Day 10---I Turn to You

If you are tuning in to my 14 days of lovin' for the first time . You might want to start at the beginning which is all the way down at the bottom. Blogs run oldest to newest...

I found this picture tucked away in one of my yearbooks. I know it's way out of order but I just love this picture. I don't know how I missed it, I think it's so darn cute... Jay is so HANDSOME! I know exactly why I was smitten with him. He looks the same today just with less hair..Not a lot of men can make that claim. I love a man in a suit.

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Well back to our story... We were now fully engulfed in 'REAL LIFE' in a REAL NEIGHBORHOOD" Complete with Cub scouts, PTA, Coach Pitch, Wrestling, and Soccer, etc..And loving life.

After graduation Jay took a sales job with a company out of Dallas, Texas. As usual Jay was doing well in his new occupation, and we had all adjusted well to our new "Leave it to Beaver' life. Jay had been working hard and doing quite well climbing the corporate ladder, when he received a phone call from an old college friend, Welcome Sauer. Welcome and Jay were in the Business program together at BYU, they worked on many projects together while there. He was a district manager for a large company out of Chicago and they were looking for someone to head up the western US.

Jay's name had come up many times and so they sent Welcome out to see if Jay was interested in interviewing for the position.

OF COURSE HE WAS

a salary increase, an expense account, a company car, a great benefit package, and an opportunity to work with his old friend Welcome. He took the job and within months he took his territory to levels that corporate had never before seen. Needless to say He was awarded----

~1989 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR~

WooHoo

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I remember days that I just felt so overwhelmed, for no good reason. (type A personality)

A new house, play dates, home work, lessons, and practices----- 4 kids a lot going on. Jay would walk through the door and take one look at me and without saying a word he just knew it had been

"ONE OF THOSE DAYS"...

If the truth were known many of "THOSE KIND OF DAYS" of mine were also

"THOSE KIND OF DAYS" for Jay but I never knew it.

He would round up the gang, load them in the car and head out to BYU campus. The maeser building to play sardines, the gymnastic room to play in the foam pit, the field house for basketball, wrestling, or hide and seek, and the botany park just to lay back and chill.

1 DADDY 4 KIDS didn't seem to bother Jay. In fact he loved the opportunity to have the time with his favorite people. And the feeling was always mutual. DADDY was definitely the FAVORITE parent in our house and was also the FAVORITE parent in the neighborhood. Whenever he was outside playing with our kids, it only took a few minutes until most of neighborhood kids would join in.

I remember the day Jay decided to build a Go-Cart, with the help of the kids of course. It was a beautiful little cart, but Jay decided he should try it out first. So he hopped on his little cart, so proud of the job he had done, and headed down Moore Lane, (which had a pretty good down grade to it) Kids chasing behind and cheering him on. The next thing I knew, there was Jay sitting on the cart with about 10 kids pushing him back up the hill....

HE FORGOT TO PUT ON ANY KIND OF BRAKING SYSTEM.

He was going so fast and heading for a house and put this foot out to stop and----- You Guessed It, He broke his foot....

Just one of many things I love about Jay, you really never know what is coming...

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Jay is such a "Goof"

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Jay and I in Key West Florida. Jays company paid for this vacation as a reward for the high volume of sales he had that year. He was making them money hand over fist and they were grateful., and So was I...I always looked forward to these romantic get-a-ways with just the 2 of us, so much fun .. If ya know what I mean.

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When I'm lost in the rain

In your eyes I know I'll find the light

To light my way, when I'm scared losing ground

When my world is going crazy you can turn it all around

And when I'm down you're there pushing me to the top

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You're always there giving me all you've got

For a shield, from the storm for a friend, for a love

To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you

For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on

For everything you do, for everything that's true, I turn to you

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When I lose the will to win

I just reach for you and I can reach the sky again

I can do anything 'cause your love is so amazing

'Cause your love inspires me

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And when I need a friend you're always on my side

Giving me faith taking me through the night

For a shield, from the storm, for a friend, for a love

To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you

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For the strength to be strong and for the will to carry on

For everything you do I turn to you

For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain

For truth that will never change for someone to lean on

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But for a heart I can rely on through anything

For the one who I can run to oh I turn to you

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For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love

To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you

For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on

For everything you do, for everything that's true

For everything you do, for everything that's true, I turn to you

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