Anniversary

Seven years ago today, on March 16, 2002, Casey and I were married in the San Diego Temple. It is hard to believe seven years have past already. (I feel a little old). Our 2 children have been our greatest accomplishments. And we have been blessed every step of the way. So....here's to my awesome husband....Thank you for being a great husband and for working so hard and, most importantly, for getting up EVERY morning and feeding the kids breakfast while I sleep in. I will forever be grateful for that one.

How did he pop the question? Well, it all happened at the beginning of Winter semester 2002. We knew we wanted to get married and had talked about it prior to the semester beginning, but had not exactly shared this with our families just yet. At this time Ricks College was making the transition to becoming BYU-Idaho. But not all programs had switched to a 4 year program, including mine. I had already gotten my Associates, so my schedule was filled with mostly random classes. We knew would eventually have to transfer somewhere else and Casey found out that some of the classes he was taking would not transfer. So....it seemed a waste to stay there and take classes that we didn't need or wouldn't transfer, right? Solution: Drop out and get married. So we dropped all our classes and decided we work for the rest of the semester, save up some money and get married in the summer. This was a really fun phone call to make home. I distinctly remember calling my mom and catching her on her lunch break. She was in the drive-thru of Burger King. I told her Casey and I were getting married and dropping all of our classes (in so many words, I'm sure I presented it much better). I heard the order taker say "Can I take your order?" and my mom snapped "Just a minute!!" It was hilarious. But nevertheless, she was happy for me and was all for it. So we began looking for jobs in Rexburg and could not find ANYTHING. What to do? We upped the wedding to March and decided to move home (me, California - Casey, Washington) until then. So....back to how he popped the question. In the meantime of all of this, we had been ring shopping and I found a ring I liked. The element of surprise was sort of gone, since we knew would be leaving soon to go home, and it was only a matter of time. So Casey asked me to go into the ring shop and have my finger sized. Unbeknownst to me, he had called the guy there beforehand and told him to tell me that they accidentally sold my ring. So I went in to have my finger sized and the guy told me "I'm so sorry, but we sold your ring." I was sooooo mad. Dumb idiot. How does that happen? So I called Casey and he assured me that we would continue looking and find another one and it would be okay. The next day, he came and got me and we went and got some lunch. It was a nice day, so we went and ate outside at the top of a hill overlooking good ole' Rexburg. Then he got down on one knee and pulled out MY ring and proposed. I was so happy and very surprised that he was able to trick me. (Anyone who knows Casey, knows he is a TERRIBLE liar!) Anyway, not long after that we went home and worked a little and in just 3 months time, planned a beautiful wedding in San Diego. We had a luncheon on the beach and later honeymooned on a cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. And we are now currently living our happily ever after....