to play...or wrestle...or snuggle
Emma - age almost 5
ever ready to make friends, a great sympathizer, free thinker, problem solver, unicorn lover, aspiring cookie maker and always on the lookout for dogs
It's been 14 busy years!!
Happy Anniversary Scott
You're my person
to be continued...
