beautiful karalyn. turning 51 today yet still looks 15.
born in san francisco. raised in the avenues in salt lake city.
cheerleader at east high.
pursued musical theatre at university of utah.
still in denial her first true love, Michael Jackson, is actually dead.
meet howard.
turning 52 today yet still looks 30.
born and raised right here in holladay, utah.
cruised around town in a Delorean at age sixteen.
hasn’t missed going on a morning jog in over 20 years.
because he had a huge crush on this girl that was starring in the show.
right as the show began, the curtains opened, and my dad laid eyes on Karalyn Ball
(who just so happened to be his friends crush they were there to see…)
and knew it was game over.
my dad just had to have her.
on their first date they were asking each other those classic getting to know you questions and when my dad asked my mom her birthday she said,
“JUNE TWENTY FIRST”
and he said same!!!
from then on there was no going back.
it was love.
true, true love.
they have raised 5 (pretty awesome) kids.
owned the same charming home for the past 25 years in holladay.
traveled to just about every continent together.
gone on helicopter rides over volcanos.
casually eaten in a cave in Turkey.
and enjoy eating quality pizza & seeing movies more than any other couple i know.
they have supported us kids through anything we wanted to try.
dance teams, skiing, karate, modern, ballet, football, lacrosse, track, tennis, basketball, wrestling.. you name it. we have probably tried it.
and our parents have supported us through it all.
happy birthday mom & dad!!
thank you for blessing me with the life i live.
thank you for coming to EVERY SINGLE cougarette performance to watch me dance
thank you for raising me in the church and teaching me to make it a priority in life.
i will forever be indebted to you both.
