Fathers

My dad is one of the most incredible men I know.

My protector,

My hero, 

My strength, 

My example, 

My friend, 

My father. 

Words cannot express my gratitude for him, 

for the constant love and support he has given me. 

For every show, swim meet, and primary talk he attended. 

For every word of encouragement

and every hug. 

For trusting me, 

and trusting himself to give me away. 

For letting us dance to the song that makes him cry, 

and singing the whole song through. 

I am the luckiest girl alive. 

Happy Birthday Daddy :)

And in lieu of fathers, 

here is one of my favorite Mormon Messages

He Knows Me Oh So Well

This week we celebrated 

Valentine's Day

and our

6 month Anniversary

On Thursday, 

Stephen and I were incredibly busy with school work and projects so 

Valentine's Day was the last thing on our minds. 

In between meetings, I ran to my desk to grab a binder and noticed it was a mess!  

My lotion and sticky notes were on my desk and not in the drawer.  

So I open my drawer to quickly shove it back in and get to my meeting. 

When I saw a beautiful rose. 

And a note that said: 

"Surprise!! I LOVE YOU! Happy Valentine's Day"

That boy knows me oh so well. 

He knew I would be annoyed by a bottle of lotion and a pad of sticky notes on my desk

and I wouldn't be able to focus unless I put them away. 

Which I did immediately. 

And found his beautiful rose :)

He's the greatest.

It gets more beautiful every day

 6 months

 6 more until we enjoy this cake again

my happily ever after

Valentine's Dinner

The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 

pictures via Instagram

@mrsaliwood

2013 Goals

Yes. 

This post is over a month late. 

Better late than never, right?

ALI'S GOALS:

# Journal once/week

# 100% Visiting Teaching

# Work on posture

# Read entire Old Testament

# Improve personal prayer

# Publish a paper

FAMILY GOALS:

# Attend the temple 52 times

# Visit 10 temples in Utah

#Start to finish ordinances (baptism - sealings) for a couple 

in SLC temple in a single day

# Family prayer morning and evening

# FHE, 7:00 every Monday

# Apply to graduate school

# Graduate

# Home by 10:00 pm, bed by 11:00 

*extreme cases warrant an exception

# Write Lexi once/week

# Finish special projects 

snow shoe soles, iPhone apps, Stephen's books

Admittedly, we have already broken the bedtime rule several times due to senior project deadlines. 

Other than that we are doing good so far.

Here's to a new year!

What are your goals?