15 years

November 17, 1995

wedding day lunch

our most important wedding guest

15 years ago, Dode and I were sealed in the Seattle Temple.  If feels both like yesterday and forever ago. 

What has changed in 15 years?

We've gone from 1 child to six.

We've lived in three homes, all in Arlington

(an apartment in town over the tanning salon, a farm house off Hwy 530, and our current house)

Dode's held three jobs (Summit Timber, Downing & Assoc., Tulalip Tribes)

We've gone through three Dodge Caravans

Dode has endured me being hospitalized for pregnancy complications (twice), an appendectomy and meningitis.

We've held numerous church callings

We've endured sorrow and have experienced joy

What hasn't changed in 15 years?

We both still fit in our wedding clothes, and even still wear them

We still have my Toyota Pick up, over 200,000 miles and counting

We still stay up way too late at night talking

We still consider that each of us got the better catch

We each still get that jumpy heart feeling when seeing the other unexpectedly

We wouldn't want to take this journey with anyone else