5 Years of True Adventure!

5 years and the couple still hitched..

Time flies as usual, and on Friday, Jay and I had our 5th anniversary! I made him some heart shaped pancakes with eggs and sausage. Samuel and him left to school. Saw them for lunch, which we ate left over beans, rice and platano. He left to more studying, while I let the kids play in the playground then back to our way home. Stopped at the Annex (near school building to our house) to fill up 6 bottles of water and home to play and read for the rest of the afternoon. Got kids ready with bath and pj's and our good friend Sonika came at 6:30 pm to watch them and put them to bed while we went to see a movie on campus (Sherlock Homes, really enjoy it... except how fast the spoke British English leaving me in the limbo quite a few times..), got a treat and back home at 9:30pm and to bed. It wasn't anything different than date night.. But what was different, was the feeling of looking at your sweetheart and remember how many adventures you have been together for the last 5 years. Travel, families, moves, 3 cars, two and a half children, and still cant say we are settle but still in love for one another. When people ask Jay what did I see in him, he usually says "my money, and my butt". We all know he had no money, just was recovering from a car wreck, which left him car less (too bad I didn't meet that other love of his life, the Cadillac the his grandfather left him before he died, where really the money was put into all the sound system, etc..), looking like a poor hang over dude with all kinds of bruises and no motivation to start that fall semester in 2004. He literally did not let me go after we started dating. And if it wasn't for that I wouldn't have married him.

We dated for a long month.. we went to parties, Temple square, visit my exchange student families, Temple, wedding receptions...Play romantic for the most part.

Then, as Jay started talking about marriage.. I chickened out.. and after a week of not seeing him, met him at a football game (where our first date was too..) and answered an unsaid question.. And he accepted my answer! After very dragging 6 months of engagement.. we got sealed at 10am on a Saturday morning at the Salt Lake City, UT temple. Did I mentioned I was 45 minutes late, which make him think I had cold feet.. but really, it was a hair problem where I had hair rolls stuck on my head for that much and almost had to cut my hair to get them out? He didn't by my excuse though.. But my mom, mother-in-law, sister-in-law and best friend can tell you it is true.

Like everybody know, BYU sporting events have been a very big part of our life. I wasn't too much of a fan. However, I like sports and played them too, so it was easy to fall on the big time cougar family tradition. Without kids and later with them.. later we did other trips. And kept the fun and loving moments to give a sweet kiss... Once married, other fun filled our lives. We showed more of our true selves..

But that didn't scared us, just made us be more in love.

When kids came, we still tried to scape and be our regular selves.. But then, it is better to parents.. and act like grown ups..

Of course our fashion has always been sophisticated..After all, our family is the most important we have and that is no change at all.. Today, living in a beautiful island in the middle of the Caribbean, still with our growing family, I am sooo thankful Heavenly Father allowed me to meet the man when I did and have covenant for an eternity by his side. I love the gospel and how much we both can grow everyday when we stay close to the Lord, allowing him to be a very important part in our marriage. We are still learning from each other and trying to be better spouses, parents and friends.

I truly married my best friend.. I love you dear!