9 Years of Wedded Bliss...

Cory and I met on May 25, 1998. He had been home from his mission for about 3 weeks. He was not shy at all. I worked at Gart Sports when he and his friend Matt Evans came in to buy some basketball shoes, and boy did I think Matt was cute! Cory didn’t take long at all to ask me for my phone number. It took about another week for us to finally be able to talk on the phone. But when we did, we talked for two hours. We talked about waterskiing and jeeping and camping and music and everything else that is important. We had so much in common. I wondered “where the heck did this boy come from, he is perfect". We doubled with Matt and his crazy girlfriend at the time. We went bowling, then to the store to buy ice cream. Little did Cory know,he bought my heart with Ben and Jerry’s. Then we left Matt, and went to WJ Park. We sat on a blanket and talked while we ate our ice cream. I am not sure if he intended to talk or make out. But, we made out. That was the night I fell in love. I went home and told my mom that I was going to marry him some day. She said “does he know that” and I said “I don’t know, but he will”. Cory and I didn’t spend much time apart after that. "Someday" came really fast. We got engaged two and half months later after my friend Heidi’s wedding reception. I caught the bouquet and he had the ring in his pocket. He asked me to marry him later that night overlooking one of my favorite canyons. Our courtship and engagement was so much fun. Everyday we spent together, I loved him more and more. We bought a cute little white house in South Jordan that needed some serious remodeling. Cory didn’t care because it had a huge garage. We worked really hard on our little home while we were engaged and it turned out perfect. We got married on Feb. 27, 1999. What an amazing day that was. I would not change one single thing about it. For the next year Cory spent a lot of time teaching me about the Gospel and I couldn’t wait to be sealed to him for eternity. So, one year later on March 4, 2000 we were sealed in the Jordan River Temple. After that, time started flying like crazy. In 2001 Brock was born. In 2002 we bought new house in Riverton so we didn’t have to share a bedroom with our baby. And, in 2003 Parker joined us. The past five years have been the best in my life. I am so thankful for Cory. He is an amazing man. He works hard and knows how to have fun. He is such a great dad and our boys love him more than anything. The last 9 years have been so great I can’t wait to see what the next 90 will bring. Happy Anniversary to us!!!