The Best Two Years

Now that I'm thinking on it, I've had some pretty good two-year runs in my lifetime. Obviously the first two years were great, since I had that baby thing working for me; though, I understand that I was frustrated by the lack of speaking ability. And there are a couple more instances where I thought things were going pretty well for me.

But I haven't had two years where I've grown more, loved more and created a baby more than these last two years. Granted, Caleb and I are nearing three years of knowing each other, but I think that beginning portion of our relationship was just fun and games (which are good, too!).

And the longer we're married, the weirder it is for me that I am the wife to this complex and incredibly loyal individual. Though I have an extremely loving family, I have never been loved the way Caleb loves me. He compliments me more than is even fathomable, he wants everything good for me in the entire world and is even almost physically pained when I am not near him. All of this is just strange for me to live with every day - but strange in the most wonderful way possible. I don't think I deserve everything that Caleb does for me.

The best two years.

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For our second anniversary festivities, we decided to take in everything Thanksgiving Point has to offer. Through the over-100 degree weather, we adventured to the Museum of Ancient Life (totally air-conditioned!) and checked out a lot of cool dinosaurs. Granted, our camera died about 7 pictures in, but we do have at least some photographic evidence of our magical trip.

I am not usually one for natural history, but the set-up of this museum kept me really interested. There were so many interactive things to keep me occupied; we even got to put on dinosaur costumes, at one point! My favorite fossil was the baby mammoth; it is estimated that the baby was about 1 year old, and even though it was just bones, it was so cuddly-looking! All in all, I was completely enthralled by everything this museum had to offer and I definitely can't wait to take Jack when he's a crazy little boy toddler.

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Someday, I'm going to convince Caleb to take me to Las Vegas for an anniversary and re-do our wedding day. Someday!