Happy Anniversary to the Love of My Life!

Happy Anniversary to me and Gary! We have officially been married for 11 years today! I cannot believe that it's been that long already.....the years have really flown by. I'm going to tell you some of my favorite things about the man that has put up with me for so long!
1. He is just Good Looking!! I think he is just so cute and I love to just watch him. He has the best smile and his eyes just light up when he does smile. I can't get enough of him.
2. He is such a great father and husband. He will do anything to make sure that we are all taken care of. He works so hard for all of us to make sure we have whatever we want.


3. Because he is such a hard worker he can do anything. He is really a Jack of all Trades. He can build beautiful houses from the ground up, he can make awsome trimwork to fit each of the kids' personalities, he can make shelves from leftover vinyl fence peices. He loves to work with his hands and wood and make things just right. He is a perfectionist with whatever he does, therefore everything he does is top quality!
4. He is not a social person.....unless he has to be. He would prefer to spend most of his free time on his couch with his family and not have to go or do anything with anyone! He is perfectly content with being at home with us, either watching t.v., playing games or just being. He loves to have us all cuddling in bed together watching Extreme Trains or something like that on the History channel or Discovery.
5. When I do make him socialize he takes it in stride most of the time. He is so funny and interesting and smart and just nice to be around. Most people like him instantly. He tries to put on some kind of gruff front, but anyone who knows him that he is not really that way. It's an act to keep people kind of at arms length, because he's not a social person.
6. When he does actually make a real friend, he will do anything for them! He is always the first to drop just about anything to help his family and friends. He has a hard time saying No to almost anyone. He is so generous and loving!! He just doesn't want anyone to know it! ; )
7. He loves to be outdoors. There is no way in the world he could do any kind of job that kept him inside or in an office. He loves to camp, boat, ride horses, ride 4-wheelers. His dad always told him that when they were pack tripping up in the mountains, he always felt closer to God and Gary has that same opinion. He has always believed that we live in God's country. He has a goal of seeing all that he can right around him and getting to know the country really well. He always tells me that he doesn't need to go anywhere else for a vacation because there is so much here around us to explore, that we really don't need to go farther than Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
8. Because he loves the outdoors so much and exploring, he loves to take road trips to nowhere. Ever since we got married we have taken many road trips around here and seen so many wonderful things. He is a very spur of the moment kind of guy and will wake up on a Saturday morning and decide we need to go somewhere. So we get the kids up, get them dressed, fill up a cooler with some food and start driving. We may end up in Yellowstone or Quake Lake and Virginia City or up in Montana in who knows where! A lot of times he'll let the kids decide and when we come to an intersection they get to choose which way we go. He will take the back roads anywhere he can. We went to Pocatello one day and did not ever touch I-15, and it took us 3 or 4 hours to get there! But it was such a blast and the kids and I love it. We have so much fun being together and seeing this wonderful State we live in.


9. I love him because he is always himself. He never tries to be anyone else or tries to impress anyone. He is what he is and if you don't like it you can go somewhere else.
10. We just fit together. When he hugs me I fit right into his arms and can't imagine a better, safer place to be.

11. He loves me for me. We got married really young and we really have grown up together. We can talk about anything. We are so in sync some days it's scary! We have so much in common yet are so different at the same time. He really is the Love of My Life. I can't imagine my life without him. I wish everyone knew this man like I do! I love you Gary!