Valentines 2011

February 14, 2011

My Dear Daniel,

I wanted to do something huge to show you how much I love you.  I started thinking of all the things you are to me.  You are my best friend.  Being at home with Sophia has been such a wonderful blessing thank you.  As we have been away from you, I have really missed having you by my side throughout the day.  I have missed being away from you.  A Sophia grows so quickly, I am tri

1.       I love the way you are always willing to pick up the house

2.       I love seeing you do the dishes with the towel over your shoulder

3.       I have love seeing you be a father to Sophia

4.       I love watching you holding Sophia on your chest and loving her with tender kisses on her head

5.       I love when you reach over and hold my hand, to let me know you care

6.       I love waking up in the night and finding you searching for me with your foot

7.       I love that you want to be with me

8.       I love that no matter how crazy the day was, you always come home and make it all better

9.       I love that I can always count on you

10.   I love that you are mine forever

11.   I love that even after our children are raised and have families of their own, you will be here with me

12.   I love that I get to grow old with you

13.   I love that you are so talented in so many ways

14.   I love that you are so articulate

15.   I love that you are a dreamer

16.   I love that you are always dreaming of how to make our house and yard our home.

17.   I love that you love the little things in life like a walk around the yard or a bud breaking the surface of the                     ground

18.   I love that you serve your parents so selflessly

19.   I love that you love Libby so much and show her regularly how much you care

20.   I love that you give me hints so that I can get the perfect gifts for you

21.   I love that you support my many hobbies

22.   I love that you want the best for our family

23.   I love that when we dream of worldly riches you don’t want them for yourself, but want them for our                         family and for the blessing of others.

24.   I love that you are always willing to use your priesthood to bless us

25.   I loved watching you take Sophia and give her, her first priesthood blessing of many

26.   I love that I know that we will be together forever and our journey is really just beginning

27.   I love that you call me “your everything”

28.   I love that you get teary sometimes and tell me how much you love me

29.   I love your tender heart

30.   I love that you love to decorate

31.   I love that you have surrender the sweet spot on the couch for me

32.   I love that you cheer on my parking job in the garage

33.   I love that you know me so well that you can sense when something is wrong

34.   I love that you are always serving and thinking of others

35.   I love that you use your talents to fill our home

36.   I love that you painted and finished the nursery so perfectly

37.   I love that you will do projects with me

38.   I love that you love Oregon as much as I do

39.   I love that you trust in the Lord that things will always work out

40.   I love the you love to read and always have a book on cd playing in the car, and are willing to catch me                     up on the story line

41.   I love that you suggest visiting my family and will sacrifice to drive down whenever I want.

42.   I love that you have always helped to write thank you cards

43.   I love you handwriting

44.   I love that you have welcomed Laurel so warmly

45.   I love when you make me smile

46.   I love it that you dropped everything to go clothes shopping with me

47.   I love the way you smile

48.   I love the way you say “like that” when you are joking

49.   I love that you leave magazines in the bathroom to remind me of you, like when I leave the cupboards                     open to remind you of me.

50.   I love making our bed with you

51.   I love lying in our bed close to you

52.   I love that you are the designated floor mopper

53.   I love that nothing gets me in the mood more than seeing you clean.  Its hot.

54.   I love that you pack Sophie in the baby bjorn and sing and talk to her

55.   I love that you try to reason with a 6 week old and start with “ now listen, you are ok”

56.   I love that you let me make lunches for you, but always check to make sure there are enough treats.

57.   I love that we have matching squinty eyes

58.   I love that you love gardening as much as I do

59.   I love that you love the outdoors

60.   I love that you want me next to you not behind you

61.   I love that a garden catalog makes your day

62.   I love that you will watch the Bachelor with me.

63.   I love that we can go for drives and look at houses

64.   I love that you will explain things to me that I do not understand

65.   I love that you work to give our family what we need

66.   I love that you pray about your job, knowing the Lord will open the doors when the time is right

67.   I love to watch you dress Sophia

68.   I love it when you wrap your arms around me

69.   I love it when we cuddle

70.   I love it when we snuggle on the couch with me in between your legs

71.   I love it when you pray with me in the morning

72.   I love it when you share what happened at church with me, when I have to stay home

73.   I love that you were so happy to convert me to the passifier

74.   I loved the concern and love you showed when I was sick after having Sophia

75.   I love that the last 18 months have been a dream come true

76.   I love that the best is yet to come

77.   I love that you want more children, even though it is a lot of work

78.   I love that you call me from work

79.   I love that you are never to busy for me

80.   I love that for you family comes first

81.   I love that you buy clothes for me

82.   I love how thoughtful you are

83.   I love that you do your laundry

84.   I love that when I am away for the day you miss me

85.   I love that you loved and supported me so fully when I was pregnant by picking up the extra work. (IE                     Cleaning the bathroom, etc.)

86.   I love that you want to live in Utah forever

87.   I love it when we go on walks together

88.   I love when you give me foot massages

89.   I love that you spend months planning the perfect gift for me

90.   I love the memories we have made together

91.   I love that we don’t love hearts, but come on it is valentines day

92.   I love that I have BFF in you

93.   I love that you wake up in the night ask if everything is ok even if you are to asleep to remember it

94.   I love when you wake up in the morning and say, last night was good right? As if asking if you you are                       making sure you didn’t miss a moment with Sophie.

95.   I love that I start coupon shopping and not only are you supportive, but the first conversation is where                       we will add more storage.  I love you.

96.   I love that you will eat the dinners I make even if you don’t like it.

97.   I love that you discovered that Sophie loves the bobby and that you two bonded and played while I had                  a break.

98.   I love your dedication to me

99.   I love the Man you are and the one I can see you becoming as the Lord molds you

100.  I love the sweet moments we share in the yard

Busy time...

December 30, 2009

This year I have truly realized again how much the Lord does bless my life.  It has been full of major events in my life.  I have wanted to belong somewhere for a very long time.  On April 13^th I closed on my first home.  It was a very exciting time.  It is in North Salt Lake and is a 1337 square foot townhome.  It has three bedroom, 21/2 baths and small patio backyard and a one car garage.  It is just perfect for an independent single woman with roommates.  Little did I know this would be very short lived. 

I work with Daniel Seelos, now my husband.  We were married September 12^th in the Bountiful Temple.  I started working at the Chamber as an event planner in March of 2007.  I met Daniel while I was interviewing at the chamber. 

Although we interacted at work we did not work that closely together.  In February we started going to church together trying to find where we belonged in a singles ward because Daniel was 31 and I was 30 and would be asked to leave my singles ward soon.

Needless to say that was very short lived because the wards we a scary reality of the options of people in the 31-45 age category. 

In April, when I moved into my new home, I found out that Daniel loved gardening.  There is a wonderful greenhouse (J&J) in Layton that I had never been too.  One day while at the office stuffing invoices as a staff, I asked Daniel to let me know the next time he went to the greenhouse because I would like to go.  He called me that weekend.  He told me his parents wanted to go as well so that we would stop for breakfast at Granny Annies, a spot they love in Farmington.  I drove over to Daniels, and we all went.  We enjoyed looking at all of the plants at the greenhouse.  I asked Daniel to help me plan out my yard so that I would know what to buy the next trip. 

Daniel drew a landscape plan a couple of weeks later and showed me while I was at his house. 

The following are sweet memories that I wanted to add but are not written out.

• Giving Daniel a hug when he came to see my house with realtor the first time

(when I gave him a hug he said, ok that was weird.)

• Day we want to temple square for church
• Mothers Day at Daniels parents
• J&Js picking out plants
• Garage sales
• Spending Saturday planting my yard.
• Buying succulents and knowing we would be getting married and Daniel was worried about how much I was spending on plants for a home I would not live in for long, but never saying anything to me about it
• Oquirrh Mountain – he told me he cared, decided to date
• Sunday, June 28, 2009- having the where is this going talk
• Saturday, July 4^, 2009 – to my shock Daniel proposed
• April 21, 2010 – found out we were expecting
• May 22, 2010– threw up the first time
• June 3, 2010- had first appt. listened to heartbeat and saw baby for first time on ultrasound
• Tuesday, June 15, 2010 – 13 weeks today.  YAY!

Reflections of our Future

August 14, 2013

I found this journal entry while looking at some old computer files this morning.  Even though it is not in order by date, I wanted to include it so that we can look back and realize the Lords hands in the details of our lives.

January 25, 2012

The last few weeks have been a big test of faith and hard as I try to make what is happening into a concise plan.  If I do A then B will happen.  As I have been learning and has I have learned many times in the past, the Lord does not work that way. 

The events of the last few weeks culminated with last night.  Daniel and I were called to meet with the Stake Presidency.  Last night at  7:15 we went to the appointment and the call was extended to Daniel to be the second councilor in the new Bishopric that will be sustained and set apart on Sunday at ward conference.  At that time Daniel will also be set apart by his dad as a high priest. 

I know that this is a custom fit calling for Daniel and that he has been prepared for this.  He will learn and grow so much as well and our family will be blessed.  Daniel has a way of crossing all barriers with people and making the feel welcome and loved.  He is also a great an eloquent teacher.  Currently we teach the 16-18 year old Sunday school class and trade of each week.  I am always in awe when he teaches.  How lucky I am to have him teach our children.  We are all given talents and I struggle to get what I am trying to teach across.

Yesterday I felt excited and strong as we talked about his fears and worries related to this upcoming calling.  Today, I had a chance to think more and cried as my fears rose to the surface.  I will have a 14 month old and a new baby that I will need to care for while he is already at meetings on Sundays, and where he will be gone on weeknights my support and tagteam is being torn apart.  I know if may seem trivial, but with very little sleep and two young children, I am not sure how I am going to feed, nurse, change, give baths and cuddle two little girls by myself.  I can pull off 8 hours, but the long days from 6 a.m. when Daniel has to go to work early until 9 p.m. when he get home from visits, bishopric meeting or young mens activities will be a challenge.  

I am trying to have faith, and I know it will all work out.  I hope I look back on this time and can expound later how it all became part of life and that we were blessed. 

We also planned on moving and were moving forward with plans to list our house in April.  That is not what the Lord had planned apparently and we will now be staying at least three more years.  Daniel said we will reevaluate at that point.  We will be and do what the Lord wants.  I know this calling will prepare us for the path that the Lord has planned.  I will try to use my faith to follow his plan and be flexible with my own plan.  I am just so thankful I have the gospel to lean on.  If I did not know that the lord was in charge of this church it would be hard to put my will on the altar and try to let my plan go. 

Molly is due to be born on March 29^th.  I am so excited to welcome her into our family.  This pregnancy has been relatively easy.  I have never had morning sickness and being busy with Sophie has made this time go very fast.  I am now having a hard time walking because it hurts, but only 8 more weeks and she will be here. 

The Lord will bless us.  I just pray he continues to give me the strength it will take to support Daniel and be the mother that Sophie and Molly deserve.