continue on about my valentine..

21. I remember the time we sat down in church and looked at the program and kevin was on there as the speaker for the day. Well,I would have run out the back door and never looked back. But Kevin calmly said,"I read that good article in the Ensign last night I can speak on that". And he did,and it was a great talk. 22. His best talk was the eulogy he gave at Greg's funeral. How on earth did he give that? How did any of us survive that day? 23. I have to follow that with a happy memory.. the sound of those two laughing so hard about something that they would start to cry. 24. when they decided to rent a mini backhoe and dig a hole to sink our trampoline in. They hit the cable line and knocked out the entire neighborhoods service. Undeterred, they "completed" this project only to have the tramp stick out of the ground about 4" and at a tilt. Those two were like a male Lucy and Ethel team. 25. We will Never go to a BYU football game and Not think, wouldn't this just be perfect if Greg were here. So Rise and Shout... 26. Giving Kevin a plate of chocolate chip cookies with a candle in it instead of birthday cake on February 10th.

aloha 'oe

Took a little break in Hawaii to celebrate Kevin's birthday. I thought I would do a couple entries while I was there, but I never saw a computer. I also realized why there aren't bloggers from Hawaii and other lovely tropical areas-but oh, the good ones hail from Maine, Vermont and other snow bound states. Hmmmm, could it be that you would rather be Outside enjoying life than on a computer? Well here I sit again with the fire burning beside me. Anywho, it was an Awesome trip (and I don't use that word unless I mean it dude.) We didn't play tourist at all. Bought two beach chairs at Longs Drugstore the first day we were there and just stopped at whatever hit our fancy. We did hit some cool botanical gardens that the little boys would never had gone for if they were with us. I can't even remember seeing kevin quite that relaxed..it was wonderful.

Am I right?!!!!

11. Of Course I was wrong. We have been together 327 months. oops.

12.Kevin has excellent teeth. He Never has dental problems.

13. Ditto his hair..but you all know that. I bet he never goes bald. Devin and K-Ann both got his luxurious thick hair and are happy they did.

14. Kevin was Mr. February in the "Hunks of BYU" 1982 edition.

15.Once,years ago, we got caught in a driving rainstorm at a Kenny Loggins concert up in Park City. He was so soaked that he striped down to his garments and drove home like that.

16.Another funny memory was when he got stopped for speeding on our way to the Oakland temple. The CHP noticed his consecrated oil vial

dangling on his key chain and asked to see it. Before we could stop him he opened up the vial and tipped it upside down to see what was inside. He just gave Kev a warning as he wiped the oil off his face and we tried hard not to laugh!

17.Kevin-by all accounts-should be classified as legally blind. ok, deaf too.

18.Nobody loves those stinking boring political commentary shows more than the big Kahuna.

19.I think Kevin would make an excellent honest politician..but he is married to some crazy radical that would ruin his career the first time she opened her mouth.

20.I am going to end todays post with a sweet/sad memory. In between Denver and Harrison we had a little baby I was incubating die . I could not believe that i didn't know it, that I didn't feel that. I was totally a wreck over this disturbing turn of events. The baby also wasn't exiting on its own, so I had to have a D and C. They put me on a medicated drip of some sort to numb the pain, but I wasn't completely out. I remember enough that Kevin was leaning over the hospital bed,was right next to my face,crying so hard and saying over and over how sorry he was. I wasn't alone in this, I never am. He is always there.

Ah, February. It means I survived another January ( 50 down, 50 to go!) The darn groundhog can do what he wants, I am sprinting toward spring. It is the season my sweetie celebrates his birthday. And not just Any b-day..he was born 50 years ago ( during the winter olympics in the Squaw Valley.) His mother was on the USA Curling Team,and had him the night before the big game and was up and curling the very next day. All right, it is a bit of an exaggeration, and I have been accused of padding a story or two before. But I promise, in this entry I am only going to write the truth ( or how I remember it.) Fifty memories of Kevin..or things that the world should know about him. It is a month long project, one post is not allowed to be that long.

1. I have known kevin 314 months.( this will get more exciting.)
2. He has written more letters to me than any other person in the world ( %90 of those were during our dating years.)
3. We wrote back and forth during his mission. I thought he looked like Christopher Reeves. The first letter was to wish him a happy pioneer day, even though they don't celebrate that in Ecuador.
4. The first time I saw him was at Keith Bradshaw's homecoming. He was late and I saw him stop at the door of the church and look in. He was framed in the doorway and the sun was shining on him..like a spotlight. I thought he looked like Adonis.
5. After church we talked about Sensual Sandwich ( a restaurant ) and he said the best one was the "stimulator". I found this provocative.
6. Kevin got me a kitten to show me how smitten he was. We named her Louise. She lived 14 years and although we loved her dearly Kevin was fond of saying,"there is No such thing as a "free" kitty." hmmmm, many more animals were to follow.
7. He gave a Whole new meaning to the phrase "football fanatic." Wow.
8. Can a control freak and a free-spirit coexist?!!! Yes, I think they can.
9. Kevin was flying up to Reno to interview with Bruce Wood at CalFed, and Bruce called me and said that he was meeting Kevin at the airport and realized he didn't know what he looked like. So I said he looked just like Tom Selleck (Magnum PI) Well he Did. Bruce and Kevin became dear friends and they are kind of big boys, so they always laughed about the" likeness."
10. The Reno years were ideal ones. With our little girls, the Copes, the Woods and of course Sue and Greg. Great memories-they should be their own sub-set.
11. When we left Reno we couldn't make up our mind about where to go. He had two job offers , in two different states, with two house offers pending. We packed up all our belongings in a u-haul with Louise ( the attack cat ) to guard it,spent the night at the local Circus Circus and decided that night where to go the next day. Life with Kevin.
12. He loves Pro-andCon lists. I am sure that he has created thousands of them.It is quite endearing.

Lake Tahoe 1983

the upperclassmen years

January has just not gotten anymore exciting ( despite a road-trip to Las Vegas for a soccer tournament..and a neat hike in Snow Canyon and a fabulous dinner at Maggianos for Dallin's b-day..who Enjoys this town?! yuk.) I am going to continue my eulogy for my high school days ( you have been forewarned.) I went a different direction,maybe for lack of anything better to do ( and why didn't I consider academics a choice?) The "student government" gang. Why does this type think they are so great? And they exist in every school and organization , I realize that Woodside doesn't stand alone in this (dis)honor. It is a persona non grata that is full-of-themselves and I find nauseating. Unfortunately they can be found in every organization; schools,sororities ( does Jan Dodge still haunt the halls of the The Theta house?!) PTA, soccer moms and church members. Suffice it to say that all this disgust/mistrust of elected "officials" began in my Junior year. Luckily there were so very bright spots to save me, namely Kim Cole and Ricky Anderson, Alan Whitson,Bert Grunwald and best-of-the-best Stefan. High school would have been Nothing without Stefan. Rarely do gems like him come along. Stefan restores your confidence in truly good people. He deserves a complete blog entry. The drama gang was its own entity. it was wonderful and fun and we Made it cool!! Our teacher, or drama coach was a rare educator and individual. Senior year came and I went yet another completely different route. My heart was set on moving to Berkeley but I feel like I really made the most of the year I had left there. I became a wildkitten and absolutely loved that orange and white themed year. Lisa, Gretchen, Amy ,Charlene, Angie( said in a Rod Stewart voice ) and of course the truly fabulous Cynthia were all way too much fun. Football players from Redwood City were down to earth,sexy,rough and tumble-yet gentlemen.. Grima,Brett,Rob, Thurloe,Brian..a bunch of good guys. Totally different from all the guys I had known before. But change can be good.Shelly was my joined-at-the-hip best buddy.We enjoyed independence to the max. I grew up alot that year.I only see that in retrospect. Stefan was still at my side guiding me along.Sam was sitting like a pot of gold acroos the bay over in Berkeley. The future looked Bright. I shed tears leaving Woodside ,it had been quite the ride. For better and for worse it had been My experience. I needed to write it all down and go through it in my mind again..I am 50 you know and reflective as heck!!