We have had the best year, and every year we get to spend together is just the best. This past year of marriage we have moved (again), Randy graduated, we’ve worked and played, had the best time with our little boy, and fallen even more in love.

When we were dating, Randy and I would play a little game, imagining what our life would look like in exactly four years. We talked about 4 years because that’s when Randy would be home from his mission. We wondered what our life could look like then.

Our best friends even took this little game, and put it in a song they sang for us on our wedding day.
The day we were married, we played this little game, imagining our future. We wondered if we would have a baby, if we’d be done with school, where we’d be living, all of it.

Where we are today, and the love we have, is more than I ever could have dreamed.

“Do you remember that game we played together when we talked about forever… This is our dream, and nothing’s going to take it away from me, we built it together, so marry me, and I’ll never let you go.” These are some of the lyrics from that song that Caleb and Alexon wrote, and it just captures this moment perfectly.

Can’t wait to see where the next “four year” game will take us!

For our anniversary we had muffins for breakfast, I sent Randy off to go play at Guitar Center while I worked. Then we went to Salt Lake to have lunch at Eva’s Bakery (which was SO yummy as always). Our evening was filled with watching Friends and eating ramen which is like the epitome of our marriage.

Friday we had my mom watch Graham so we could go on a fun date! We went shopping at Fashion Place, one of our favorite things to do, scootered around SLC and went to dinner at Cafe Molise which was DELICIOUS. We had such a wonderful time talking about our past and our future. I just loved it.

We had a great time with our family going to Thanksgiving Pointe for a little staycation! We loved going to the gardens, the museums, swimming in the pool, getting ice cream, and going to dinner. Graham has the BEST time playing with his little cousins. Candace and Tommy are so cute with Graham and love to play around with him.

We tried the Zulu Grill which is African food and it was SO GOOD. Totally recommend it.

We love hanging out with family and this little staycation was just what the doctor ordered!

Oh my goodness, my heart is going to burst with pride.

Randy started college at UVU before his mission. He had no idea what he wanted to do. He got his mission call, and school became his last priority. Let’s say, he left that first semester with a pretty low GPA.

He thought he’d figure it out while he was on his mission. He got home, and he still wasn’t sure what sounded like the perfect major, or career.

He did another semester at UVU, and wasn’t loving it. He decided to try taking classes at BYU Salt Lake instead, and hopefully transfer to another school later. We moved to Salt Lake, so that was the best option.

He took an accounting class at BYU Salt Lake, and got a good grade. The professor said that if students got a good grade, and didn’t hate the class, they should 100% pursue accounting. Randy talked to some other accountants and people who did business, and thought it was worth a shot.

After going to BYU Salt Lake, Randy decided to transfer AGAIN to Utah State University via their remote campuses. We were thinking we would move to Logan so Randy could attend USU and get his degree in accounting there. I went to Logan for a job interview (which I got) and as we were driving home, out of the canyon, we both knew that we weren’t meant to live in Logan.

So, we decided to try and go for the University of Utah. The tuition was expensive and the program was difficult to get into. But we decided to go for it.

Randy worked REALLY hard at the USU remote campuses to get his associate’s degree, and get his GPA up.

Then, it was time to transfer AGAIN, this time to the U. Randy went to that first week of business classes on that campus and absolutely loved it. In a way I had never, ever seen him love school. (I’m tearing up just thinking about it!) He absolutely thrived at the U. He got into the business school, and then into the accounting program. He made awesome friends, studied so hard, loved his professors and classes, and then HERE WE ARE.

I have never been more proud of Randy. He is graduating from the U after finishing an internship with Ernst and Young, one of the Big 4 accounting firms (which is a HUGE deal). He’ll be going back to school in August to get his Master’s of Accounting, and then he’s accepted a full-time offer to do audit for Ernst and Young!

He’s done SUCH amazing work and I’m so so so PROUD. My wifey heart is going to explode.