Epic Story 6 of 6

Newlyweds










After we got home from our honeymoon it was time for school to start. We packed our car and Peter's parent's van full of gifts and headed to Provo. We had arranged for an on campus one bedroom apartment at Wymount Terrace. It was so tiny and perfect. We arrived after a long day of driving at midnight, but I was way too excited to go to bed. I spent the whole night enthusiastically unpacking all of our new stuff and arranging our little place. It was so awesome to finally be living under the same roof. Our very own place! I felt like a little girl decorating my doll house.

A couple of months later we went to Chile with Peter's family to pick up his brother Jimmy from the mission. We saw many things and met lots of people. I had just finished 2 years of spanish classes so I was really excited to use my new language skills. My spanish wasn't great, but I didn't let that get in the way. It was a great trip, and a testimony builder for me to meet all of the members that Jimmy worked with.

This was a mine we toured in Chile.





After the school year we spent the summer in Merced California and I did some home study courses while Peter sold pest control.

For our one year anniversary we went on a week long Carribean cruise. I didn't know there was a shark behind us until this picture was developed. Just kidding, I believe it is just another snorkeler. Just making sure you are paying attention. It was pretty fun trip, minus the morning sickness! I found out I was pregnant a couple of weeks before we left. We still enjoyed ourselves and we were so excited about starting a family together.


Some ruins in Mexico









Aside from some traveling as newlyweds, we went to school full time, and lived with our feet a few inches off the ground. I loved playing housewife. It was a fun time of life to be at college as a married couple. My grades went down that first semester becuause we were so busy having fun adventures all the time. We definitely lived life to the fullest.


BYU intermural waterpolo.









After Merced, we returned to BYU and did another year of school while my belly grew for 8 months. Then we moved to Santa Rosa California just before having Dallin for another summer of pest control sales.

It was there in Santa Rosa that we made the next big jump in life. The 2 of us became 3 early in the morning on June 3rd, 2003. This picture was taken seconds after we became parents as we looked at our little baby for the first time. Our most exciting adventure of all. It sure seems like it all came down to this moment.









Now it has been eight years and we are about to become a family of 7. We have grown a lot in the last 8 years, and endured some trials, but life just seems to get sweeter and our commitment to eachother is deepened with every experience. I love the choices we have made together and the life we have created. Happy anniversary Peter, I love you. I love you more all the time which I didn't know was possible. I hope you liked reading our story. It may seem ordinary to other people, but to me it is an epic one that has still only begun.