Fourteen Years Together...

On June 12th, 1999 Kirk and I were married in the Oakland Temple for "All Time and Eternity."  I remember seeing him for the first time..... 

I loved him right then and there.  At first we were friends.  But we were always in love, from the first moment, at least I was.... :)

And finally we were married.  And now it's been fourteen years.  What?  In the first picture we are kids.  In the second picture we are clearly not kids, but adults, yet we still feel like the first picture...ha!!  Well, "us kids" had our first little baby just over a year later.  And we went on to have seven of those babies altogether.

As I think about our marriage and what our experiences have been I am brought back to how grateful I am for our Temple Marriage, the precious Gospel of Jesus Christ, a close supportive family connection and the influence of wonderful friends, who also love and support us. 

I wasn't raised in the LDS church.  To be honest,  I never gave marriage or children much thought at all.  I mostly thought about college and the career I would have.  So often I am incredibly thankful that this turned out to be my life.  As it turns out I am a pretty good wife and a pretty good mom.

 This is the life that I love.  Kirk is my Eternal companion. I still get excited when he walks through the door after work, I will always love to see him with his kids and he will always be the love of my life and the person who taught me the most about integrity, about forgiveness and how to love.

Here's to fourteen years, seven kids, busy times, bills, hard work, laughing, crying, kids crying, money saved, money spent,  and the list goes on....

And this list is what makes the best times ever.  Happy Anniversary-   to you and me.  I love you forever.

Shauna xoxo