Twu Wuv….

Some may think of "True Love" as gazing into the eyes of your sweetheart over a candlelit dinner while soft music is playing and roses are on the table.  HA!  Let me tell you what true love is…

• Honeymoon with the in-laws
• Head teller at Central Bank and trust
• Truck driver for Hurst Sand & Gravel, Thorn Rock Products and Geneva Rock
• Micro filming for the Utah State Government at the State Capitol at midnight
• Re-capping tires at Purcell tires at midnight
• Living out back in the cow-palace at Grandma and Grandpa Wheelers (there are many stories there!%&*+)
• Blood clots after being pinned between two cement trucks and many trips to the hospital 
• Having five perfect angel babies
• Two amazing son-in-laws and two perfect daughter-in-laws
• Having 15 and 1/3 grandchildren
• Five Star Video
• Beary Best Yogurt
• Thousands of soccer, baseball, football, volleyball, golf, tennis, basketball games 
• Thousands of miles logged on with sports trips (how else would we have met the Tonapah Muckers!)
• Thousands of hours at Nevada Power
• Lyon Middle School, (band concerts, 
• Grant M. Bowler Elementary (May Day Dances, music programs, plays, parent teacher conferences)
• Moapa Valley High School
• Family vacations (my two favorites were Yellowstone and the motor home rental)
• Broken legs, bloody heads, four-wheeler disasters, wolf-bites, diabetes, impetigo, warts, sprained ankles, braces
• Raising kids in the best neighborhood ever
• Rising flood waters
• Countless operations
• Three missions (well I guess four if you count ours)
• High School Graduations, Seminary Graduations, University Graduations
• Lake trips…ahhhhh
• Having the police come to our front door
• Fleet of cars (Opel, Pooh mobile, Ford Van, Ford Truck (2), Plymouth Savoy, Rambler, Mazda 929, Mazda MPV…most precious vehicle, Honda, Nissan Maxima, Toyota Avalon)
• Wrecked cars
• Teenager cars
• Clark County Fair…pigs, fund-raising booths, etc.
• Century Bike Rides
• Quilts and quit trips
• Great Gobble Wobbles
• Kris Kringle Mingles 
• Birthday Bashes
• Serving in the church…everything from Nursery to Temple
• Building two homes
• Building three garages and an postage stamp quilt room
• Camping trips
• Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, and South Africa 
• Two heart attacks and multiple surgeries
• Retirement for two
• Crying when children leave home but finding out that empty-nesting is a fallacy….Families are forever
• Tending my perfect grandchildren
• Binders of scrapbooks
• Wheeler and Jensen Family Reunions
• Gazillions of pictures and movies
• Eternal memories

Forty-two years.  Now that is True Love!  Here's to eternity!