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!
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