an example of love

this photo above is of my dad's parents. i believe this was taken before they were married. almost 60 years ago {they will celebrate 60 years in december}. look how cute they are!

the story of them meeting goes a little like this {thanks aunt dianne for helping me!} grandma was selling tickets to a dance and grandpa was buying tickets to said dance. he then asked her to the dance, right on the spot after just meeting her. && that was it. so cute right? guess you could say he was inspired. these two have always been an example to me of how a marriage should be. 

they have had their share of trials in their almost 60 years of marriage. from, infertility, health issues, raising several children through the miracle of adoption and everyday marriage trails. they have even served 5 missions for our church together. even missing several of their grand-children's births. it's okay because they were serving the lord together and blessing our family from afar.

i have many memories of spending time with them when i was younger. my parents are divorced and have been since i was little. so, i spent many weekends being shuttled around. my grandparents were often the ones who picked me up and would take me to my dad. at the time i didn't really appreciate those times. thinking back on it, i loved them. i got to have many conconversations with both of them about life topics. i have fun memories of baking with grandma, and learning about the gospel from grandpa. 

as i got older they would teach me about marriage and how to have a good one. when dan and i got engaged i called them to tell them and they both started to cry. they kept telling me how proud of me they were and how excited they were i had found a young man to take me to the temple.

they have are and have always been such a great example to me and our family. i feel so blessed to have them in my life! 
 

in honor of valentine's day tomorrow, i just felt like i needed to share a little about these cute grandparents of mine. they are a great example of true love.