I'm Married

Well I wasn't there last week because 11 days ago I was married for time and all eternity in the San Diego Temple. It was the greatest day of my life, I don't think that anything could have been better about the day. We were sealed by my wife's grandpa who gave us some great advice about how to have a successful marriage, and taught us a lot of interesting things about the temple. I can't describe to you all how amazing it felt to be sealed to the love of my life and to know that there is nothing that can break that seal that has bound us together forever.
My whole life I have wondered who my wife would be, and I think using my best imagination, I could never have imagined a woman as perfect as my wife is for me. I am so grateful to have a supportive, beautiful, kind, spiritual, funny, intelligent and every other good adjective I could list about my perfect wife.
So... Hopefully all of you will excuse for not being in attendance last week...
The next blog will talk about the honeymoon..
To be Continued...

Almost There

Well I am getting married in two days. I am so excited to get married. A lot of people talk about how they have cold feet or get really nervous before they get married, but I don't feel nervous at all. I am just really excited to be sealed to my sweetheart forever, I couldn't imagine having Heavenly Father bless me with a girl that could be more perfect for me. I have had to be away from her all week and it has been one of the most difficult weeks of my life because I haven't been able to be with her. The only good thing that has come from being away from her all week is that I realized that I am nothing without her and that my life would be incomplete without her in it. I really do love my fiancee so much and I just hope and pray that I will always be found worthy of being her husband. One of the things that I am so excited about is the fact that being engaged is almost over; it has been fun, but I am ready to be married. I am so excited to begin my life as a married man and to start my own family. I love the fact that we are getting married pretty young because although it may be hard at times, I also know that we will have wonderful times growing together to become an eternal companionship like our Heavenly Parents. Well the next time that I write on my blog I will be a married man. How exciting!

Nature Experience

Well after thinking about it for a while the most special nature experience that I could think of happens every year when my family goes on our annual houseboating trip to Lake Mead. My family loves to wakeboard and water ski so our favorite thing to do on these trips is get all of the the brothers onto the ski boat and go skiing for a few hours at a time. However, sometimes during the day the water can get pretty choppy due to all of the other boats passing by which can make it very hard to ski and wakeboard. One of the nice things about being out there on a houseboat is that when all of these other boats have to go into the harbor to take their boats out of the water, we get to stay out on the water until it is completely dark, which means that around 6 PM every night all of the brothers pile into the ski boat with my dad and we go out for what we call "the night ski." With all of the other boats gone the water suddenly turns into a sea of glass, completely flat without a ripple in it. It almost seems like a dream because the water gets so flat that it is like you are skiing on a cloud as you move across it. When I am out there with the hot desert air, wind in my hair, listening to music and talking with my family, it feels as though everything is right in the world. That "night ski" makes all of the trivial and frivolous problems that seemed to be so indispensable before drift away in the wind. This is my time to get away from everything and get a reality check on life. I am so thankful that nature is able to provide my family with this wonderful vacation from the world.