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30 December 2008

5 YEARS AGO TODAY....

5 years ago today Klaron Cramer married Amy Dewsnup and we began our life together as husband and wife. I remember the minute I met Klaron... BYU Idaho at the first ward prayer of Fall Semester 2002. I was chatting with my oh so cool friends when a tall, green eyed, smiley, scruffy bearded boy approached our circle. "What's up guys." Cramer soon became a fixture in my Pineview apartment and we became best friends. We started dating the 24th of January 2003. That summer Klaron made frequent all night drives to Gridley from Los Angeles so we could spend the weekends together. In July he proposed on a sandy beach at Pebble Beach and we were married 5 months later in the Oakland, California temple.

Life from the moment we said "I Do" has been exciting with unexpected adventures around every turn. Like at our reception, with everyone watching, when our honeymoon car, Lupita Fox, wouldn't start.
These last five years have been the best of my life Klaron. I'm so happy to have spent them with you and to have had so many good experiences with my best friend and love of my life. Here's a trip down memory lane for good ole times sake...

We started our life together in a basement apartment in Provo, Utah. Remember...



The triathlon we did with Kraig and Melissa. I remember the dinner we ate at TGI Friday's for beating them by 52 seconds.


MOAB... the easy trail... right. We walked almost the whole way.
Our first Christmas at Wymount

GRADUATION... FINALLY!!! Go Cougars... Then off to Hartford, Connecticut. Remember the road trip across country? We slept in our Durango for 5 nights and showered in the Flying J. Remember the fly in your belly button? HA... When we finally made it to Connecticut we traveled all over the place...
Boston, Massachusetts Temple
Niagara Falls...
New York, New York
Sea kayaking in Nova Scotia, Canada
Kittery, Maine
Wright Brothers Memorial at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Good memories of New Orleans...
Washington D.C.
After that summer o' fun, we were separated for 4 months. I went to Utah to finish my degree at BYU Provo and Klaron, you moved to Houston, Texas to pursue the finer things in life... a real job. But it was all worth it when my diploma came in the mail.
To celebrate my graduation, we flew out to Hollywood, California and went to THE PRICE IS RIGHT with some of the best people I know, J and Chance Hammock of Atlanta, Georgia formally of Rexburg, Idaho. After the taping we drove to Utah and made it to the Marriot Center an hour before my graduation started.
Now our path has taken us to Columbus, Ohio for more school.
This year for our anniversary we were deciding between going to the Bahamas or the Florida Keys. But we got a wonderful surprise that we were pregnant and due Novemeber 30th with a little boy. With this news, plans changed... again... and we were happy to welcome into our home and hearts on December 3rd, Teagan James.
It is these serendipitous moments that make life wonderful. The happy surprises and change of plans. This is only the very tip of the highlights in the life we've shared together. I love you muffin, happy anniversary. May our life together be filled with many more adventures and good times. You have one day...

3 comments:

Chance said...

happy anniversary!!

Jon. Jamie. Ethan. Lynsi. Katie. said...

What a sweet post! YOu guys are so fun to hang out with! WOW 5 years! Can you believe it!!!!
So..is that true that you showered in some ghetto place and there was a fly in your belly button? NASTY!! ahaha fun times eh!

Life with the Warrens said...

this is one of the greatest posts. i loved every picture! Hope you had a great anniversary and many more to come. wish you could be closer and working for WP with jeremy.