Today we celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. I went through our photo albums and wrote down a few of the highlights from each of our years together.
2001
Snowmobiled in Salmon, ID.
Graduated from Ricks College.
Spent the summer in Utah.
Mark sold pest control and Monica went to dental assisting school.
We moved four times this year.
We both started working full time in the fall.
2002
Monica had been working as a dental assistant for only a few months,then started dental hygiene school.
Mark was working on his first year of his electrical apprenticeship.
We spent lots of time at the lake this summer including a cabin weekend with Monica's family.
We took several rafting trips with Monica and Jeremy and Tanya and Jon.
Mark got his Suzuki dirt bike.
We skied in Tahoe after Christmas with Marks family.
2003
We snowmobiled with Chris and Mandy.
Mark cut his head open and got 14 stitches.
We spent a lot of time jet skiing with Niki and Glen.
Monica hard at work in dental hygiene school, graduated at the end of the year. Mark got Monica her little Yamaha dirt bike.
We rafted, hiked and explored hot springs with Trent and Alex.
We bought our first home.
Mark surfed in California with Angela.
2004
Monica got her first dental hygiene job in a dental office.
Monica went on a European tour with Mark's sister Monica.
Mark sold the Suzuki and upgraded to a faster KTM.
We played on the lake with Monica's family and went camping with Marks family.
We had a dirt bike adventure with Trent, Tyson and Sid.
We found out we were pregnant.
2005
Our 1st child was born.
We went on a cruise to Mexico for Christmas with Monica's family.
As I looked over the pictures from this year I found lots of pictures of a sweet little boy getting bigger by the minute. With the birth of our first child our lives were changed forever. What a joy and blessing this little boy has been.
2006
We bought our second home and rented out our first home.
We did some remodeling to that second home.
Mark graduated from his apprenticeship and became a journeyman electrician.
We took a trip to Spokane to see Mark's parents land and where Monica grew up.
2007
Mark got an even faster KTM.
We found out we were expecting our second child.
We went paint balling in the summer.
We snowmobiled at Christmas with Monica's family.
2008
Our second child was born.
We went rafting in the summer.
We went to Aunt Angela's wedding.
It seems the year a baby is born out life stops for a while and we focus entirely on the new life in our lives. He has also been a great joy. He has the happiest disposition and we truly enjoy having him in our family.
It has been a great eight years. Mark is such a wonderful husband and father and I feel so blessed to have him in my life.
December 28, 2008
Eight Years
Posted by Monica at 3:17 PM
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Eight years??? I seriously can't believe it Monica! Congratulations!
That is so awesome, I love your new background. Happy 8th anniversary! It's amazing how fast the time goes; I look back at our wedding photos and think wow we look so young!
Anyway, we wont be coming up for New Years, Jon is having to work extra hours on a project he's got to get finished...yeah I'm not excited about that. We are still thinking about coming up though, we are hoping soon and I'm not just saying that; we have looked at our calendar to see when would be feasible. We will let you know and hopefully it will be good timing for you.
Congrats on the 8 years! You guys sure make beautiful babies!
Eight years! Yeah! Sounds like you guys have had some great adventures through those 8 years. What did you guys do to celebrate? Our 8th anniversary is coming up in May and I can't believe it has flown by that fast. Congrats guys! Such a beautiful couple too I might add!
What a cute couple and family you are. I love getting to know you guys better.
Jet skiing with Niki and Glen from our ward? You knew each other before you moved in? I didn't know that.
Congrats to 8 years, and you have an adorable little family to show for it!!
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