I have decided to dedicate this posting to be a message to my wonderful husband Spencer. I have just celebrated my second year with him and want all who see our blog to know what I feel for him and how grateful I am for the man he is. Let me first recap the last year for you. Below is a slideshow of the 2nd year of our lives together. You will see that it has been a very eventful year for the both of us. We have grown together in ways that only change can bring such as the new addition to our family, our sweet little Maren. We began this last year in August with Spencer's last year of college at BYU. We attended our last football games as students and lived on campus in married student housing. I worked at a junior high teaching dance so it was nice for me to be able to still experience the amenities of BYU before we officially left. We also attended General Conference in person for the last time. I almost cried thinking that we were leaving a place that we had created all of our memories together. So Spencer graduated and we had but a few months to prepare for the two biggest changes we would make together. For his graduation trip we drove to Oregon where he will be attending Optometry School in the fall, to find an apartment and have some fun exploring our future new home. We enjoyed days at Cannon Beach and Seaside, and also got to see the Portland Temple. It was a great trip. While I was in the last days of pregnancy we took a miny family trip to Snowbird resort in the Cottonwood canyon, and also hiked up to the Timpanogos caves. Also during this time the Oquir Mountain temple was dedicated and we were able to go through during the open house. It was truly beautiful. July came and so did our little girl Maren. She has blessed our lives in so many ways and has brought us closer together as a couple and as a family. Two weeks later another huge change came as we packed up and moved to Forest Grove, Oregon where we are now enjoying our third week here. We love our new apartment, ward and area. It is so beautiful with farmlands, the ocean, the city and forests all within close reach. We are enjoying the last days of play time before Spencer starts school. I would say that our 2nd year together has been a great one.
I would like to let my Spencer know that as we have journeyed many places in the last year and have experienced the changes life brings, that it has been the greatest journey ever. Though I cannot see the future ahead, I can tell by the past that life is only going to get better. I know this because you have given me that vision as you have lived life with an optomism and faith that if we live life right it will only get better. I am seeing that every day through the hard times and the good. Thank you for being the man you are. I could never feel the true joy I feel without the blessings of the priesthood you so faithfully hold and the dedicated and and loving husband and father you are. I love you and am loving the journey. Thank you for going with me!
Love, Anna
Moving On....
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