A lot has happened over the past couple months, here are some highlights:

1. Honeymoon in Playa Del Carmen Mexico!  The best vacation I’ve ever had with the perfect person.  How luck am I?
   
2. Christmas.  A picture says 1000 words.  Lots of family, food, and fun.  It was the first time that all Becky’s siblings had been together in several years.
   
3. We made a big announcement at Christmas, which really deserves its own blog post.
   
4. We moved and the girls got the princess room they were begging for.  Wall decals saved me from building a real castle.
   
5. Lydia, Catelyn and I were playing one afternoon and Lydia decided to show off the latest French fashions.
   
6. Cooper turned 10 and we had a bunch of his friends from his old school over for a little party.  10-year-old boys are crazy and noisy.  Who knew!?
   
7. Pinewood Derby!  Cooper’s car did great.  He was in the top 3 of all his races.
   

That’s about it.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, in a matter of just a couple of weeks I went from being a bachelor, eating frozen foods, and staying up to all hours of the night … to a husband, father of three, eating amazing home cooked meals, and being awakened at all hours of the morning by sleepless children.  I’m a pretty lucky man if you ask me.

Fatherhood is something I’ve aspired to my entire adult life but I always imagined reaching that goal in a more organic way.  You know, the traditional process…

“I do”
~     “I’m late”
~          …9 months later…
~               ”It’s a boy!”
~                    ”your turn to change the diaper”
~          … two years later …
~               ”It’s a girl!”
~                    ”I really hope that’s chocolate on your hand!”
~          … two and a half years later…
~     ”It’s a girl!”
“I’m exhausted…”

I’ve been blessed to skip those first several years of  fun and jumped right to the “I’m exhausted” phase.

I’ve also been blessed to skip right to the “‘I love you daddy’, bedtime story, Cub Scout, singing together at the piano” phase.

Overnight triple fatherhood isn’t something I would necessarily recommend but I couldn’t imagine my life any other way.  I’d write more but I’ve got two girls wanting more of my attention.

There are so many things that I loved about our reception.  In fact, I loved everything about it.  But right now, one of my favorite things was the family silhouette that Tim created.  I love it.  I love that he stayed up late the night before to work on it.  I love that he spent the 40 minutes leading up to the reception bringing it to reality.  I love that he did it because he knew it was important to me.  And I love that it’s our family.

As Tim and I were dating and getting to know each other, it became apparent that he was meant for me, and I for him.  We had both been through incredibly hard trials in our lives, and both come out on the other side stronger, more compassionate people.  We knew what it meant to appreciate the amazing qualities that we each possessed.  We knew that ours was a love that was rare and precious.  With that knowledge we individually went to the Lord in prayer, seeking His Divine guidance on this monumental life decision.  The Lord not only loves us, but He KNOWS us.  He knows our desires, our joys, our sorrows, and He knows what is best for us.  The JOY that our Heavenly Father wants for us is so far above and beyond the happiness that we may try to create for ourselves.  I am humbled and immeasurably grateful to my Father in Heaven for leading me to Tim at a time in both of our lives where we can love and appreciate each other.  My heart is full to overflowing.

Because we had both gone to our Father in Heaven and received our confirmation that we had found the love of our lives so early in our relationship, we then started planning when we would get married.  Would we try to plan it around family?  Wait the uncertain and lengthy time to be sealed in the temple?  We decided on December, family would be around, kids would be on break from school and the uncertainty of when would be taken out of the equation.  Now that we had when, next was where and how.  I wanted to keep the intimate feeling of a temple marriage and so wanted to avoid anything that felt like I was “walking down the isle”.  Tim and I decided that an intimate wedding involving immediate family and a reception following with all our family and friends was the right way for us to do things.  Once that was decided upon I immediately thought “If we are getting married in a small ceremony, why on earth are we waiting until December?!?!”  So we pulled out our calendars.  Our camping trip was next weekend, soccer games were starting up the following weekend, the best date was THIS FRIDAY!  As in, five days away.  We went to our Bishop, told him the news that we had received our answers from Heavenly Father in the afirmative on our decision to get marred, and asked him if he was busy on Friday, we would like him to officiate at our wedding.

The following 5 days were a whirlwind, but as you can see from the pictures below, the end result was beautiful and special.  Thank you to all those who helped make it so wonderful and memorable for us.  We love you all.

 FAMILY HUG!

You are joyfully invited to celebrate the marriage of Tim and Becky!!!

For details please visit our Facebook event page.

We’d LOVE to see you there and can’t wait to share our happiness with you!

We are registered at the following locations:

• Target
• Macys
• Crate and Barrel
• Pottery Barn
• Bed, Bath, and Beyond
• Sur La Table