4 Year Anniversary

                Happy 4 year anniversary to us! Our anniversary fell on a Thursday this year and the day before Liam’s birthday (no surprise there). Sharing an anniversary weekend and a birthday weekend with our son means we will just have to postpone our big celebration until after Liam’s birthday festivities. With that said, we didn’t want to pass up going out on our actual anniversary.

                Liam headed over to his favorite cousin’s house (Miss Brynn and Huddy Buddy) so we could have a night out. Baby #2 picked where we went for dinner because I just had to have breadsticks and a combination pizza. It was fun going to pizza factory up in Bountiful. When we were first married we would go to pizza factory in St. George every single Saturday. We made a routine out of it and went for an early dinner together. It was fun looking back on those times.

                After dinner we headed up to the Bountiful temple for a session. We hadn’t been together for such a long time! It’s embarrassing how long it’s been. We’ve gone separately so we didn’t have to get a baby sitter but it had been over a year since we’ve together as a couple. Needless to say, we were VERY excited to get to go. Plus- the church came out with a new movie for the endowment. It had been over 20 years since they made the last one so it was long overdue. We were anxious to see it.

                The temple session was so good. There’s a tangible difference in the way I feel from the moment I walk in to the temple to the time I leave. I did the endowment for a family member. Her name is Rose on my Dad’s side. It was his great great great grandparent’s daughters? I think? I’d have to go back and look. As we were getting ready to start the session I felt this overwhelming feeling of her being there. I felt the spirit so strong and couldn’t help but cry thinking about how long she had waited for this special day. I’m so grateful to get this type of connection with my family members on the other side. It just motivates me that much more to continue doing their work for them.

                We spent some time in the celestial room praying for our marriage, our children, and our families. The temple is such a blessing to have. We left there feeling peaceful and empowered. On the way home we talked about us. Not Liam or the new baby, just us. It was nice to have some time to focus on just us as a couple, where we are at in our marriage, the things that we’re grateful for, and the moments we’re looking forward to. We have seen how Heavenly Father is involved in our life over the past couple months. We know he’s always been there, but it’s hasn’t been this apparent since we were preparing to get married. We feel so blessed with what we’ve been given and the family we are able to create.

                I feel so blessed to have Neal as a husband. I seriously couldn’t ask for more. He is everything to me. I just think about how lucky I am to be married to someone who tells me that he loves me every day, makes me feel beautiful, and expresses how much he appreciates me. He’s the best and makes me feel so loved. I can only hope to be as good as reciprocating that to me so he knows every day just how much I love him and how grateful I am for him.

 Our anniversary was perfect. We got to spend it with each other and at the temple. Our marriage began there and our marriage will continue to be built upon the teachings of the gospel that are found in the temple.