a dozen

Last Saturday (the 23rd), Kyle and I celebrated our 12th anniversary.

Here's 12 things about us you may or may not know:

1.  We met through mutual friends when Kyle came to Oregon to go to school.  (I told my friends that he must be weird...who would want to go to school to be a funeral director?!  Obviously, I got over it.  I'm glad I did!)

2.  We have moved a lot.  We started in an apartment, had 3 houses in Oregon, a house in Syracuse, Utah, and now are in Bountiful.

3.  We've been fortunate to take lots of trips:

Denmark (Kyle), Arizona, Canada, New York, Florida, Maui (several times), Disneyland (several times), Utah (several times, when we lived in Oregon), Oregon (several times, when we lived in Utah), and Colorado (several times).

4.  We've survived a failed adoption, a contested adoption, several "maybe" adoptions, and have had 2 successful adoptions.

5.  We've had six jobs between us: 
me:  grocery store employee, dental hygienist at Dr. B.'s

Kyle:  grocery store employee, Lincoln Memorial, Molalla Funeral Chapel, Russon Brothers Mortuary

6.  We've had seven cars:

Kia, Honda Civic, 2 Honda Accords, Chevy Blazer, Pontiac Grand Am, Van

7.  I'm a morning person, he's a night owl

8.  We both love sports.

We've been to several college football games, NBA games, NHL hockey games, MLB games, Kaden's soccer and t-ball games, and Kyle's softball and basketball games.

9.  We got each other the same anniversary gift this year.

10.  We both have 3 siblings:

I am the oldest and have 2 sisters and a brother.

Kyle is the 2nd of 4 boys.

11.  I get stressed out easily and want things done yesterday.  Kyle is calm and much more go with the flow.

12. We said we'd never live in Utah or drive a van.

Here we are doing both.

(my favorite flowers...fire and ice roses that Kyle brought home)

We've had some really hard stuff in 12 years, but we've also had lots of good (and fun!) stuff.  I'm so glad to be on this adventure together and hope the next 12 years are just as great.