One year down, an eternity to go

We made it through the first year of marriage, making our marriage longer than most Hollywood couples ;)

To celebrate this accomplishment, Jeff and I made the trip down to the place where we sealed the deal--beautifully hot St. George, UT.  We decided we wanted to keep our trip low key and not plan too many things, however the one thing we made sure to plan into our time was a sealing session in the St. George Temple on our anniversary, August 3.  We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate and reminisce our own sealing.

A lot of our wedding day is a blur because so much was happening all at once.  I remember the happiness that I felt as I knelt across the altar from Jeff and how surreal it was to be pronounced "man and wife, sealed for time and all eternity", but I don't remember exactly everything the sealer said, and Jeff and I didn't get the opportunity after to sit in the Celestial Room and soak it all in after.  This time it was different.  Jeff and I first did an endowment session before doing sealings.  This allowed us to go and sit in the Celestial Room together before heading to do sealings.  The really cool thing about the St George Temple is the sealing room where we were married is right off of the Celestial Room, so we were able to go right into the room where our lives together began and sit down to reminisce.  It was surreal to stare at the altar and think back on that day a year ago, and all the many wonderful blessings that have happened since that day.  As I stared at my husband I was overwhelmed with feelings of deep gratitude to my Heavenly Father for helping us find each other.  It still surprises me to think how short of a time Jeff and I dated and were engaged before we got married.  It went against everything I believed and yet I always felt so calm and assured about my decision to marry Jeff.  Sitting next to him one year later in the temple, that feeling was multiplied times 100.  For lack of a better term, Jeff is my soul mate.  He completes me and makes me better.  He always knows what to say or do to make my day brighter.  I couldn't ask for a better husband or father for my children.