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April Fool's Day - Our Anniversary!!  4 years!!

It has been 4 wonderful years since we were married for time and all eternity in the Draper Temple. 

Yes, we were married on April Fool's Day and had tons of fun with it!  There were pranks played all around that day.  

• My brother's came in to me while we were getting ready to do the family pictures before the reception and Heber was wearing a purple shirt with his suit and Jacob was wearing a kilt, both of which I had said they I didn't want them to wear at my wedding.  They then proceeded to explain that they did what I had asked.  Heber had on a white shirt under his purple one and Jacob had his pants pinned up under his kilt.  At this point, I just grinned and decided that I wasn't going to be bride-zilla and not make a fuss.  They yelled, "April Fool's" and took off their unwanted attire.

It’s kind of a lame picture, but it was the only one I could find tonight

• We had friends take window spray paint and paint "Just Married" on all of the cars parked outside my parents' home where the reception was being held.  The also, specifically did not paint our actual car.
• I decided to play a joke on Chris and had arranged ahead of time with the bakers to put a very hard foam inside the bottom layer of our wedding cake.  When we went to cut the cake I lead Chris to the non-penetrable bottom layer.  It was hilarious!

• For our wedding dance Chris and I started out by dancing to It Only Takes a Moment from Hello Dolly, and then in the middle, without warning, the music switched and we danced to The Chicken Dance  and then it went back to normal, and then it switched one more time to The Bunny Hop.  It made for lots of laughs and tons of fun.  My only regret is that we didn't invite others to dance it with us.  

• Chris then sang the song, Can't Take My Eyes Off of You.  Which was so romantic and beautiful, but most people don't know is that I can't stand being called, "baby" and the entire chorus of the song is all about how much he loves and needs his "baby"!  I don't think anyone else caught the glint in his eye when he sang the chorus to me, "I love you, baby and if it's quite alright, I need you baby, to warm a lonely night. . . baby . . .baby . . . baby. . . " 

·         After leaving the reception, we had the biggest April Fool’s joke of the day played on us.  The Bed and Breakfast that we were supposed to stay at had locked their doors and wouldn’t answer the doorbell or the phone calls.  We weren’t sure what to do, we couldn’t go back to our house because my roommate hadn’t finished moving out.  So, I called one of my best friends who worked at Crystal Inn.  She answered her phone saying, “You’re not really calling me on your wedding night?!”  I explained the problem and she was able to get her manager to give us a deal on a room with 2 queen size beds.  I told Chris that we each had our own bed to sleep in, what a deal!

What a wonderful, wonderful day!  And what a wonderful 4 years it has been!!!

Well, this year, it looks like April Fool’s Day lived up to it’s name.  My mom and I attended a class at the diabetes clinic up at the University of Utah.  Chris, apparently, tried to send me flowers to this class, but the florist couldn’t deliver them because they didn’t understand the address.  Not sure why they couldn’t understand or at least use Google Maps, but none the less, the flowers were not able to make it to me.  Luckily Chris was able to get them sent to Huntington where we spent the Easter weekend with his family.  I had no idea that they were going to be there.  They were stunning, and actually 2 weeks later, still are.  Chris had me count the blooms.  208.  One for every week we had been married!

I made Chris a candy bar message on our whiteboard wall.  As I was putting it up Kate was watching a movie and half way through finally noticed what Mommy was doing.  Her look was priceless.  “Ah, ah, ah, mommy, candy . . .”  It was darling!

It reads:  Dearest Topher,

It was 4 years ago that we dressed in white with our heads way up in the air, that you put a ring on my finger.  I became your baby and you became my Mr. Good.  That day was pure bliss.  We planted a see that will grow throughout eternity.  We've enjoyed dots of snickers  during the zours spent rockin'  the suburbs.  Our little  juniors have really intensified our lives.  Betwix K-K-Kately  and M-M-Emberlys, we have the cutest sugar babies every!  I skored a 100 grand when I married such a ju-jubilant young chap. You are my whatchya-ma-callit (pardon my lapse of thought) oh yeah, my life!  I love you!  Love, S-S-Stina

I feel so blessed to have this wonderful man in my life!!!  I have loved the last 4 years and look forward to the next 4-ever!

THEN

NOW