My Wedding Ring

The Wedding Ring with a story. A long, long, time ago, 21 years ago to be exact . . . . I lost my wedding ring for good. My oldest son, Justin was just a few month old when I was driving in a snow storm, rolled down the window and proceeded to brush some snow off of my side view mirror. My ring went with the snow and I saw it glint in an slow motion arch out into a layer of snow probably 6 to 8 inches deep in the middle of rush hour traffic in downtown Salt Lake City. Needless to say, we didn't find the ring. We went back at midnight after all the snow plows had been through and traffic had died down and still didn't find the ring. Lincoln was so disgusted with me, I went by myself to buy a gold band that I have been wearing for the last 21 years. Well . . . . . here is the rest of the story. This last summer, Lincoln's grandmother passed away :( :( and left him a small inheritance. He thought and thought about what he would want to buy with it. Should he save it? Should he put a down payment on a motorcycle? a car? He debated and debated. Then one day he came to me and said that he had finally decided what to get. You guessed it!! A wedding ring for me. I was shocked!! So shocked we didn't go looking for a few days. I was giving him a chance to change his mind I guess. Well, we went looking and went to several stores. It felt kind of odd going in to a jewelry store and telling them that we were looking at bridal sets. They thought we were just getting married and were amazed by our story. Thought it sounded like a good diamond commercial. When we finally decided upon the ring that I liked and Lincoln handed it across the counter and said "we'll take it" I started crying. I didn't realize how much it meant to me. I didn't stop crying until we left the store. It's amazing how fast I got used to it. It's so much more of ring than I'm used to, but after 21 years, I guess I've earned it!!!

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There are certain moments in time that define how you think or measure time. For instance I remember that I was three months pregnant with McKay the first time Lincoln and I went to Hawaii. Well, I am starting to think of things that happened as BHW (Before Halley's Wedding) or AHW (After Halley's Wedding). Kind of like BC (before Christ) and AD (after death). Ha! Anyway, there is life after Halley's Wedding!! I think I went through withdrawal after that huge occasion. So here is an AHW!! Our Beach trip. Actually my mother has documented our beach trip really well, so if you want the real scoop go to her blog. We took mom and dad and our Foreign Student from France Matthieu. Some of our pictures from the beach are below.

Matthieu and Chancy Boogie Boarding

Chancy exhausted after getting beat up by a wave.

Matthieu, Lincoln and Chancy

Lincoln, Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

One of the coolest things we did this summer was to be a host family for a student from France. It gave us a reason to get out of our house and try to find fun and interesting things to do. Matthieu was with us for three weeks. He learned a lot of English (since we know virtually zero French) and a lot about the American way of life. We learned a lot about France and Matthieu's way of life also. We also learned a lot about ourselves in the process. The pictures are: McKay, Chancy, Justin and Matthieu playing poker (he taught us), us at the Air and Space museum in D.C. and Matthieu's last day with Chancy and McKay.