My Amazing Son-in-Law (He is going to be surprised)

So over these past few months, I have been telling myself I need to blog because so much in my life has changed.I have married the love of my life, my Kylee has moved out on her own, and my little girls have started a new year in school and so many other adventures. After this past week, I know what I need to blog, I need to tell you about my oldest daughter and the amazing man she fell in love with and married. My oldest daughter was in college 2 years ago and taking the missionary prep class in institute. I knew she had her eyes on a certain young man and that they had gone out, I heard about the first time he held her hand but the day she came home and told me she was changing her missionary prep class to marriage prep--I knew this was serious:) I adored Karl from the start. We were a house full of girls and so having a young man in the house did take a little getting used to.....the noise level went up quite a bit, and there were no longer left overs at dinner time. After making the little girls cry a few times from his rough housing, they got used to him too and soon Karl became the cool person of the house. Kloe has had Karl wrapped around her little finger from the start and I am pretty sure 2 years later she can just give him her puppy dog eyes and he will do anything for her. I watched my oldest daughter Kiersten go from being so quiet and shy to a giggly, adventurous, young woman. I knew from the start that one day Karl was going to be my son in law and I was happy for that. I had never seen Kiersten so happy and as I watched the two "K's" together, I knew that they were a perfect match. As they were engaged and planning their wedding I became a little worried....I had heard horror stories of planning weddings and I did not want this one to be like "others". It was an absolute joy planning the wedding.Karls mom passed away in a tragic accident when he was a young boy, he talked fondly of her and one evening he brought over a couple of scrap books of her and her life. As I read through those books and admired all she was able to accomplish and teach her children in such a short time, I also knew she was watching out for her son, and she was so proud of the man he had become. During the engagement, Kiersten and Karl set an example to all those around them. Temple Marriage was their goal and they also realized Satan would love to alter their path, so in order to help them achieve their goal, they went to the temple every single week. Since Kiersten could not do anything but baptisms yet, that is what they did and I remember Kiersten saying "I cannot wait until I can go to the temple without getting my hair wet." It was finally time for Kiersten to take out her own edowments.What a great day it was for me as a mom to watch her do this and to watch her and her soon to be husband embrace in the celestial room. We managed to fit in another session together before the day they were sealed together for time and all eternity. Those of you who came to the reception know it was as perfect of a day as it can get.Everything was fun, beautiful, and all who came could feel the love that existed between this couple. I still believe Karls mom was up above pulling a few things making sure this was the perfect day for the perfect couple. Well the happiness did not end on this day, over a year later they are as silly in love as they were the day they were married. Karl has been a sloid man in all of my daughters lives. He has been a solid man in my life who is not afraid to stand up for his beliefs and will voice his opinion, but also a very compassionate, forgiving, wise man. Kiersten and Karls marriage is an example that I hope the younger girls will follow. Their home is full of waterfights, chasing down the stairs, games, laughter, and it is a home full of love and the spirit. I think Kiersten has received more flowers than most women receive in a life time. Karl is Kierstens rock. When all is wrong in the world, he is still her right. These past few months and especially this past week, their love for eachother is obvious. I have been able to witness my married kids hold on to eachother and lean on eachother. I have watched my son in law while in the middle of hurting inside himself, lay his own hurt aside and hold Kiersten in his arms and comfort her in a way that only he can do. As I watched him along with my husband, lay his hands upon Kiersten head and give her a blessing, not the blessing that he wished to give her but the blessing that our Heavenly Father wanted her to have, I was overwhelmed with gratitude. Gratitude for this young man who came not just into my daughters life, but this young man came into all of our lives, for loving us, accepting us and not running away even when we seem crazy. I hope every one of my daughters can marry a "Karl"........