Our Lives

So we've been busy these last few months.
I've had a few health problems, Ben's still had his, Thanksgiving, traveling, and we are just trying to survive each day.

Dane is grateful that finals are OVER!! He also is glad to spend some time each day with us as he doesn't have classes anymore. Ben won't leave his side and barely let's him use the bathroom without fingers under the door and saying, "You in there Daddy?"
I personally think it's way cute, but Dane get's tired of it after a while.

I am still working on Christmas Cards, YW's stuff for next year, and trying to get Ben to all of his various appointments. I hope to have it all done in time. He is going in for an Endoscopy on Dec 18. They will be scoping his esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, and taking biopsies along the way. They will only be sedating him for a short while and we should be able to leave that afternoon. We will receive more information once the test results come back. Which should be that day, except for the biopsies. We are hoping for answers as to why Ben is not eating and drinking very well. He's also in pain at nights and sometimes nights are long and full of tears. Ben's so used to going to the Dr's that when we get there he asks the nurse, "Which one my room?" The painful episodes haven't gone away, but he is doing better at dealing with them on his own. Which helps me to get a little bit more sleep. He'll eat, with a few bites here and there. Then he'll tell us he's all done and sometimes he'll tell us that his belly hurts. He also sips on fluids here and there. He MAYBE drinks 2-3 oz of fluids in a DAY. He's also been put on Pediasure to help him maintain his weight. So far he enjoys his "Chocolate Milk" everyday.

For the last few months we've been hoping, fasting, and praying that we'll find something to help Ben. That the Dr's will be skilled and knowledgeable to help Ben get better.

So life has been a whirl wind, but we are grateful to have this time together as a family and look forward to Christmas Day. Ben is so excited and way cute! He keeps asking for a little sister. I don't think he's going to be getting that one this year, no matter how good he's been. Let's hope that he'll be ok with a little computer instead!

I plan on updating as much as possible, but it will all depend on how close we are to a computer.

Happy Holidays to all!

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you got here. Please comment so that I know you made it!
Thanks!
~Britt~

My Privacy

Dear Fellow Readers,

I would like to inform you that I am making my blog private.

I have finally come to this decision because I would like to share more intimate details about my little family's life, but I don't want the whole world to know about every detail of our lives. Creepy stockers, child abducter's, you know the kind.

So please send me your email address or leave a comment. I would LOVE to have all of you keep reading. This will remain open until December 8, 2008.

Sincerely.

Me
PS My email address is brittysue2@gmail.com.

Happy Halloween

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween!
I hope that everyone had a wonderful time!

High School

1. Did you marry someone from your high school? Yes. I thought I would marry someone from college, and away from SV.
2. Did you car pool to school?Well I rode the bus for 2 years. Got rides from my Mom my Jr. Year, and drove my Sr year because of "Family Health Issues". Otherwise I got a ride from friends.
3. What kind of car did you have? Aries "Specail" K Car
4. What kind of car do you have now? 97 Pontiac Grand Prix
5. It's Friday night...where are YOU?(then) Practicing for the Half Time Rountine, and trying to watch as much of the game as possible. Then after the game hanging out with friends
6. It's Friday night..where are you? (now)Lonely, I'm so lonely. Ben's sleeping and Dane's well, where ever he's suppose to be.
7. What kind of job did you have in high school? NONE I was too busy with extra curricular activities that I didn't work except during the summer.
8. What do you do now? I'm your average Domestic Engineer.
9. Were you a party animal? Nope, usually was the first one to leave parties, if they got crude.
10. Were you considered a flirt? No, I was kind of quiet when it comes to those things. I thought boys were a waste of my time, so I was just friends with everyone.
11. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? CHOIR, even the top one for 2 years in a row! My first year I was the only Junior girl in there. The rest were Seniors.
12. Did you get suspended/expelled? Yup almost. I was allergic to some of the vaccines and every year they tried to expell my from school until I got my shots. My poor Mom was always having to straighten it out every year.
13. Can you sing the fight song? I think in English Class. We didn't even know it had words until then!
14.Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Um, Mrs. McKim
15. Where did you sit during lunch? In the middle or on a large table.
16. What was your school's full name? Star Valley High School
17. What was your school mascot? Braves
18. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Dane tells me that I would in a heart beat. I miss being so involved and active in everything. I also miss all the people that I knew and spent time with in High School.
19. What do you remember most about graduation? I sat next to Travis Hokanson and he spilled his guts and told me his life story of High School. Don't ask!
20.Who did you go to prom with Sr yr? Ethan Felix
21. Did you have fun at Prom? It was my favorite dance, date, and dinner!
22. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom (Senior Ball) with? No I wish I could be in touch with them more.
23. Are you planning on going to your 20 year reunion? Yes!! I can't wait. I know I'll be thinking I'm getting really old but it will be so much fun to see everyone!
24. Do you still talk to people from school? A few, but I wish I could talk to more.

My Baby Boy

My baby is now a 2 year old! But he's so handsome.

Pieces of Heaven

Sometimes life comes along and leaves an unexpected gift on your front step. You look at it unbelieving and afraid to open it. With out any explanation it opens itself and presents itself to you. Whether you wanted the gift, or not, it's there. But being ungrateful to something that seems so awful in the beginning, is sad.
Why do we push ourselves away from the horrible things in life?
Why do we try to ignore it, cover it up, or imagine it's not really there?
Are we coping?
Are we dealing?
Or are we trying to forget and move on?

What would happen if when we saw this gift, we squealed with delight.
Quickly scooped it up into our arms and held onto it so tightly that we didn't want to let go.
Knowing that it was from Heavenly Father.
Every experience we have is a sweet and beautiful gift from God.
If we will but take it, accept it, and USE it.
Life would be so beautiful.
Amazing.
Hopeful.
Breathe taking.
Awe inspiring.
Charitable.
Spectacular.

One day I hope to look back and find that my gifts that were left on my front step were not rejected at first sight.

But taken up fully into loving arms.

Trick-or-Treat

It has taken us all summer long to grow our little pumpkins! We have been so excited over them because we were lucky and got 3 Pumpkins off of 1 plant!! Just enough for each one of us to have our own.

Ben already picked his out and has been very attentive of it's changes through the seasons. Every time he goes outside he'll quickly go and check out "His Pumpkin". He has just been so cute!

Well today was a bad day. This morning when Dane got home around 3:30 am he said that all of our pumpkins were here. When I put Ben's diaper outside at 7:00 am I noticed that they were gone!? I thought maybe Dane had picked them and put them in the shed because we had a heavy frost last night. I went grocery shopping and came back home to find Dane upset. He asked me what I did with the pumpkins. I told him I did nothing, and thought Dane had done something with them.

Well we have concluded that they were . . . . . STOLEN!!!
How rude can you be!!! If Dane ever finds out who took them, the "Punks" will have to face an "Angry Father".

We were hoping that Ben wouldn't notice. Well he did. We are going to have to "BUY" pumpkins this year instead of enjoying our own home grown.

(If you have any information about this case please call 1-800-GIVE-IT-BACK!!!)

5 1/2 weeks

My mind has been racing these last few weeks.
Many concerns weigh on my mind.
What if . . . doesn't seem to go away.
Reality is hard to face.

What does life have in store?
What does Heavenly Father want me to learn?
What will the outcome be?
How much will I cry when I learn the truth?
Tears of Joy?
Of Sorrow?
Of Pain?
Of Heartache?
Of Happiness?
We'll know by Friday.

BLANKETS!

A friend of mine has a goal of making a lot of blankets to deliver to Primary Children's Hospital down in Salt Lake City. She is looking for anyone that is willing to donate, make, or help with the creation of blankets!! She is getting some more information about regulations (if there are any) and is trying to get them all before Christmas. She wants to be able to deliver them about Christmas Day. So if you would like to help please email me at brittysue2@gmail.com and I will keep you updated on information as it comes in.

Let me know if you are willing or able to help out!
Thanks!

Dr. Appointments

Ben was stung by a wasp of some sort and it was just fine for days. But about 6 days later he woke up that morning and his little hand was SOO swollen that he couldn't grasp or close his hand!? So we headed to the Dr's office for some advice and left with some advice and antibiotics because it was infected. We also discussed how Ben's health has been doing. So far we've upped his medication dose for the second time this year. Our Dr was concerned that maybe we were just putting a "big bandage" on something that could be more serious. So he suggested that we see another Dr in that clinic and if he doesn't have anymore ideas we were back to Salt Lake City for some more testing. (Oh boy! I personally thought we had this all figured out!?)

So today we saw the other Dr in the clinic and got his advice. We are now monitoring Ben's eating habits along with the medication. We are no longer suppose to force feed him but let him decide if he wants to eat. So we are suppose to provide 6 meals(breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack) a day and let him choose if he eats or not. If he gains weight then we just keep going. If he doesn't and starts to loose weight then we are back to Salt Lake for further instructions.

Just thought that all of you who are wondering how Ben is doing would like an update!

Unkown

My heart aches.
I wish, I want, I desire.
I hope, I dream, I believe.
But something keeps nagging at me.

Will another one ever come?
Or am I done.

You made what?!

Ben: Mom I makin cake!

Mom: Oh what kind?

Ben: Green Corn! Mmmm so good!

Mom: Really?!?(I was a little disturbed.)

Mom: Is it hot?

Ben: Yep. Careful!! (Two little hands in the air waving.)

Mom: Ok, I will.

Ben: Ok.

This is what Ben made me for breakfast today! I just couldn't resist taking a huge bite!? (or maybe just pretending to bite.)

Of course we had to sing "Happy Birthday" to a little boy before we could even cut the cake to eat it!

School

Spring has sprung, Autumn is about to come and Dane is back to school!

So our lives are changing quickly with a new school year. I said I was going to watch twins for the year, but things aren't working out. So they are going to be babysat by someone else. They are such cute little buggers, but I'm admitting that it's just too much for me to handle right now.

We are excited about going to SV in 9 months and being able to have Dane "Student Teach" in the High School that we both went to. Plans have changed a little bit and things are working out so well that we can only call them "Tender Mercies" from the Lord. We are blessed.

p.s. We will be posting some more pictures soon! (Say tuned)

Our Days

So our lives have been so overwhelmingly crazy at times, beautiful at others, tearful and sorrowful, but yet full of laugher during others.

These last few weeks have been so new and somethings that we as a small family have never really experienced before. Dane's Grandmother Maxine Hepworth passed away a little over a week ago. She was diagnosed with cancer while I was attending Girls Camp with our ward. She was told that she would have only a year left. Three weeks after her diagnosis she passed peacefully away after a family prayer with all of her children around her. Some mourned deeply while other's rejoiced that she was no longer in so much pain.

She was an amazing person that had so much love and compassion. Whenever she was aching for her husband that she lost when she was 41, she would make dozens of pies, cakes, cookies, or pots of soup, meals, casseroles. Then she would deliver them to someone else. As each food item left her hands and entered into someone else's, her sorrow would melt away to eternal joy knowing that she would be with him again. This is how she coped and dealt with this worlds sorrow and joys. She always shared.

Ben has been struggling trying to let Mom and Dad go while we've attended Girls Camp, Youth Conference, Young Men High Adventure, and our various meetings. The cherry on the top has been that in July we changed our church time to the mornings. He still is trying to figure out if we are abandoning him for several over nights and long days. So needless to say his enthusiasm that he once had for nursery is quickly fading!? But I have to admit that he is doing so much better, and he now knows that we are coming back for him in a few hours. This helps Dane and I to fulfill our callings on Sundays without a crying 2 year old hanging onto our side.

We are excited to know that we are going to have twins in our home starting next week. No we aren't expecting or adopting. We, I mean "I" am going to start babysitting them. Ben is thrilled as we are preparing our little home to support 2 more little ones. He's so excited to have new baby's in our home! We are painting the "Family" toddler bed bright blue and just purchased a sale item of "Go Diego, Go!" toddler bed set to go with his new bed. We are also pulling out our baby stuff again. He has been very occupied playing with all his old toys and will chant over and over, "Toys. Babies. Comin'. My house.Shh, quiet. Sleepin. No cry. it's ok." I don't know where he got some of those words because I haven't even told him that he has to be quiet when babies sleep. He's just too smart?!

Well enough of my rambling. I'm so happy and blessed to be alive and to be healthy. We are all doing well and couldn't ask for life to be more beautiful. May your life be wonderfully beautiful as well.

Peanut Butter!?

Never just assume that your 2 year old child has recently been in the peanut butter.

Assume the worst! Think how did he get into the peanut butter . . .or worse what is that!?!? EWE!

Yes, Ben just finger painted my arm with his fecal matter because we've been asking him to tell us when he's pooped. I have to say that I was grossed out, but had to quickly pull myself together because he was doing what he was told, in a way?!??

Parenting 101, any tips!

Like Son . . . Like Father

Where did he go?

There he is!!

Where did he go?

No really where is he!?

I guess that's one way to use the decoration pillows?!

Happy Father's Day!

Dear Dad,

I just wanted to tell you how much I love you. You have always been so good to me. You have always been quick to correct me and to teach me the right way. You have also been firm when I've done something wrong, but also just as soft and kind when I've needed to know that you love me.

Thanks for all the hard work that you do at school, work, and most importantly at home. You make my life wonderful! I hope that you like your new apron! Know that I love you and that I always will.

Love always & forever,
Ben

8 Random Facts

So Tiff tagged me for this. So here I go . . .

1) I love tulips! I can't seem to get enough of them and they never last long enough! I've told Dane that when we get our "Mansions in Heaven" we will plant Tulips everywhere and command them to bloom all the time! But that might not happen so for this lifetime I just take them in completely during Spring Time.

2)I also love Cherry's! It's funny that I think they are so cute and love products or "things" that have cherry's on them. But on the flip side. I dislike getting gifts with either Cherry's or tulips on them because I don't want to be known as the old lady with Cherry everything. I like them but just don't want them!? Strange I know.

3)I cannot stand to do dishes!! It's so hard on my sensitive hands and everywhere we've been we've had to hand wash!? We had a dishwasher in 1 apartment but it never drained well and so we always had yucky stuff stuck to our "clean" dishes. I will leave the dishes until we start to eat burritos with paper plates and plastic wear because there is nothing left to eat off of or cook with. I know this is a weakness and I am working on it. It's sad that i have to be the one that works on it!? Isn't this a family effort?!

4)I love to do laundry! I don't know why but it's relaxing to me to pull out clean laundry from the dryer and fold the warm clothes and put them away. I love to do it?! I don't know why but it has never bothered me. I'm always wishing I had more laundry to do.

5)Cheesecake! Is my ultimate weakness! I love the rich and creamy texture that just melts in my mouth! All kinds fruity, chocolaty, plain. You name it and I'm there. Other than the fake fast cheesecakes that aren't baked!? I hate those!?

6)I wish that I could get the recommended 8 hours of sleep a night. Period. But I guess that comes with being a Mother to a child with health problems. Sleep becomes a coveted luxury around our house! Those who have to stay awake and watch a little boy allow the "sleeping" to be awoken after a short period. Why? I don't know.

7)I wish that I could have better health. I've never been blessed with it and I guess that's my trial in this life. I can control myself in just about anything, but my health has had moments where is was out of my control. It's kind of scary, but I've realized that if I "Just keep swimming" through life I'll make it in the end.

8)I'm allergic to the metal in razors!? So shaving my legs has always been a dreaded and PAINFUL experience. I would go all week in High School without shaving my legs. But once Sunday came I would dread having to get ready because I knew I had to shave!? I've found that electric razors are my friend. I no longer dread shaving my legs. Someday maybe I'll try that Laser Hair Removal! I'll let you know how that goes!
I tag Mindy, Meg, Emily M., and Rogue!

Sleep for Lunch

Ben has never really slept in anything. . . but his crib. In Ben's entire life he has only fallen asleep in church twice! That was since he's been born. But we now have captured a moment in Ben's life that may never happen again!
We came home from church after the 3 hour block and several meetings. He ate one sandwich and asked for another one. Dane and I were discussing the event's for the week and looked over at Ben to find this.


Yes he was sleeping so hard he was snoring! May he rest in peace.

Homecoming

Sorry this has taken me forever! I love photography and you'd think I'd remember my camera at a time when it's most crucial! But I misplaced my camera when we picked Zach up from the airport! The only thing I can do now is write about it and hope that someone will send a picture or 2 so that I can post them on my blog!

So anyways, Zach came home and we were all so happy to greet him! He was a little emotional when he hugged us all. It seemed at times that he just didn't want to let us go. It was a bittersweet moment for Zach I think. He loved his mission and serving the people of Tampa, Florida. But we all had a wonderful time with Zach for the rest of the week.


Mom, Dad, Dane, Me, Ben, Meg, Breck, and Zach all went to Jackson Hole to go swimming! It started our VERY miserable!?. Ben doesn't like showers! Before you swim you are asked to shower. So Ben and I went into a cold shower and walked through the cold air wet until we could get to the pool. He bawled the whole time and wanted out! Dane was about ready to just dunk him under the water a few times just to see if that would change his mind! I was about ready to let him! But instead I suggested that Dane take Ben down one of the slides! So he did and it was like magic! The tears turned to joy and Ben wouldn't let us do anything else except take him down all the slides! He kept resting his head on shoulders and saying, "Pweese, swide!" followed by the name of whomever was holding him. He had a blast!


Then on Saturday we went to a 3-D archery shoot! Dane, Dad, Meg, Zach, and I all went and really had a great time. I felt like a slow poke because of my bad knee. But thanks to my wonderful family who were so understanding! I wish that I could have had something to help support myself and guess what I got for Mother's Day! A new hiking stick! It's awesome and I'm so excited to get to use it! Anyways, about the archery shoot. We had a blast and some of us got what you might call a "Red Neck" Tattoo where are arm guards were. Other than that I had a wonderful time and really enjoyed myself! Mom stayed home with the 2 boys and they had a wonderful time together too!

Ben loved playing with Breck! He finally got to really play with him! Last time Meg came to visit Ben was so sick with his health problems that he really didn't want to play with anyone. He was pretty grumpy the last trip!?
I must say that I really enjoyed the trip!It was so gratifying to spend several days with my family! I look forward to the next one, because Tom will get to come and be with us too!

Sorry so slow!

Just so that you all know we are still alive and well. I've been busy with family and new calling that I haven't had a lot of time to blog. I will get back and post pictures and story's from the last few months very soon.

Coming soon to a blog spot near you:
"A Homecoming", "Sleep for Lunch", "Flying Tigger", and of course "Favorite Cousins".

Return Missionary!

WELCOME HOME!!
Well I know it's a little early but I'm so excited to have Zach come home this coming Wednesday. We are very excited to say that he's served an honorable full-time mission in Tamp, Florida! Home of the Sun!
We are planning on meeting him at the Air Port in Idaho Falls and then spend a long weekend at my parent's house in SV. It will be so much fun to see everyone and spend time together with my family!
Meg is flying in on Sunday and I want to go early to be with her. But we get to stay here and be responsible for a few days and then we'll have a good ole' time! We'll keep you posted with pictures and of course story's!

Horray!

I am happy to annouce that I have officially finished my online courses and am now done!! Yeah!

Now the next step will be to complete me internship hours (180 hrs.) and than sit for the State Exam! We will have to see what our future brings to see if I am able to finish it soon or wait for a time before we know where we are going to settle down before I finish.

But I am very excited to be done and am grateful for all the support from Family and Friends! You guys are great Thank you!

We have Good News!

We are proud to announce that Dane is an official "Student Teacher" for the CES Program! We are so excited and happy for him! This is one step closer to becoming a Seminary teacher.

He will start teaching next year and is happy to start his new job. He may still work at nights but he will mostly be working for the CES program. Dane can't wait to start! But he doesn't have to wait long because there is Teacher training this summer during the mornings. It will be good for him to start head first and really to get into this!

We will keep you posted if we make it he makes it to become an official CES Teacher! Stay tuned . . . it will be announced next year at this time.

Happy Belated Easter!

Yes I know that Easter was 2 weeks ago. But my camera got left at someone's house and I didn't get it back until now. So here's our Easter that was spend in Star Valley. We had fun and Ben enjoyed playing with cousins!

Ben decided that he wanted to color eggs with the other kids! But than he decided that it would be much more fun to color himself and everyone else! Here is his hand. . . .


His thigh . . .
His leg . . .
. . . and last but not least his foot! Which was done in Pen not dye!


Here is his easter basket. He got "Peeps", garden tools, garden gloves, books, and Mini M&M's. All of which he loves!
Gathering of the eggs.
More gathering of the eggs.

In this picture you can see him shaking the egg! He had to shake every egg he picked up! The funny part was we unloaded his basket and showed him an egg and he went to town! Tayden and Alex had to quickly neglect their Easter Basket's and start gathering because Ben almost took it all!

Here is Cassity, Tayden, Shawnee, Alex, Cheyanne, and Ben.

Front: Scott, Alex, Ben, Susan, Tayden, & Shawnee.
Back: Mandie, Dane, Brittany, Cheyanne, & Cassity.

Front: Scott, Alex, Ben, Susan, Tayden, & Shawnee.
Back: Mandie, Dane, Cheyanne, Mike, & Cassity.
Oh yeah!
We just wanted . . .
to wish you all a Happy Easter!

Huntin' in Huntington

Spring Break! So where do you go? What do you see?! Well we decided that we wanted to see some old friends of ours from Snow College. We took a road trip to good ol' Huntington to see them, their new house, and their newest addition! Other than that there isn't much to Huntington! But the sun was shining and we were able to go outside and play.
Here are some pictures from our adventure's and the time we spent with them!

Dane has been asking to go and buy this "Buck Shot" BB gun and while we were there Dane got bored waiting for Tom to come home from work. SO I finally told him to go and get it. He was shooting birds and critters around their farm for hours. As you can see the boys wouldn't leave him alone and wanted to shoot it too.


Ben and Kaden crawled in the bed frame and sat down by themselves. Ben told me,"Mommy, Cute." Translation:Mommy take a picture so that I can see it. Who could resist. :)

This picture of Kaden was so cute. I love his BIG brown eyes!

Here is the newest addition! Isn't she a cutie! She is such a good baby! If all baby's are like this than I want a TON more!
All of the sudden we heard the music starting to play on the swing and were puzzled. We walked into the next room where Kaden had climbed into the swing and turned it on! He looked so proud, it was funny.

Here are the boys bright and early! Ben would wake up, run to Kaden's bedroom door, and yell, "Kaden! Ake up!" Kaden would reply with, "Yah!" It was soo cute!

Daner Man!

1. What is your husbands name? Dane Alan Hepworth
2. How long have you been together? Married 2.5
3. How old is he? 24, although if you ask him he might say, 21!
4. Who eats more? He does, all the way.
5. Who said I love you first? I don't quite remember!? But we say it all the time now. Even Ben says,"Wuv you"!
6. Who is taller? Dane, 6'1" and I'm 5'4"(pushing it)
7. Who sings better? I do, but he sings really well for a guy.
8. Who is smarter? Dane thinks he is book smart, I think I'm "Mommy Smary"!
9. Whose temper is worse? We are both pretty calm people.
10. Who does the laundry? Well we both used too, now that he works full-time, I do.
11. Who does the dishes? Me, he occationally steps in to help, when he's home.
12. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Depends on how you look at it!? Say we were both laying down in bed than Dane's on the right. I'm always the one closest to the door so that I can get up and take care of Ben during the nights.
13. Who pays the bills? We both do, Dane brings home the bacon and I spend it on the bills, groceries, clothes for Ben, the usual.
14. Who mows the lawn? The USU Gardener!
15. Who cooks dinner? Me, if I ever leave Dane in charge of dinner it would be hot dogs and Mac & Cheese,Or HotDog, tortilla, with cheese,Or Frozen Pizza. Yeah I cook.
16. Who drives when you are together? Dane.
17. Who is more stubborn? Dane tries to be tough but I win.
18. Who is the 1st to admit when they are wrong? Dane, than me.
19. Whose parents do you see the most? Dane's, no mine, No DANE'S, NO MINE. We try.
20. Who proposed? Dane, sigh.
21. Who is more sensitive? Dane is pretty tender, but I cry more.
22. Who has more friends? Dane sees more people at the college, but we are about equal because we have the same friends.
23. Who has more siblings? ME!(2) . . . ok Dane(8)
24. Where did you meet? In High School, but we got to know each other more after his mission. I babysat his nephew and he was always over at their house.
25. Who wears the pants in the family? I try, but they just don't fit, so Ben wears them. Than Dane usually is next in line.
26. What was the 1st thing you said to your husband? Hello!? I don't remember.
27. Where was your first date? Going to an Adult Institute class in SV.
28. Where was your first kiss? In the park while it was raining. sigh.
29. Where did you get engaged? In Salt Lake at Temple Square when all the spring flowers were in bloom, and it was raining. Ok, it was pouring.
30. Where were you married? In the Salt Lake City Temple.
31. Where was the honeymoon? What's that!? We were married on a Friday evening, reception on Saturday, moved down to school on Sunday, started school the following Monday morning! Someday we'll get away.
32. What would you have changed? My wedding bouquet was HUGE. It really wasn't what I wanted. Also a real Honeymoon would have been nice.
33. Why do you love him? The way he gets down on the floor and plays with any child no matter what age. The way he picks up a crying baby and wants to see it smile and giggle. The way he tenderly kisses a little boys tears and fears away. The way he loves and cares for me so much. The way he is always looking to make himself a better man. The way he loves the gospel. The way he smiles, smells, and talks. He is so wonderful and kind even though sometimes he needs to be reminded how wonderful he really is. I'll love you forever and always!