August 20, 1998 SLC Temple
Happy 10 year anniversary to us! Amazing how the time has gone~what has happened in these last 10 years? Well, we have moved 3 times, 4 beautiful children have joined us, made some pretty amazing friends, wrinkles have formed and extra pounds have stayed, and through it all have adapted and survived to all of these changes. We are still married and grateful to have each other side by side through all of life's ups and downs~ never the less, the blessings are huge and I am glad to be able to recognize them.
WOW!
So what did we do to celebrate the 10th year? I found never-before-seen footage of our wedding breakfast at Little America Hotel in SLC and our reception in Ogden, Utah. I thought these 2 mini vhs videos were history with all of the moves, but I found them in the garage a month ago and was so excited. So, Walgreens there I went~ got them shipped and shaped into DVD's and took them to the coast to surprise Scott. It was a surprise to Scott and the kids. Yes, the kids came with us for 2 nights at our favorite place in Seaside. They weren't really interested in the videos and funny enough, we weren't either. Actually, after the first 5 minutes we were so uncomfortable to see ourselves talking and we turned it off. So much for the anticipated long lost videos. Story continues after this picture break.
We headed for the store for the 2nd gift of a card (that will one day get written in) and some chocolate (that the kids and I devoured the next day) I love the card and so did the lady checking us out~ it was so classic, a checker taking the time to read your very own anniversary card! What the? Laugh, cuz it was funny ....another break
We then got went back and wrestled the kids to bed, Scott popped opened the computer which acted like a night-light to the little 3 year old curly blonde haired Eden, who squeezed herself in between us on our bed... Scott reviewed work stuff and watched recaps of the Olympics and that my friends, is exactly how the night went and I woke up the following day in another bed with Evie. Pretty normal for us. Are we the only family out there that plays musical beds?
Anyway, we had an excellent time at the beach playing in the sand, swimming in the hotel pool, playing in the refreshing ocean waves, sight seeing, eating yummy BBQ food and really charishing my precious company to enjoy the time with...my family, and that's who I would've exactly chosen to spend our 10th year anniversary with anyway!
We took the kids to a small amusement park in Portland as a reward for their summer reading program through the library. Our kids have been hounding us about how much they want to go to Disney land. I think this was the perfect trial run. It was an experience. Tate kept talking about how he was going to ride every roller coaster and master all of them. Without thinking, we sent he and Madison on the Disko shown below. Visa should make a commercial about the faces these two made on this ride as it started to spin and rock back and forth. It looked as if our kids had bad, bad plastic surgery or constipation. Needless to say, Tate screamed for the control man to stop the ride, which he did and was not happy about it. However, if looks could kill that control man would be dead as a result of the glances that Tate was giving him. As if it were all his fault. It was truly priceless.
As you can see this is how Tate reacted to every ride I tried to make him go on after that experience. This was an inside tour of the Lewis and Clarke expedition. He was clawing and grabbing for anything he could. The lady asked me if Tate was going to be OK and I said just start the ride. It was great! Tate liked the car rides and carousel. 
Eden on the other hand, wanted to go on everything, even though she was not tall enough for anything. We were still able to sneak her on most of the rides (this park was as close to carnival as it gets) and she loved every minute.
Evie was a true sport in our 100 degree weather and fun in the amusement park day!
