Number 3

I want to wish my hubby a Happy Anniversary and say thank you for three awesome years!! Three years goes by so fast and yet we have done a lot together in such a short amount of time...

We met at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, ID. Claire and I were at the gym and I saw the most "beautiful boy" walk in! We followed him around and by being "completely obvious" (or so Justin says) he eventually said hi and a while later he asked me out. 6 months later we were engaged and 4 1/2 months later we were married.

Our dating days...

Right after we got engaged (which was a complete surprise) and Justin was now poor for buying my ring...notice the empty wallet :)

Walking out of the temple

I remember Justin being really nervous up until the actual day that we were getting married. He was really calm. I on the other hand was completely calm until the actual day. I got so nervous when we were waiting to walk into the sealing room where everyone was waiting for us. My Grandpa Brownell performed the ceremony. We were about to get started and he asked me in front of everyone if I was ready and all I could say was "I don't know!" Everyone started laughing which kind of lightened the mood and allowed me to relax and I made it through the ceremony. It was beautiful. That day was beautiful. Gorgeous weather, although a little hot during the luncheon, and the most perfect night! I remember it being the perfect temperature. The only thing that wasn't perfect is that my shoes were so high, my feet felt like they were going to fall off by the end of the night! Other than that, I have nothing but good memories from that day. The decorations were beautiful, there was good food (that we didn't get to eat until we left), lots of good presents, and all the people we love.

Fun memories of that day

Our honeymoon in Mexico

Cleaning teeth in the D.R.

Since our wedding day, we have both graduated from BYU-I, me with an associates and Justin with a bachelors. We have traveled together to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Canada, Seattle, Las Angeles, Las Vegas, different parts of Idaho and Utah, Cleveland and surrounding areas, New York City, Niagara Falls, Nauvoo, Illinois (2x), Palmyra, New York (2x). I have been to Chicago, IL, Milwaukee, WI, and Mesa, AZ and Justin just got back from Guatemala. Justin is now in his second year of dental school (it feels good not to be the first years anymore!). We've been poor since the day we got married, but somehow we make it through and we learn and grow from it. We definitely appreciate what we have! We haven't resorted to using our wedding napkins for toilet paper like Justin's mom and dad did when they were in chiropractic school, so I guess we are still doing okay! :) But the highlight of our three years was almost 15 months ago when we brought our baby Jack into our family! We never knew it would be so much fun to have a little guy running around and making a mess. We love his fun personality and his sweet little voice. Hopefully our future children will be as cute and sweet as Jack is. They have some big shoes to fill!

The night before my due date...I was enormous!! Not the best picture of me...hee hee! The sad thing is, I went almost a whole week AFTER this picture was taken before I had Jack.

Blessing Day

Thank you Justin for being such a great husband and an awesome daddy!
I love you!
Here is to another great year together!