Today, June 28th 2009, the extraordinary man that I married turned 60 years old! Neither one of us can believe that we are this old, however, with the passing of time, our love grows and our lives have been blessed abundantly! Dennis is the love of my life since I was 18 years old. We grew up in the same ward since we were infants, so we pretty much have known and loved each other our whole lives!! I knew the moment we had our first date that he had a strong and abiding testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I knew he was a remarkable missionary, I knew he was a hard worker, wise in business, loved sports, loved to make others laugh, was a loyal friend, brother and son. However, I didn't know when we married what a devoted and unselfish father he would be to our children. I KNOW his children will agree that his love, devotion and wisdom has sustained them their whole lives!
To that end, we celebrated big this year! It started with his annual Dennis Peters' Golf Tournament and then we had a birthday celebration at Spring Water Park in Orem. I think we fed about 120 people, so it was big! Dennis is a huge Patriot, so to pay honor to their Grandpa Dennis, his grandchildren sang "God Bless the USA", with Grandpa Howard Peters' flag in the background. Telisa really surprised him by making an amazing DVD of highlights of our trip to Egypt, Jordan and Israel! We think it deserves an Academy Award!
The pictures below are only is small sample of who came. Thanks to Tara, who took 95% of the pictures!!! People trickled in even up until the time we were all packed up and ready to leave. Dennis is truly loved and respected by so many. I believe that is the measure of a successful man, not money, power, titles, but the loved ones you surround yourself with!
HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY DENNIS!
I LOVE YOU!!!
