Happy Anniversay

Happy Anniversary to our wonderful parents.

Mom and dad met after dad moved down from the ranch where his family was in the Aravipa Canyon to live with his older brother, who happened to live down the road from the Stanford family. This is how dad came to know mom. While on his mission, mom wrote to dad and even hand made him a tie and sent it off to him. It didn't take long when dad returned home from his mission for the two to decide to marry. On October 19, 1974 mom and dad were sealed for time and all eternity in the Manti Temple. They made their first home in Bluewater, New Mexico where dad worked in a mine. Four months after being married mom was expecting their first child and who wold have even imagined 9 more would follow?

As each of us children grow older and wiser we admire and love our parents more and more each day. Their example of marriage and what is ordained of God is a true blessing to us children. I have never heard my mother call my father by his name or my father likewise. They always refer to each other as "Hun" or "Honey". They have had a date night once a week every week for as long as I can remember. Dad always calls mom his girlfriend and as kids we were always telling mom and dad to stop kissing it was gorse. Dad always brings mom flowers each week and I have never heard either of them share a cross word with each other. Family has always been their priority. The relationships that the married children have now reflect the example set by our parents and their love for one another and family.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad we love you very much!