Two Years

Today is my anniversary. Happy two years to me and Levi. Part of me feels like wow...has it really been two years and the other part of me has completely forgotten the life before and I just feel like I have been married forever.

The first thing that attracted me to Levi....was that he was a boy. Well...I mean that he was a man....nothing feminine or weak or girly about him. He said what attracted him to me was that I wasn't afraid to eat in front of him and that I was super girly. I still remember our first date...it was February 1st and he came and picked me up from my house ...met my dad....opened my door and took my out to dinner and to go in-door miniature golfing. Then there was the 2nd date....the very next day....where I meet his family and then I threw up all over the side of the road. He helped me clean up, took me home, and then he kissed me goodnight...our first kiss ...with throw up taste still in my mouth. From that point on we saw each other 2 or 3 times a week.....I knew I was going to marry him...it was just a matter of when. We started talking about marriage in late April or so...he talked to his parents and then of course talked to my dad. That's a funny story all by itself....He was so nervous to talk to my dad....finally one day while my dad was outside by himself...I pep talked Levi and then took his hand and walked him out there...he got all his strength together and told my dad he wanted to marry me...then Levi stopped and waited for my dad to give some big speech or something...but my dad just looked at him and shrugged his shoulder got a big smile on his face and said...okay...and that was it. No speech...no nothing.

Levi asked me on my birthday in June at Temple Square. Right there @ Temple Square on a beautiful Saturday afternoon....he got down on his knees in front of everyone while his three brothers carried a HUGE poster around that asked if I would marry him. I'm sure I turned bright red....I remember seeing all these people stop and look at us...but of course I was super happy and couldn't wait to tell everyone and wear that beautiful ring!

Now here we are ...our 2nd anniversary. I remember thinking our wedding day would never come. Our first anniversary...we were dirt poor...Levi had been unemployed for months and of all days I got really sick. We still headed up to Park City and spent the weekend there. It was nice to just to get away. This year with Levi's unpredictable schedule it was impossible to plan anything....but he is working very hard and this time we have apart from each other..... it has definitely made me appreciate him more. It was just nice to have him home for a couple of days....well more like a day and half. :(

It's like you don't know how good you've got it until it's gone. I didn't realize how much I needed Levi and how much he did around the house ....until he wasn't there anymore.

There are many things around the house...big or small...that sit around all week waiting for him to come home...and there are many times where he just can't get to it all. For example....I went shopping @ the Macey's Case lot sale last week and bought a whole bunch of cans and such and by the time I got done pushing my super heavy cart around the store I thought I might just go into pre-term labor (my hips and all the muscles around there were just screaming at me)....I had to have some of the bagger boys help me load up my car and then Clay came over and helped me bring it all into the house and it just sat there in the kitchen (along with all the jars I canned with my mom that my dad had brought over) waiting for Levi to come home so he could haul it all downstairs and help me organize it all in my food storage room.

Levi sure does do a lot for me.

Well ...I didn't mean to make this some mushy love story....but I love Levi and am very happy that of all girls he picked me to marry for eternity in the Temple. I feel very blessed to be married to a sweet gentlemen who still to this day always opens my door.....let's me go first...doesn't mind that our closet is full of pink clothes and pink shoes...that I make him go grocery shopping with me and make him hold all my coupons.....always takes out the garbage (when he is home)....never asks me to mow the lawn or change the oil.....just smiles at all the silly pet names I call him.....doesn't mind that I am clueless when it comes to buying shaving cream, deodorant and other boy things for him......always just laughs when I start out a sentence..."will you do me a favor....or can you reach that for me?"......and still tells me he loves me and I'm beautiful to him every single day.