My Flyfisherman

When ever we travel, my husband likes to always throw in his fly fishing gear. You just never know when you might be able to leave a meeting early and find a good river to drop a fly in. He loves to fly fish....and he is really good at it. He practices casting in our backyard, he watches videos, he ties his own flies, and he LOVES it!
The thing is, flyfishing is a sport that takes forever to get set up. So while I watch the beautiful trout jump right out of the water......he is getting his waders and vest on.

Then he puts his pole together and strings the line through.....more fish are jumping right behind him!

Then he has to choose a fly to use....this is a science! Depends on what time of day it is and what the Hatch is at this time of year.

Nothing seems to be just what he is looking for in a fly.

So he has to pull out another box of flies....and most of these flies are flies he has tied himself.

Then he has to TIE the fly on the line....and I am getting frustrated! The fish are leaving.

Finally he is in the water.

And just like that! He caught a beauty.

Then, he lets him go.....carefully.

And is back out to do it again. He looks so cute out in the river I can't be too bugged that it always takes him so long to get set up. It is a perfect sport for him to relax and enjoy the outdoors....and I love to just sit and watch him cast. We make a good fishing team.

36 Years Ago

All he said was "Will You" and I cut him off and said YES! We took this picture just minutes after. We wanted to capture this moment. Our beginning.

It was 1974.

I was so completely in love with Richard....he was a dream...and he still is 36 years later.

It was a time of Bell Bottom pants, Denim shirts, Frye boots, Kaftans, Mini skirts and Platform shoes. How funny that all that stuff is in style right now.

We were married in my backyard and I had wild flowers in my hair.

I wanted to be married barefoot but my mom had a fit. Rich took me to J.C. Penney's 2 hours before our wedding and bought me some white sandals to wear....no wonder my mom loved him so much!

It was a perfect day. We couldn't wait to leave on our Honeymoon. We went to Zion for 2 nights and Grand Canyon for 2 nights. We had a deluxe cabin right on the North rim. Then we came home and loaded up an old army tent and went camping for a week at Yankee Meadow up Parowan Canyon. It was our Dream Honeymoon!

We washed up every morning in the creek.

Rich pitching our tent. It took hours to get it all set up.

I loved cooking dinner on our brand new Coleman stove we got for a wedding gift.

We went hiking every day. Can you believe this is a future College President?

Our first little home on Louise Ave in Salt Lake City. We had a huge garden in the backyard. Our dads both had big gardens. I remember being so excited to show off our first garden. My dad was so proud of us he kinda choked up seeing it.

How lucky I am to be your wife. We said we wanted to grow old together and now we are.

I love you Babe!