Goodbye Blah, Hello Love.

I never have anything to show for January. It is a month of cleaning up Christmas, and then trying to figure out how to entertain kids during the coldest month of the year. The lack of snow hasn't helped either. This is really the only cute picture I got all month. So I welcome February! Now we are busy making valentines and decorating the house, and the winter blahs are fleeting. Thank you February for having a holiday to look forward to!

It is hard to believe that Todd and I are about the celebrate the TEN YEAR anniversary of our first kiss! On February 2nd, 2000, Todd and I had what we call "the practice room night". We both had little crushes on eachother, and spent alot of extra time at the practice rooms hoping to run into eachother. Well, it finally happened on 2/2/2000. Todd found me in the hall and invited me into his room to sing him a song. Being the "exhibitionist" that I was, I was more than eager to sing for him, and be alone in a room with him! He then played me a song on the piano, and we have been entertaining eachother for a decade now.

I remember going home that night (yes, I still lived at home) and telling my parents that I would either never see him again or marry him. I'm glad the latter was true. We had our first date on Feb. 10th, a second date on Feb. 12th (along with a goodnight kiss); and before I knew it I was falling asleep on his shoulder during devotional. Fast forward 9 months, and Todd proposed to me in the very same practice room. Very romantic, and of course there was a song as well.

I am really just putting this picture in this post because I am so young and beautiful in it. :) It is Valentine's Day, 2003 or 2004.... Either way, I hadn't had kids yet, and it shows!

Anyways... I never would have guessed all that has happened to Todd and me in the last 10 years. Sure, I knew we would graduate, have a family, hopefully find a job etc. etc. etc. But our 10 years have been rich with experience, good and bad. Here are some highlights:

2 Associates Degrees
2 Bachelors Degrees
1 Masters Degree
2 Moves
11 Jobs
3 Kids
1 Brain Surgery
8 Family deaths
3 years of extreme sleep deprivation
10 Church Callings
4 Vehicles
0 Arguments (cough cough)

And to cap it all off, here are all 5 of us in our practice room last summer. It is amazing to think that all of this is a result of a conversation that took place in this room, over a decade ago. But I'm so glad that it happened, and I look forward to see where the next 10 years take us!