Happy Anniversary, K!!!

13 years ago today (actually it was a Saturday, not a Monday) I was married in the Portland, Oregon LDS temple to my best friend for time and all eternity! Wow! Time flies when you're having fun!

So, here are 13 fun facts about US! (Some are Fun, some are Facts, but all are about us!)

1-K rode in riding his white horse and swept me off my feet. Actually, it was a little red Mitsubishi pick-up and after dating for a full one week, we got engaged, and then patiently waited one month to get married! (It's a good thing I was insistent that I had to be at least 20 before I got married!)

2-We have lived in 4 different states and moved our little family 18 times. We are currently in the second home we have owned. All the other moves were apartments! I love my home and have no to desire to move. (Except,... last night I had a dream that we were looking for a home with more bedrooms....Make that 18 times and still looking!)

3-We have owned 8 vehicles since our marriage and we only had 2 vehicles at a time for only 2 years. The rest of the time we have been a one car family. (Thank goodness for work vehicles.) I get sick when I think about all the money we could have saved if we would have known right from the beginning that we were going to have 6 children so we would need a suburban. My advice to newlyweds: By the biggest car on the lot and then down size from there, not the smallest car and then up-size (is that even a word?)!

4-We have 6 children, all from the same two parents! That's why they all look alike, sort of. We also have a set of twins that we lost in a miscarriage. We have been very blessed! Who would have ever believed that K and I would have a large family. (Oh, and by the way, Yes, we do know where they came from.)

5-K has worked for 16 different employers since we got married. Hum...I can imagine what you're thinking. It's all good (well, mostly good)!

6-After having 2 children, we headed back to school to get K's degree from BYU. 3 years later, we had 4 children, a bachelors degree in English with an internship in Human Resources with Smuckers (YUM!), and lots of student loans. 3 months before graduation, K decided to get a job as a cop! (He writes the best reports and search warrants though!)

7-He makes me laugh! It's not like he walks around being funny. He just makes me happy and he shocks me alot with the things he says and does and so I guess he's more of my tension breaker.

8-Together, we are not very good at long term plans but great at last minute surprises! Unfortunately this can be frustrating for our children and those who have to associate with us. (Maybe that's why we seem to have no life...)

9-We are both the oldest child in our families. I'm sure that somewhere there is a psychologist who could tell us all the reasons why our marriage should not work. But, it does!

10-Our personalities are total opposite but together they are the same. Is that mathematically possible? Kind of like two wrongs make a right? Does that make any sense? Oh well.

11-Neither of us are very patient. That is not a good thing. We are learning though!

12-I love that we think the same things at the same time. We can predict each others thoughts and decisions (most of the time). We can even finish each others sentences. It's very cool!

13-I love to be with him. I could seriously spend every minute of every day with him (I think). He comes home and I follow him around like I am a puppy. I just like to look at him and touch him and just be close to him.

When we were married, our sealer told us, "If you think you love him today, wait ten years. If you think you love him then, wait ten more." Back then, I could never have imagined what would lie ahead of us and how much our relationship would change and grow. If it's this good now, and we're told it will keep getting better, then I am so excited that eternity is a really long time!