Our story: We met on the BYU folk dance team. Chris was dating someone and I was just dating. Here we are in Binghampton, NY, at a festival. We had been friends for about a year.
We went on tour together in 1994 to Greece, Turkey, Jordan and Bulgaria. Now for anyone who's never toured you get to know someone really well after touring with them. You spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with them. You see them when they're tired, hungry, happy, sweaty--basically all of the good and bad. We didn't spend every minute together on tour by any stretch of the imagination, but we did get to know each other well. Chris hinted that he wanted to be more than friends, but he wasn't my type at all! So I dismissed that and he decided not to waste any more time. Well, I couldn't handle that, so to make a long story short, our first kiss was on the rooftop of our hotel in Amman, Jordan, the night before we came back to the U.S. Neither of us thought our relationship would last. Here we are at a homecoming parade at BYU when we got back from tour.
Well, we did last, and Chris proposed when I flew out to Missouri to visit during Christmas break.
We were married May 20, 1995 in the Boise, Idaho temple. I don't remember too much of the day--it was all a blur, but these are some of my favorite pics--most of which were taken by my sister, Natalie, who thoughtfully kept the camera snapping all day.
Right after we came out of the temple.
Alot has happened in our lives over the past 14 years. We've experienced our highs like having children and finishing med school, and our lows, like burying parents. We've changed and grown spiritually and physically. If I had to do it all over again, I would as long as I had you, Chris. I love you more today than I ever imagined I could love someone 14 years ago. You are everything in the world to me. Happy 14th anniversary. 
While we were landscaping, we added some rhodedendrians to the north side of our house. We've been throwing around the idea of planting rhodies for about 5 years now ever since seeing them at a neighbor's in Missouri. Rhodies thrive in the NW, and growing up, Chris had huge rhodies in the backyard of his Bellevue house (we're talking 8 feet tall or more). We worried that they wouldn't survive in humid Kansas, but these varieties are supposed to do really well here. We bought the biggest plants we could find and Chris meticulously prepped the ground. They're so beautiful--we hope they come back next year! 
Kiersten and Abbie had their dance recital at the Music Hall a couple of weeks ago. We ate dinner downtown in the Crossroads District at a yummy pizza place Kierst and I discovered while looking for food before the BYU Ballroom Dance performance in April. Kierst has been wanting to take everyone there.
Kierst in "Boy From NYC," her jazz class.
Kierst did ballet in "Swiss Miss."
Both of the girls did a fantastic job! We were so proud of them! I love seeing my kids enjoying what they're doing. There's nothing better than that. 
