Our Miracle Really is a Miracle!!!

I have to give you a little history on Miracle first...She was one of five puppies and the only puppy to survive the birthing process. Spencer and I stumbled across Miracle by accident and had no intentions of getting a dog at the time. We were currently dating at that time and there was no way that my mom was going to be okay with me getting a dog. I was the biggest snot for a week with my mom and Lord knows she is an amazing woman for putting up with me. :) However, she did give in and told me to do whatever I wanted but by that time Spencer's mom had already seen a picture of Miracle and immediately fell in love. Shelly told us that we could keep Miracle at their house. if we needed to but that we could have Miracle. We started the process of adopting miracle and the people we were working with decided that they no longer felt comfortable with us adopting Miracle because we didn't have enough experience with Blue Heelers. I didn't take that well and presented a strong case via email that allowed us to go through with the adoption. Not long after we got her she cut her stomach open where she had been fixed and we had to hold ice on her belly for two hours until she stopped bleeding. Miracle has also been hit by a car. Praise God it was winter and so Miracle was on ice and just slide when she was hit. Plus the driver that hit her was not driving very fast at all. So to say the least, our Miracle REALLY is a miracle to be able to have been through what she has been through and now we are here to date with Miracle's torn ligaments...

Miracle went in for surgery today. If you remember a few posts back I mentioned that she would need surgery because she had torn her ligament in her right leg. While we saved up and were able to get her in today in order to fix the ligament. She did amazing and has been resting all day since the surgery. We are prepared to help her recover quickly and be a whole new dog. However, the doctor did call and inform us that Miracle has also torn the ligament in her left leg. Therefore, she will be having surgery on the left side as soon as she is able to. It looks as though it will be about a four month recovery for each leg so we are looking at a long next eight months. We can't wait for Miracle to be done with surgeries and start moving around again. I miss her playing with Faith and I miss seeing her run! Please continue to keep her in your prayers and thank you to all those that have been praying for her. We really appreciate it!

Another Ute in the House!!!

Yep, it's official! Spencer and I are both University of Utah Utes now. I have been accepted to start attending in the fall of 2009. I will continue at Weber State University in order to complete me bachelors in Criminal Justice. However, the U has a lacrosse team and I am trying to be apart of it. I played lacrosse in high school. Lately I have been missing those moments. I love being a part of a team and having that physical activity so I decided to do something about it. Now I will not just be going to the U to play lacrosse. I will be working towards a second bachelors. This will also be a great thing for me considering that Spencer is often times not home due to school, work, the research lab and volunteering. So...

Go Utes!!!

Two Years Into Forever...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Spencer and I celebrated two years of marriage on April 28th. The day did not go at all how we had planned it. I really felt like the Phil Vassar's "Just Another Day in Paradise." The only thing that did seem to go a little bit like it was suppose to was dinner and even that was no where near what we expected. However, I loved spending time with him and I know even more now than I ever have how blessed I am to be spending the rest of my life with him. Two years has gone by so quickly and to think back on the things that we have faced and overcome, it just amazes me. This is the note that I left him to find on the day of our anniversary...

As I place my wedding rings on this morning, I stop to look in the mirror. My mind fills with thoughts of times past and times to be. I can't believe two years has come and gone so quickly. I began soaking up the incredible amount of joy pouring over me and ask myself... "How did I become so blessed?" God has given me a gift that so many miss out on.

What started so simply and was thought to turn into nothing has since blossomed into a force unexplainable. There have been moments I laughed, moments I cried, times I wish I could take back, and memories I want to relive. I have hated us and loved us and even sometimes all at once, but most of all I would never change us. I am thankful for who we are and what we stand for. I proud to say that I am not just married but that I am married to YOU. I know that we hold something that not even the two of us can comprehend and I thank God for that because though I don't understand it, I feel it! I look forward to each day that this "feeling" gets stronger and stronger. I know that it is unbreakable as long as our hearts are open.

In the end, I can say that I am grateful for the trials, I am grateful for the memories, I am grateful for those who surround us with love and help us to be who we are but most of all I am grateful for God's love that he has place inside you and I for each other.

So I just want you to know that there are times I think I don't like you and I hate that you make me smile when I am trying to be mad. There are moments I don't know why I love you, ;) I just do and looking at it now to think that I thought I loved you then! Boy, was I mistaken because, man, I didn't know and I sure didn't understand!!!

Thanks for two exhilarating years of marriage and I want you to know that I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning waiting for so many more great years to come! I LOVE YOU!!!

It started with your amazing smile, incredible eyes, and awesome ability to dress. I don't know what happened to the ability to dress but your eyes and smile still get me to this day! ;) I love you so much and though I think you are absolutely crazy, I know that I would be even more crazy without you in my life. You have been such a rock for me and I could never want anyone else by my side. Praise God for making you the other half of my soul! I LOVE YOU BABY! Here's to two incredibly, amazing years and many more to come! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

Just some other thoughts that I had/found on such a great day in my life:

"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences." (-Dave Meurer) "I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." (-Rita Rudner) ;) I couldn't be happier to celebrate two amazing years of marriage with such an incredible man on a fantastic day! I LOVE YOU SPENC!

I would like to thank all of those that surround us and help make us who we are! You all offer us so much support and love and without that we would not have grown into the people that we are now. Those that have helped in raising Spencer and teaching him the life lessons he knows, I can never thank you enough for the amazing man that he is! I love you all so much!!!