July 31st was our wedding anniversary. Marriage has been a big hurdle, but also a wonderful part of my life. 9 years ago, Jared and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple. This year for our anniversary, I wanted to take our girls to where we were married. So we walked around Temple Square and took lots of great pictures, one of which are the doorknobs of the temple. The temple is 105 years old and took 40 years to build. I just love old things like the doorknobs on the temple. They opened the gates to the temple so that we could get up close and climb the stairs. Jared surprised me that day with a framed picture of the Salt Lake Temple because he knows how much I love it.

I really wanted to go to This Is The Place Heritage Park , a place where Brigham Young stood and declared "This is the place. Drive on." At the park is Brigham Young's orignal farmhouse, which we got to tour, Mary Fielding Smith's original home, and some of the original log cabins of Salt Lake City. Here's Jared and the girls in front of the Brigham Young Monument that Young's grandson designed. The girls and I are in front of Mary Fielding Smith's home which is 159 years old.

Julianne finally turned one! The last thing we did at her party on July 23rd was eat cake. She was sitting on the counter with the cake after everyone got theirs, and when I wasn't looking, she grabbed a big piece out of the top of the cake and made a big mess on the counter. Sorry the picture is turned. I don't know how to make it upright.