I love you Babe!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY~! (announcement photo)

Yesterday was our 7th year anniversary.. I just wanted to do a little reminiscing.. Thanks to some great YW leaders I didnt have to think too hard I had it all written in my journal! A habit I havent broken since then!


HERES OUR STORY! its long so read it if you want, but its a good one i think! But i mainly just wanted it documented for myself in one more safe place!

January 2003
I met Nick at the beginning of winter semester at BYUI and no surprise he was my FHE brother. (Family Home Evening-a group formed to support, uplift, and in general take care of each other. who's goals are to met every monday night for fun food and feasting on the gospel lessons) .. I notice Nick right away and thought he was cute but I had enough boy problems at the time to keep my hands full and Nick had a girlfriend after a few days.. But we were friends.. I even remember several times when I helped him plan creative dates, and presents for his girlfriend! Including a really cute candy board asking her to a dance! lol!

Well.. the semester passed (mid march) and Nick and I both happened to be single at the same time! lol! We both ended things with our dead end relationships and just hung out as friends a lot! I liked him because he was easy and fun to talk too.. We were really open with each other, confiding in each other about our crapy dating and life in general..

Well at the end of march was mother weekend.. A special holiday where all the mothers of the students come and hang out with their college kids. Go to classes with them, go to dances, ect.. its really FUN! anyway. OUr mothers were both coming and I thought it would be hillarious to pretend to be engaged and freak my mom out! Of course nick my buddy would have to be my pretend fiance. He thought that would be fun so we started planning! And we had everything prepared! I mean A fake ring, a fake date, how he purposed.. we had made up so much that we were ready incase any type of question came up! Nicks mom arrived to suprise NIck a day early and threw off our planning.. So we made her in on it too! When my mom arrived she was shocked! She had my sister with her who wasnt so sure..BUT She looked at the ring and the first thing she said was "WOW and thats a REAL diamond and I KNOW a real diamond when I see one!!" (lol ! it was an $8 walmart ring!) I mangaged to keep a straight face all day! Even when I went to hold nick hand and he about jumped out of his seat!! I guess he wasnt ready for the level of commitment i was ready to display! Well after a few hours my mama was getting all teary eye "oh my baby is getting marred! I am the baby of the family after all. I just couldn't torture the old lady anymore!! SO we told her.. She then proceeded to tell me what a nice man nick was and how it was all probably wishful thinking! lol! IT was a fun weekend! We spent the whole weekend together! We took our mom out to dinner, to the dance, we even took them to a late movie! (we joke now about our first date with our moms at the movie!)

Well finally our moms left and it just kind of felt right being together.. So we had a little DTR and that was it.. We were inseparable best friends after that!


MORP

Well.. the end of the semester came and it was either break up or get married. WE BROKE UP! But I was staying for summer term and Nick parents only lived 2 hours away.. it was a short lived break up.. We hung out all the time.. At this I pretty much knew nick was the one for me! He was still making up his mind.. Then one night he called me. HE said, " Linna I KNOW you are going to be my wife!"

On may 23, 2003
I came down for the weekend to hang out and nick took me jeeping up in the mountains. Under a stary night, roasting marshmallow by the fire, he asked me to marry him and of course i said yes!!

*Three Times we changed the date in the temple (originally choosing august 16th which was our PRETEND date of marriage planned way back when we were "wishful thinking"..

JUNE 27, 2003
I had just finished up the last three days of my finals this day and I packed up my entire apartment and headed down to Logan UT for my wedding weekend.. My parents met us down there and I did my endowment session that night. For those of you who dont know in the LDS church members go through the temple called an endowment session which is derived from the King James Version of the Bible referring to the spiritual gifts given the disciples of Jesus on the day of Pentecost in which they were "endowed with power from on high". Here we make sacred promises and covenants with God. This also is something that must be down preliminary to a temple marriage know as a sealing.

THE BIG DAY


JUNE 28th 2003
Nick and I were sealed at 11am for all time and eternity in the Logan Utah temple. After the sealing we ate lunch at the Coppermill and headed to our reception in Weston Idaho at nicks parent house.. it couldn't have been a more beautiful day. HOT but beautiful!

At the coppermill I guess we weren't having any regrets!

(Nick with his West Side buddies at the reception!)
After a week long honeymoon at his grandpa cabin near Jackson hole.. We headed to my hometown for yet another reception of fun.. i must admit it was a bit strange putting my dress back on.. but we had lots of fun there too!
yes that is wedding cake going all up my nose! But i think i got nick so much worse! SPLAT!

Nick thank you for a million memories these past 7 years! I love you so much! "too the moon and back!" I am so grateful for every day obstacles that make us stronger and for such an amazing person in my life to always give me a lift when I need one! I love you and i am SO excited for the rest of our lives and eternity together growing progressing and becoming ONE!