36th Wedding Anniversary Tomorrow

To all (now 6 followers) of my blog,

I must say that I have increased my followers by 200%. A great rush of sentiment to all my loyal long-time followers and a jolly welcome to you new ones. (I am having too much fun with this)

Tomorrow is Memorial Day and my 36th wedding anniversary. You can see the most important event (for me) by the title of this post.

I won't go on long but I do need to say something about my wife today.

I have been truly blessed to have married such a wonderful woman. She is hard-working, diligent in her service, loving of her children. passionate about family and "super" supportive of me and the numerous paths I have taken in this life.

Laurie is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I look forward to being with her forever (if I can keep improving that is.) Laurie's love of the Savior is admirable. She keeps striving to increase all those Christ-like qualities in her life. I provide her an ample amount of experience in order to increase her patience. I also am helping her along the way trust more in the Savior based on my inadequacies. She is very forgiving.

I thought I would throw in a few pictures of my lovely wife over the years that I can find out here. Most of them are from 2005 on but I might try and find one of her in her High School Indianette outfit and post that a little later. Oh, and yes, there are a few from the wedding reception in Pocatello. Since it is memorial day, I will put the one with Dad in there too. I put in a few from our 30th anniversary trip to Ireland, Paris and London. She will be most happy of one with her grandchildren in it. I love the one of her at Disneyworld. As you can see, she is a very beautiful woman. I love her with all of my heart.

A little gushy post this time but it is rare that I am ever called gushy..... Though I am not a great writer, I do enjoy putting pictures in. Pictures tell a far better story than my writing.

Love you Laurie,
Bruce

Happy Mother's Day!

I am sitting here in my Hampton Inn and Suites hotel room in downtown Baton Rouge, LA. I am definitely missing Laurie and wish I were in La Center with her. I am doing some consulting work for my old company, RevQ. The State of Louisiana is going live tomorrow so I am here.

Last night I told Laurie I would write on my blog. This blog has meant so much to me...., that I write in it almost semi-annually.

Laurie is the best. I love her so much. It will be 36 years of marriage on May 30th and I am pretty sure I won't be blogging on that day so I wanted to say, "you are the most beautiful woman in the world" Thank you so much for saying yes, continually. You have stayed by my side through thick and thin. I look forward to continuing this wonderful marriage forever.

To my mother, thank you for continuing to pray for me. I know you do so, very often. I try not to cause you too much anxiety. Don't worry, my faith in Jesus Christ continues to increase.

This past 18 months has been a stretch of "real growth" for Laurie and I. We have become much more dependent on the Savior. What a great experience but boy it sure can be exhausting. My views on change have "changed" dramatically in the last 4+ years. I smile as I write this because it really has been a change for the better and the peace Laurie and I feel comes from knowing all will be well as we just stay on the path.

I was able to go through an a "spanish speaking" endowment session yesterday in the Baton Rouge temple. It was a wonderful experience. Attendance there brought me joy.

Well, time for a few pictures.

The love of my live

 The loves of my life

The time of my life

I certainly was not the best father but these kids have grown up well in the face of adversity (me). They have a great Mother in Laurie. 

I wish all the wonderful Mother's out there a joyous day and hold you all in high esteem.

Happy Mother's Day!