Happy Anniversary

 Yesterday we celebrated our fifth anniversary! It is hard to believe we have been married for so long. Time flies when you are having fun :) We were married on Saturday October 13, 2007 in the Logan, UT temple.

 Many of our family and friends were able to join us and help us celebrate.

We have been very blessed in our lives. We have both graduated from college and started our careers and have had many adventures together in the meantime. We have not been blessed with any children yet but we are so grateful to have our Baxter bug to keep us busy and entertained.

We kept yesterday pretty low key. The day before we had gone to see Taken 2 and got to go to Target (which is a big deal when you live somewhere with no shopping!). Saturday we slept in and made each other breakfast. Then we played some Frisbee golf with some friends. Then we went out and enjoyed a nice dinner.

We are really celebrating in a few weeks when we are going to cruise to the Bahamas! Hooray for warm weather and a week off of work!

I am married to the best husband ever. He is so kind and patient and a lot of fun. So glad he married me 5 years ago and looking forward to eternity!!



Conference Project

 This weekend was conference. I love to hear the messages of President Monson and the apostles. This conference I felt that the messages focused a lot on strengthening testimonies and overcoming trials. This could be because it was what I needed to hear personally. If you ask someone else they might tell you something different. I like to do something with my hands to help me concentrate on the talks while I listen.

Since Halloween is coming up I found a felt flower wreath to make on Pinterest. I cut about a hundred of these circles, then cut them into spirals to make the flowers. 

If you roll from the inside your flowers will be skinnier and if you start from the outside they will be fatter. I went with the skinny flowers. I didn't notice when I started that they used a grapevine wreath, which would have worked much better. I don't live anywhere near a craft store so I went with a foam wreath that I already had.

I ended cutting the wreath in half so I didn't have to put so many flowers on to cover up the wreath. Luke drew the pattern for the bats and helped me to finish up some flowers. I glued the bats to some wire and stuck it into the foam. I just tied on the bow so it can be changed for Thanksgiving.



 The finished product!

This was one of my favorite talks which was given by Elder Perry. A beautiful message and I love his smile!

Wedding!

This weekend we went to my Aunt Char's wedding. Yay! It was lots of fun to see her so happy and to get to see all the family.

The girls.

 All the siblings.

 Family picture minus the missionary.

 The happy bride and groom.

 Eric brought his new puppy Gambit to the party.

After the wedding we had the luncheon which was a delicious waffle and omlete bar. The reception was at a park that Char got a grant to create. It was a great weekend.