Happy Anniversary!

Today is mine and Ryan's Anniversary! We have been married for 14 years. I can't believe it! We have actually been together for 18 years. That's slightly more than half of my life. CRAZY!!! I remember the day he asked me to marry him. It's actually kind of a sad story, but don't worry, it worked out (obviously). We were both living in Kamas at the time and were heading down to Salt Lake for a date. He was planning to take me on a carriage ride around Temple Square and propose during the ride. I think it was January (1994) and there was a huge blizzard that night - -not to mention freezing temperatures. On the way down to Salt Lake we'd had some sort of argument, over who knows what, and neither of us were in the best of moods. The roads were too snowy to continue down the canyon so we turned around to head home. It was just as well, since we were barely speaking anyway. Out of the blue he reached over and took the ring box out of the glove compartment, gave it to me and told me what his plan had been. The ring was gorgeous!! I started to cry, of course. I was happy, yet I had an unsettling feeling in the pit of my stomach. I gave the ring back. THAT'S RIGHT, I gave it back and told him that maybe he'd better hang on to it for a while longer. So he did. Here's that part even he may not know about: Ryan worked nights and sometimes while he was at work, I'd go over to his house, sneak into his safe and try the ring on. I really wanted it back but didn't feel that I deserved to even think about asking for it. A few months later, in March, he tried asking again and I finally said YES!!!! We were married five months later. So I guess now it's happily ever after.

I love you honey, you are the best thing that ever happened to me (well, not including the kids), but your the FIRST best thing . . . .