The great thing about having doctors OUT of state is that you have to travel OUT of state to get to them. And sometimes you just have to make a trip out of it and spend some time together. Even if the appointment falls through!!!
I have had horrible postpartum and there have been some days where I felt like the weight of the world was sitting on my shoulders. Rationally I understand that this isn't true, but you know how it is sometimes - and when the opportunity came up to run away, we worked it out with the kids and we decided to make a day, or two of it.
The temple was our first stop. We went to the Jordan River Temple Wednesday evening. We got there as the sun was going down. The wind was blowing a bit and the grounds were amazing and beautiful. From the moment we got out of the car it felt like the craziness of the world slipped away and everything was suddenly okay. It felt so good to be there. I almost didn't want to leave! After the temple we checked into the 'castle' and spend the rest of the evening relaxing and laughing and enjoying having nothing to do.
Thursday was a lazy morning and after breakfast we decided just to get in the car and see where we ended up. Shopping, and lunch and a long drive found us at Thanksgiving Point and we spent a couple of hours walking through the gardens. It was the tulip festival and it was heavenly just walking, and talking and laughing and forgetting the cares of the world. The day was amazing, the weather perfect, and the company the very best! I am grateful every single day that I get to be married to my best friend. I am thankful that after all of these years, there is nobody we would rather spend time with but each other. I am often amazed that I fall more in love with him every... single... day! I love how he loves me. I am grateful for the safety I feel in his love. To know that you are the most important person in some one's life, and to know that together we have created the family of our dreams, is one of most content feelings in the world. It's not that everything is perfect, it is that together we have made it through the ups and downs of everyday life and that makes things as close to perfect as you can get in this life!
I know... it's a picture overload... but I just want to remember the way it felt to walk through, holding hands and enjoying the beauty of the day...
I told Thayne when we are old (older, MUCH older than we are now...) I want to have a place like this to sit and watch the great grand kids playing!
I loved this part of the garden... there was such an amazing feeling as we walked through looking at different stories from the scriptures and for the life of the Savior.
I told Thayne that THIS was my favorite picture of all. He thinks I am a little bit crazy but I can't help it. 26 years ago I was in the grocery store with my grandma. We were picking out birthday cards while waiting for the manager to bring an application from the office, to see if I could get a job there. I was looking down when he walked out of the office so the first thing I saw were a pair of cowboy boots standing in front of me. That is when I looked up and into eyes that stole my heart. I am not exaggerating when I say that I saw everything I ever dreamed of in those eyes that day and I wanted nothing more than to see those eyes in the eyes of my babies! I tell him the boots won my heart... which is partly true. So now, 26 years later the boots (yeah, not the same boots, but still!!!) still melt my heart! I love the man in the boots and am so grateful that I get to spend forever with him!!!!!
