The Best Marriage Advice- April 18, 2012

I have a soulpancake account. For those of you who don't know what soulpancake is, it's a website where people share art, writing activities, music, and life's big questions. There is conversation boards and I shared the following picture:

With the picture I asked, "What is your best marriage advise?"

I'd like to share what one man said. He said, " Instead of looking for "Mr. or Mrs. Right", try BEING "Mr. or Mrs. Right". I LOVE that. One woman said, "You have to work together. You have to have the same goals. It is a team mentality. If one fails, so does the other."

Marriage takes respect, support, encouragement, appreciation, friendship, and love.

Trent and I knew each other for a lot of years before we dated. We built our relationship upon a foundation of friendship. To keep that foundation strong we have been spending a lot more time doing interactive activities together and a lot less time doing passive activities (such as tv). We have been working out together (P90X), going on daily walks as a family when the weather permits, cooking meals together, praying together, reading scriptures together, and we have become scategories and uno champs! We even have been running errands as a family. Since we started focusing more on each other there has been less stress and a lot more laughter. It's made our home such a fun place to be. A few weeks ago I told Trent that I still wanted to date him. He laughed came up with a bunch of fun date ideas, most of which we can include Felix and Jack. I told him just cause we are married doesn't mean we have to stop dating, and it's so fun to include the family. We have always been happy together, but especially of late things have been SO great.

We know the Gulley family is so special and everyone already appreciates the importance of family time, but still, we encourage everyone today to plan a family date and share it with us.

We love you all!
Trent and Aspen