What a ride!

This year we thought it would be fun to celebrate our 12th anniversary river rafting. So we left the kids with my dear parents (and sister who was sweet enough to drive out to help) and headed off. Saturday morning we started off with a session at the temple, ate lunch at Wingers and then headed up to Flaming Gorge. There we rented a two person kayak to take us down the Green River. The scenery was beautiful and the river (though cold), had just the right amount of calm and rapids. It was a lot of fun talking and laughing with my sweetheart, but it was also nice to enjoy the quiet moments. I was sitting in front so I got some full-on blasts of cold water (not so pleasant), and also had to do most of the steering which was a little harder than I would have thought. Just when I thought I had it, J would stop rowing and I would realize it wasn't my great skills keeping us straight, it was the fact that we had been rowing together. When my arms got too tired to keep rowing, or J would take a break, we would start spinning. A few times he had to remind me to keep rowing so that we wouldn't run into rocks. Now for the cheesy analogy of how our marriage has been like our river ride. We have, like most couple's I'm sure, had some really rough spots, and times of struggle (we've even run into some rocks) that have forced us to row pretty hard. Sometimes one of us has been left rowing alone to keep us on track. When one of us is too tired to take on the demands of marriage, or parenting, or life, we have had to spin for a little while until we can both pick up our oars and row together again. But so far we have managed to stay on course and all in all I am really grateful for such an awesome companion who supports me, encourages me, and reminds me to keep rowing! It has been, and I expect it will continue to be, quite a ride and I'm so grateful to be on it with my best friend!!

At the beginning. I am the little green speck on the right.

And there is my hot hubby, all ready to go.

And here we are at the end.