2008 Washington Open House

Yup. In about a week, Mark and I will have been married for 3 years. Pretty weird. I'm not sure whether that's a long time or no time at all. We'd only been married a few months when Mark said, "It's like my mission. Once I'd been out for a few months, it felt like I'd always been on my mission. It was sort of hard to remember life before it." It's so true. Life before being married doesn't make any sense! It feels so far in the past.

Anyhoo, 3 years ago today (Feb 9) we had our Washington open house, about a week before we were married. Brother and Sister Hazel kindly hosted it in their home in West Richland. Here's a few pics:

The purdy cake Cindy Wolf made for us

Mark and I looking cute before cutting the cake for the first time

Now we're just getting giddy

Cutting the cake with a butter knife, so awesome

We were nice to each other - we didn't get rough with the cake

We had fun opening presents - who wouldn't?!

Then all we had to do was stand around looking cute! That was easy.

Our lovely host, Sister George Hazel. On the right is Brother Clark from the ward. When Mark came for Christmas he realized that he (and his family) knew the Clarks from Florida. Neat!