10 Year Anniversary

On February 3, 2017 Sam and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary.

It's hard for me to believe that is has really been 10 years, it has been so fun!

 I decided to try out these curlers that I bought for the girls.

They worked....

Really well! almost too well. But after a few minutes it calmed down a bit.

Sam gave me a beautiful ring as a gift.  It is a pear cut aquamarine and I just adore it!  Almost as much as I adore him!

I've included a letter I wrote to Sam and gave to him at dinner.

I also gave him a foot massager that he has been begging for.  He has it in his office and uses it everyday while he reads his scriptures.

February 3, 2017

Sam,

Today we celebrate our 10 year anniversary, and I couldn’t be more grateful to have spent these past ten years with you.  I love you so much and I feel so lucky that you asked me to marry you.  Today I have been thinking about what I love most about you, and I had to narrow down my list to my top ten, or else you would be reading this until the wee hours of the morning.  So here you go:

1.     You really listen to me, and try to help if you can.

2.    You love good shoes more than I do!

3.    You are an amazing father, and love our girls so much.  I love that you make them a priority and take them on dates.  I know you do it for them, but it means so much to me.

4.    You look hot in your cowboy shirts and your business suit!

5.    You always want to make me happy.

6.    You are always excited to share your accomplishments with me.

7.    You arrange your schedule to help me when I really need it.

8.    You can make me laugh harder than anyone else.

9.    You are SO handsome!

10.  You always kiss me goodbye.

I love you, Sam.  Thank you for a wonderful 10 years, I am so excited we get to spend the rest of eternity together.

It wasn’t long after we got married that I started to realize what we had gotten ourselves into.  I think in my young 18 year old mind I kind of thought I was just playing pretend, and not making choices that had eternal consequences.  When the enormity of it all started to hit me I remember taking the biggest sigh of relief because what we did was so huge, but at least I did it with you.  I knew as long as I was by your side I would be just fine!  Thank you for choosing me to go on this wonderful journey of life with you.  You make every day wonderful.

Love,

Alisha