It's been 4 years!

It's been 4 years, and no I am not talking about how long it's been since I posted something on my blog... January 6th, 2010 is our anniversary. Yep, me and ol' Thomas have been married for 4 years!!

What a blessed and lucky girl I am! I think all 3 of you (people who read my blog) know my sweetheart, but let me tell you a bit about him anyway:

Thomas Lloyd Holt, 29 years of age, birthday July 10th, my hubby, has a heart of gold. He is kind, gentle and sweet. Pretty much everyone loves him. (And everyone who knows us both, loves him more than me... but I am not bitter, because I love him more than I love me too!) He is just silly and fun to be around. One of the best things about him is that he is tender and sensitive... not every man is capable of this, but he is naturally so. He takes care of me, even though I am often a brat.

It amazes me to think that only 5 and a half years ago, he wasn't a member of the Church. His testimony of Jesus Christ is so strong, I often forget that he hasn't always had it. He is the "Ward Mission Leader" in our ward... It boggles my mind that he leads the missionary efforts of the ward when he was only baptized himself a few years ago... But he always was a "golden investigator". But he does an excellent job because he knows what it is like for people who are investigating the church. I remember he even got up and shared his testimony BEFORE he was a member. :o) He's such a good boy.

For some reason I was blessed to meet, fall in love with, and marry Thomas in the holy temple. The temple has been a huge source of comfort and blessings to us, in our 4 years of marriage. We attribute many of our blessings and answers to prayers to visits to the temple.

Obviously I am feeling nostalgic, and slightly mushy... and although Thomas will probably never read this, I just want to tell the world "I love Thomas more than I thought I could ever love anyone... He is my sweetheart, and my partner for the eternities... And I am so proud of him."

Here are some pics from the beginning of our Journey:

I love this pic because we weren't aware it was being taken, but it is so sweet...

We were (and still are) SO HAPPY!

how bout a smooch at the temple?

The Oakland Temple rivals all of the other temples for beauty!

This is currently the background photo on our desktop. So snuggly! (and that arm to the right is my Maid of Honor, Rebecca, who introduced us, and was the photographer for most of the photos you'll see! Love her!)

First step outdoors as a new couple!

a pic from an engagement photo shoot in my parents backyard.

Trying on Thomas' tux!

From the reinactment of Thomas' proposal!

so cute...

This one makes me laugh... I almost forgot that Thomas used to pick me up all the time just to hear me squeal!! He would do it in public, it was embaressing, but funny to look back on now. He just did these things for a laugh.

More laughs... these photos are of Thomas frolicking in the grass... such a goof!

so snuggly!

how bout another smooch...

here I am, afraid for my life... can you tell we are upwards of 25 feet in the air, above a creek that is only 3 inches deep? I hate heights... but Becca made us because she said we would love the pic and it would be worth it...

It was worth it, and now I never have to go up a tree again!!!!!! (p.s. I was shaking sooo bad and wouldn't let go of the tree)

here is a classic, and believe it or not, 2 people upon opening our wedding announcement found this silly picture, because we thought it was funny.

Here was one of our serious announcement pics

And here I am at my bridal shower, holding the cake that was almost as sweet as Thomas.

Well, that's probably enough mush for you... xoxo