five years of lovin'.

Over the summer my boys and I went on lots of fun adventures. We spent many a weekend in Idaho and we did our best to have fun in Provo and the surrounding areas. I'd say we were pretty successful and this last summer might have been one of the best Provo summers yet. #thesummerofprovo

One of these fun activities was going camping up Hobble Creek canyon. We only went for about 24 hours since Calvin was still a wee one but it was still enjoyable to get out and relax. Outside of playing by the creek and eating yummy camping food we also went on a little hike to find some waterfalls that Todd and I frequented back in our dating days.

Five years ago... we went on a hunt to find these waterfalls. I had hiked up to them with a group of friends the year before and I wanted to find them again with Todd. It took us a couple trips but we finally found those blasted falls. We had been dating for a few months and Todd had used the "L" word. It took me a few weeks but finally, as we were sitting on top of the falls, I mustered up the courage to drop the "L" bomb too. Okay it might have taken me like two hours of just sitting there counting down in my head 'cause I was so nervous. Haha but I said it and he looked at me with the happiest, calmest, most pleasant face he'd ever made. I panicked and ask, "Is that okay?" haha and he answered with a big ol' hug and a... oh wait, no. That kissing business hadn't happened yet haha. ;)

This time around the falls were pretty non-existent due to a dry winter. That paired with an extremely whiny and tired three year-old and the moment was slightly less romantic. Nonetheless we're on five years of lovin' and hands down it's been the best 5 years of my life.

I've learned a lot about how to really love someone. I sure lucked out that Todd has been the one on the receiving end... mostly because he has been so patient with me. And trust me guys, I take a lot of patience. 

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