11 Years of BLESSINGS!!

I first met Justin at a YM/YW activity in 1993.

We where having a senior dance where we where suppose

to be dancing with the old fogies in the ward.

Everyone dared me to dance with the "new guy" and, I did.
We did the casual talk thing.......

"So, what grade are you in? (He was in 9th and I was in 10th)

Where did you move from? (Provo)"

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I thought I was older than him so, after that day, I just admired him from a far.

(And I thought he looked Dang Cute in his double-breasted suit when he passed the sacrament.)

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When I was a senior, I was a TA in his science class and we started to talk more.

Sadie Hawkins was coming up so I decided to ask Justin to the dance.

I asked him a "Brief Question" and he said YES

That was our official 1st date.

After that first date I decided Justin was not my type!

I hate to admit but, I ignored him after that.

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After a year or so... I started to feel guilty so, I apologised and we started talking again.

He asked me if I would come to his Mission Farewell.

I thought he was funny because we where in the same ward.

Of course I would be there!

Well, come to find out we had a death on the family and I couldn't be there.

I felt so guilty! I told him I be there, and I skipped out on him!

Or at least that's how I thought he felt.

I decided to write him and explain why I missed the farewell.

The only problem was, I had to ask his MOM for his address. It took me a few weeks to get up the nerve. And even then I felt like I was going to pass out when I did.
I wrote him about 6 months into his mission and we kept writing...

Justin actually asked me to marry him a couple of letters later.

(You'll have to ask Justin about that story)

I thought he was NUTS and told him to focus on The Lords Work.

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Three months after he Returned Home with Honor we where married in the Bountiful Temple.

We have been riding that Roller Coaster called MARRIAGE for 11 years.

When I think back at those years, it seems like it has flown by.

I remember the hard times but, not as much as the GOOD times!

We have been blessed for many years and I look forward to many, many more years of blessings!

But of all of our blessings, the best ones call me

Mom.

I am so thankful for Justin!

I am thankful for the hard work he does to provide the things we need!

And I am thankful that Heavenly Father

has provided a way for our family

to be an Eternal Family .