All About May

Oh how I love that little face! May was a really busy month for this little family. We celebrated my first Mother's Day, which was so fun. Davy did a good job of making me feel special.

Next was my 21st birthday! We hung out with family which is all I really want on my birthday anyway.

Jackson turned 5 MONTHS OLD on May 30th. I know I often say that he is growing up too fast, but he is growing up too fast. I just want to snuggle his little body in my arms all of the time. This month he has started eating rice cereal and oatmeal and what a funny boy he is. He wants to control the spoon all by himself:

He is still learning to roll over and sit up, and we're having so much fun teaching him. Everyday I thank Heavenly Father for sending me this little boy. I cherish every second I have with him and Davy. I love having my own little family and all of the joy that I recieve every day.

Davy and I also celebrated our 2nd anniversary May 29. We were married and sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake City temple on May 29, 2008. I will never forget that day because it was one of the happiest of my life. I am so glad to know that I will be with Davy forever, not just until "death do you part". Those words are so sad to me. And with having Jackson, I am also happy to know that he is sealed to us forever as well.

(I've always wanted to write this down) For those of you who don't know our "love story", here it is: I was 16 years old and was in senior choir at Pocatello High school. It was December and we were performing our Christmas concert. I'd felt obligated to invite an ex-boyfriend (we'll call him "T") to come and watch me perform.

After the concert, my friend Jodie's older friends invited us to Denny's to celebrate our performance. My ex was standing there so I also felt obligated to invite him to dinner with us although I didn't want him to come. When we got to Denny's, we were the last ones there, so I squoze between T and who I'd later find out was Davy Crockett.

As we got our food and everyone was talking, I found myself drawn to Davy. I completely ignored T and Davy and I talked the entire time we were there. After dinner, I took T to his car and politely told him that I didn't want to lead him on and that I hoped we could be friends. As he was driving away I couldn't stop thinking about Davy. I knew that I was going to be with him. I don't know how I knew, I just did.

I told Jodie that I wanted her to set me up on a date with Davy and she agreed. Mid-December, Davy picked me up in his little red Ford Tempo, and with Jodie and her date in the back seat, we drove over to Santa Claus Lane to look at the Christmas lights. Davy popped in a Voicemail CD and started singing with the songs, I knew right then that I was going to marry that boy. He was comfortable enough to sing silly love songs to me on our first "date", how can you not love that? We got done looking at lights and he took me home. We were standing on my front porch and I asked him if I could have a hug. After a surprised look, he gave me a long hug, said goodnight and went home.

Davy invited me to a Christmas party on December 23rd and when we showed up together everyone was surprised. They asked us individually if we were going out and we had to tell them not yet, because we still weren't officially a couple yet. Around 3:30 a.m. on December 24th, Davy and I were on MSN messenger together and he asked me to be his girlfriend.

I of course said yes and we continued to date until October 30, 2007. He proposed to me before we went to our Celestial Marriage class at the institute building at ISU. I immediately started planning our wedding and we were married in May 2008. We've had our ups and downs but I know Davy and I will be together forever. He is the sweetest man I've ever known and I can't imagine life without him. I am so grateful that we can be together and create this special little life that is our little Jackson. It's so reassuring to know that Families Can Be Together Forever.

So, on May 31st, this year, Davy and I traveled to Salt Lake City to visit temple square and remember our special day there two years ago.

If you want to know more about LDS temple marriage, why we chose "For Time and Eternity" and what we believe, visit: http://www.lds.org/temples/home/0,11273,1896-1,00.html