5 Year Wedding Anniversary

August 7th was our 5 year anniversary. What a milestone! It is hard to believe it has already been 5 years! We have been on so many adventures! Some were a little on the crazy side, like the time we rappelled down Black Box to take our friend's engagement photos and tried to climb out when it was dark. Or like on our honeymoon when we went white water rafting and Paul rode the front of the raft like a bucking bronco through the biggest rapids. Or the time when we were tubing on Scofield Lake and Paul's elbow gave me a black eye. And my all-time favorite: Teaching Mortiz to rappel in Indian Canyon and getting my shirt caught in the figure 8, having to tear the shirt off with my bare hands (that's right, like the Hulk), drop it 40 feet down, and have Paul lower me to the ground and give me the shirt off his back so Moritz didn't see me naked. I kept my torn shirt as a memento.

This is a tribute to all the fun we've had as a couple these first 5 years of marriage:

We were married in the Manti, Utah LDS Temple on August 7, 2004

2 weeks later we were off to the island of St. Eustatius in the Dutch West Indies:What did we do there???

A lot of SCUBA diving.....

Island Hopping....

(Parasailing in St. Maarten)

(Hiking the highest peak in the Caribbean on Saba)

(Taking a boat to St. Kitts)

(Returning home from St. Kitts with 4 pigs tied up in gunny sacks)

(Visiting the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico)

Community Service.....

Oh! And Paul managed to graduate from the 1st half of Med School.

In the past 5 years we have done many Thayn Family treasure hunts. They are always the highlights of family get-togethers!They almost always involve a cave, steep climb, chocolate, fake jewels and coins, and PIRATES!And, of course a treasure chest.

We have always had a knack for finding weird events to attend like the Hare Krishna Festival of Colors. We went home with rainbow hair and lungs that day!

And who can forget hiking? Some of our favorite hiking adventures have been with our awesome nephews, who we miss very very much now that we are separated the entire length of the United States! Here's hoping we can fill the next 5 years with as many adventures!!!