Sunday is our 25th Anniversary so I have decided to post some pictures that were taken way back on July 18, 1985. Wow, it doesn't seem like it has been that long ago. I guess time really does fly when you're having fun. I had just graduated from high school a month before and I was only 8 days past my 18th birthday. I thought I was so smart. I knew everything back then and felt I had the whole world at my fingertips. To tell the truth, I can't believe our parents let us get married that young. We must have sounded convincing when we told those big stories about being madly in love and how we were gonna conquer the world. (Russ had a job working on a dairy farm making $5.35 an hour). YIKES! Now looking back, it is the best thing we ever did. We truly grew up together and as we did we also grew closer. We struggled through hard times but it only seemed to make us stronger.
Happy Anniversary to my sweet husband! He is the perfect fit for me, my soul mate and my best friend. I am glad I grabbed him up when I was too young to even know what a gold mine I had. He is the kindest, sweetest and most honest man I know and as a bonus, he is a pretty darn good dad to our five kids. I can't wait to spend the next 25 years laughing and having fun together.
Torri didn't want a "line" at her wedding. I think seeing these pictures scared her. Can you imagine having to wait in this line at a wedding? I took pity on her and let Torri opt out of a formal line. She did admit to me tonight that she wishes she had of put the parents and the bride and groom together in a central location. She didn't like people asking her where her mom and dad were the whole night (we were running around with our heads chopped off so we didn't get to mingle with anyone).
Here are pictures of our families. Russ and I are both third born children but I was the second and Russ was the first to get married. Since these pictures were taken our families have more than tripled in size. My family went from 10 people to 41 1/2 and Russell's went from 7 to 38 1/2. It's amazing what happens when two people meet and fall in love.
That is awesome when it all works out. I wish my parents had been more forceful. Even though I had the ring and everything, my mother insisted I at least get my freshman year of college done before marrying Tim. I thought I knew it all too at 19. And even though we got married in the Salt Lake Temple it didn't guarantee anything. Nothing like being divorced by the age of 22! IF it had worked out I can't imagine the possibility of having a 24 year old child and grandchildren. Kind of blows my mind. I wished he had been a RM with more devotion to the church also. It is so much better when you have the same goals and aspirations. Hope you two have an awesome anniversary!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet story! I just love happy real love for ever stuff. Even though I got married when I was 23, I feel like my husband and I grew up together together, too.
ReplyDeleteWhat really blows me away is that I didn't even know you were engaged or anything like that. Of course, the last half of my Senior year was pretty awful and I don't remember much of it ...
Congratulations on 25 years!!!