Our First Wedding Anniversary

January 29th, 2008 was the best day of my life, so it only seemed fit to celebrate that day this year. Being the slightly impoverished people that we are, we decided to make a nice dinner instead of dining out, and bought a gift for the two of us with the traditional theme of “paper”.

We purchased a poster for our living room as our gift to each other. It is a beautiful Mickey and Minnie painting entitled “True Love”. We have already hung it up and love it.

Adam and I had a wonderful anniversary. In the afternoon, we watched the video of our wedding ceremony and reminisced about that beautiful day. We laughed when Bishop Oviatt thought one of us (and we know who) was going to pass out. We got all choked up when we said “I Do” and kissed when we kissed in the video.

Dinner was Japanese Cashew Chicken served in beautiful Japanese dishes and eaten with chopsticks. We added some Japanese Lychee soda, a bottle of Meier’s, and some oriental cake things for dessert. We watched Pokemon the TV series episodes while we sat on the floor. Later, we each ate a slice of our year old wedding (reception) cake.

I am so grateful to have found, and married, my true love. Adam is more than I could have hoped for. I love him more and more every day. This last year has gone by so quickly, and all the bad times have already faded away, leaving nothing but happy memories of the first year of our eternal journey.

I love you forever Adam!!!!!!!!!!!!



“I can’t believe it’s been a year!” That’s what everyone keeps saying, but it’s true. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year. And what a great year it has been. Our relationship, financial situation, and our lives in general have had their ups and downs, but I have no regrets marrying Jennifer.

This year has been quite a learning experience. I knew marriage wouldn’t be easy. It’s difficult to take two lives and make them one. It has been hard and even painful at times. But those sad moments are mere teardrops in the ocean of love and joy I feel for Jenn, and because of Jenn.

While we spend most of our days with each other, we have also spent every single night with each other. No one has ever been asked to sleep on the couch or floor while the other sleeps in the bed. And our goal is to keep it that way. There were times that one of us felt guilty enough to voluntarily sleep elsewhere, but the other wouldn’t allow it. And even if we don’t actually sleep because of cold feet, kicking, elbowing, sleep talking, bed hogging, blanket stealing, etc., we are always there next to each other.

That’s the way it works. We fight, we make mistakes, and we say things we don’t mean, but we stay together. The hard work is so worth it. I’m so happy. I don’t know the last time I said that before Jenn came into my life. I feel like I’m only a year old now, because when this life began, that old one went away. My life is different. I’m different. I’m better because of Jenn, and want to be better for her. And I’m finally happy. Honestly and truly, down to the core HAPPY!

I love you, Jennifer!