8 years ago

Eight years ago today the temperature was close to 100 with tons of humidity and even thunderstorms that rolled in for the early evening to give us a nice scare for the reception. Now, today to help us out on memory lane the temperature is 96 with at least 60% humidity and possible thunderstorms tonight. I can barely stand outside today and am remembering the weight of my dress as we stood outside for pictures and wondered how long we would make it before my cheeks were too red. Thank you again family and friends for withstanding the heat with us and even using those portable fans to help us out!

It was quite the image watching Sky and I trying to fan ourselves off.
Oh how our weather was anything but perfect on that day but the day itself was absolutely amazing. Despite the weather and my usual stress level we had an absolute party at the reception and no one wanted it to end. By that point no one seemed to care that we had all soaked through our clothes with sweat.

I just want to send a quick shout out to Skylar for 8 great years. The journey so far has been awesome with definite ups and downs but I'm thankful to know that we have each other for our never ending journey. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

I love your goofy side and have been extremely thankful for it on several occasions. Thanks for being you. I love these shots and feel they capture the moment better than the posed ones. Now after looking at some of these pictures do you agree we've gotten older or I should say, you have gotten older. Man we were young! Where has the time gone!

I also wanted to officially congratulate Sky on finishing his 4 years of residency. We are so proud of your hard work and determination on this long journey. After 12 years of education post high school we can see the finish line. We are one month into Skylar's final year which is a fellowship in Breast Gynecology Pathology and we are extremely HAPPY and RELIEVED to say that he passed the first half of his BOARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all know how much he hates to study. We just got the results last week and headed out as a family for a fun dinner to celebrate.
When we got married in the DC temple I never thought we'd actually live near it and now have been in this temple district for the past 4 years and will continue to be, here in Virginia. I'm glad I got this boy to come back east and now we are eager to see where we will end up.

I know there is a lot of updating that I need to do and in time those posts will come. We made it safely to Charlottesville, are mostly unpacked and are so pleased with how friendly everyone is but of course miss our Hershey friends!