20 Years

Well, happy anniversary sweetheart. 1999 - 2019. It started with a kiss around 2 am on February 19, 1995. True story: I came home that night, looked at a calendar, calculated time for us to serve missions, and then wrote in my journal that we would be married on Feb 19, 1999. And then we were!

"Started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss!" Here are a few of the great things about these past 20 years:

12 kids - JMEHWALSNODP

We've started to often identify and refer to our children only by their first initial when we're typing or texting each other. But I guess they are probably the most important things that have come out of our marriage, so I could/should probably list them by name? Ok... here's each kid with one of my blog posts featuring a favorite memory of pictures/video of them:

1. Joseph
2. Melodie
3. Ethan
4. Hyrum
5. Wesley
6. Abigail
7. Lilian
8. Sophia
9. Natalie
10. Owen
11. Daniel
12. Peter

10 moves -

1. Orem
2. Provo
3. Pink House in Sandy
4. Wyview @ BYU
5. Ashburn, Virginia
6. the Chacara in Barão Geraldo, Brazil
7. Crosswood House, Utah
8. Villareal, Costa Rica 
9. Santiago, Chile
10. Sandy

7 cars (3 minivans) - Oldsmobile, Pathfinder, White Van, Chrysler Van, Hyundai, Fiesta, Odyssey

4 countries - USA, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile

2500+ blog posts.

It's been a good ride so far, I guess we might as well keep at it. Here's to the next 20 years!