Two Years Ago Today...Life Began

Today Dan and I have been married for two years. I think my favorite part of anniversaries is the reflection that occurs on them. I love reflecting on our two years of marriage and the day it all began.

Two years ago, Dan and I were sealed for Time and All Eternity in the Columbia, South Carolina Temple. I love how clear and defined eternal marriage is in our Church. Families are absolutely together forever, and it all begins with the sealing bond of marriage. There was no mention of "Till death do you part" in our ceremony, and I thank my Heavenly Father every day for that tender mercy. I get to go through this life, and the next, with the love of my life, not to mention our future family.

These two years have certainly been an adventure. Since the day we were married we began working hard on pursuing Dan's goal of working in the Sales and Trading Division at Goldman Sachs in New York City. We spent hours emailing contacts and working on his resume. We were shocked to get offered an internship from January to July of 2011 in Miami, Fl. We took it and had a great six months living at the beach. The next step was to get an internship at the U.S. Treasury, after hours of interview practice, he got that. We spent 4 months in Washington, D.C. We headed back to Utah for another semester at BYU while preparing to apply and interview for the Goldman internship. The Lord once again blessed us and off to NYC we went for 3 months.  

It seems appropriate that this post should be where I mention the fact that a couple of days ago, Dan officially accepted an offer to work full-time in the Sales and Trading Division of Goldman Sachs. Dan reached his goal, we reached it together. It is overwhelming to see the Lord's hand in our lives and how He has directed our thoughts to help us make every decision to get us here. We feel so blessed and are so excited to start our NYC adventure next summer.

Work hasn't been the only thing we have done through these two years though. In the mean time we cruised to the Bahamas, spent hours with friends laughing and watching sports, attended the wedding of Nick and Kendall, saw Jake off on a two year mission to Hungary, enjoyed Thanksgivings and Christmas's with both of our families, spent both Easter's with Caroline, traveled to Hawaii for two weeks, enjoyed visitors to all of the cities we have lived in, saw 4 Broadway Shows, got a personal tour of the United States Capitol, driven across the country, and much much more.

I can't wait to see what the next year brings. And as Dan says, Two years down, an Eternity to go!



Hey Kel....

This past weekend my favorite engaged couple came to visit us. Darryl and Kelly got here late Wednesday night and left in the wee hours of Sunday morning. I loved every second of them being here. I adore these two and have for lots and lots of years. 

Thursday morning I had to work so they brought me a bagel and we enjoyed catching up while I worked. Once I got off we headed downtown. I showed them where Dan works and we had lunch at Shake Shack. Dan got to sneak out for a few minutes to visit with us. Then we headed to my favorite park in Battery Park City. Also known as my fave spot in NYC. From there we went to the World Trade Center memorial. It was pretty hectic to get in and involved some long lines in the heat, but it was definitely worth it. It was very humbling and an amazing memorial for those who lost their lives in that horrific attack. 

Thursday night we met Keith, Tara, and Dan for dinner at Grand Central Station. It was Restaurant Week so we had a delicious three course meal. It was fun to catch up with friends and we had a lot of laughs. 

Dan and I with K-Money!

Friday I had the day off work which was fab. We once again had bagels for breakfast then headed out to Rockefeller Center. We had fun roaming around and shopping in the NBC store. I broke down and HAD to buy Dan a Seinfeld T-Shirt since he was working and missing all the fun. He is now the proud owner of a SERENITY NOW shirt. I'm sure he will wear it with pride. After that we went to Times Square. We ate lunch at Junior's then stood in the line for discount theatre tickets. After an hour in line and much stress over which show to see, we got tickets for One Man, Two Guvnor's. We saw the play that night and it was SO FUNNY. I have not laughed that hard in a very long time. We had so much fun! We also had our first NYC celebrity siting at the play. Stephen Colbert sat in front of us with his family. It was pretty cool to see him. He was a master of sneaking in and out though so we didn't get to talk to him or anything. 

Saturday we spent the day at the Seaport Festival downtown. There were TONS of food trucks and street vendors selling all sorts of stuff. It was a blast. We also walked down Wall Street to the famous Bull statue and saw the NYC Stock Exchange. That night we hung out at home and went out for an Italian Dinner. 

Kelly and I with the Brooklyn Skyline

I already miss those two tremendously. I am so excited to start their wedding festivities with a shower in October, and the actual wedding in December! 

Now I am on to packing up our little apartment as it's time for us to bid farewell to the city for a bit. We are moving out on Friday. We will spend a couple of weeks in AZ before we head back out to Utah. 

Yay Moving!.....not.