2nd Anniversary!

2 years ago today or 730 days ago today I married my absolute best friend. This has been a huge year of changes for us. First, we learned to deal with infertility, we’ve both lost a lot of weight, Kody got a new job, and we’ve settled in quite well with married life!

A little over 8 years ago we met. I have told the story on here I’m sure, but I will briefly go over it again. It seriously is my favorite story and memory ever. My friend Jessica and I were driving around WP one night and spotted a Nissan Extera with a few boys in it…our first thought was they were college boys. Wrong. They were seniors (we were juniors) and from Jackson. Now when Kody first told me he lived in Jackson I assumed Mississippi. I had never heard of Jackson, Missouri. I never thought of him again knowing that I probably would never see him again…until the next night. This time my friend Courtney (Judd) and I were out cruising with her boyfriend and a guy they thought I might like. WRONG. Seriously, I’m surprised we’re still friends. HA, Kidding, but he was something. We saw Kody and friends again and this time they were with WP guys that I knew. I felt comfortable enough to get in the truck and ride around with them. We talked and I swear I knew that night I would marry him. We talked all about our families, religion, how many kids we thought we would want, pets, etc. We had a lot of family similarities so it was fun to compare things like that. We stopped off at Wal-Mart for one of the girls to pick up a disposal camera (back-in-the-day…) and Kody picked up one of those CHEESY “big” diamond rings that were so fake and like $8. He proposed that night, of course jokingly, but I will never forget that. We exchanged numbers and he called me every night and we would talk once cell phone minutes were free. (Again, back in the day!) We saw each other about a month and a half later and have been together since.

We’ve both taken huge leaps of faith. He moved to Nashville, TN after high school to attend diesel tech school. I finished my senior year and was accepted to Southeast Missouri State (SEMO) and moved away from home to attend school there. Thankfully by the time I moved he was back from tech school and we had a normal relationship…no more long distance after almost 2 full years of that. It was crazy for me to move there (granted, it was a great college) but I knew if we were ever going to be more than a long distant relationship we had to live in the same town. I graduated a semester early but moved home the beginning of my 4th year. Kody knew that I wanted to live back in WP so he made the move too. We were engaged 2 months later and married a year and 2 months later. Our wedding was an experience, an incredible one I might add. A day to remember FOREVER!

This year has been full of laughs, love, friendship, struggles, heartache, successes, celebrations, etc. I can’t imagine anyone different being by my side as we go through it all together. It is an absolute joy to be married to Kody. I laugh all the time, he's an awesome cook too!

At the end of last year’s anniversary post I talked about who knows where we’ll be this time next year. Well, let me just say I would have never thought in a million years we would have gone through this much change (career wise) for Kody. He doesn’t even LOOK like the pictures I’m posting and has a whole new career. I have never been so proud to call him my husband.

The best is yet to come. Can’t wait to see where we’ll be this time next year.

Happy Anniversary KT, I love you!

We talk about how much fun our wedding was ALL THE TIME. People still talk about what a party it was. And it was. Wish we could just throw a big party to celebrate!!!!!!