Today is our 5 year anniversary. 5 years! In a way I can't remember a time we weren't married. In another way, I can't believe we've hit the 5 year mark already. I remember thinking that that was a big milestone and it would take a while to get there. But time FLIES! Here we are 2 kids later.. So strange! I love our life together. Sometimes when I'm doing laundry and putting our clothes away, I realize how much I love sharing my life with him. Our clothes in the same closet, the smell of our house, our cars, our tvs and books, our food in the fridge, Johns tooth brush in the shower, even our bills!  It sounds funny but I have moments where I notice  these things and I love it! I'm just so grateful that we have each other to lean on no matter what life has to offer. We've come a long way from the little 18 &19 year olds we started out as. I know in the grand scheme of things 5 years is nothing and we have eternity to go and learn, but  I have learned so much about myself and about life that I never knew before. I am more and more grateful for the guy John is! I've gone a little crazy since having 2 kids and trying to work at the same time and he has been amazing. He always helps me with whatever I ask him to do and he listens to me and my crazy thoughts about life and still loves me.  I'm so grateful he has the priesthood and can give me blessings anytime I ask him to. Im grateful that he has blessed both of our boys, that he teaches our Sunday school class, and that I always learn something from him everytime that he does. I'm grateful he goes to church with me every Sunday and that he comes in every morning before work to pray. I also love that he has an alarm on his phone at night for us to read scriptures even when some nights the snooze button gets pressed til it's too late. But those things are so important to me and I love that I have someone who helps me want to be better. I'm grateful that he's such a great dad. When I tell Ty that daddy is almost home, he runs to the door and waits or stands on the table to look out the window. When he walks in he yells, "Daddy!" John is also amazing at calming Steven down. Sometimes I'll be holding him and he just won't settle down and then the second John takes him he stops. I love him more for loving our kids.

   So, in honor of our 5 year anniversary, I will name 5 things about John that I love:

1. He is always happy. He is optimistic and always making jokes. He hardly ever lets things stress him out and he always comes home and gives me a kiss and teases or tickles me. He's playful and I wish I was more like that!

2. He's so smart. He knows ALOT of stuff. I don't know how his brain remembers everything but it does! You know when people say the wife is always right? Well I hardly ever am. He almost always is! I've come to trust his judgment on most things because he always knows what he's talking about. He's always looking at our finances and makes spreadsheets for random things. He's been in school for 4.5 years and is in his last semester. I'm so proud of him for sticking with it! I don't know if I could have made it all the way. He's always been ambitious and wants to keep learning. I love that!

3. He has always known who he is and what he wants. I envy people like that! I feel like I am just now figuring out who I am and what I want! He is definitely a leader. I hope our kids can grow up and be confident in themselves like he is.

4. He is funny. He is always showing me something funny that he's found or making some kind of joke. I love that about him because even though I'm not very funny, I enjoy a good sense of humor! To go along with this, he is always singing a song that he's made up of some sort. They are usually made up of what's going on at the moment to a random tune or with words that rhyme with Staci or Ty. They always make me laugh.

5. He can do anything. I swear!  He tells me he's going to run a 10 minute mile and I tell him it's going to be harder than he thinks and then he just does it! Then I try it and I make it half of a mile and think I'm going to die, so I stop. He tells me to just push speed 6 and run for 10 minutes. Easier said than done my friends! But he makes everything seem so simple and possible and I wish I was more that way. I complicate things and have no faith in myself! I hope our kids also think that they can do whatever they put their mind to!

Sorry for the sappy post! I just love this guy and I'm so glad we've been able to be a part of each others journey in life!
 We have more pictures together than I thought!