Anniversary

It's my anniversary this month. We did not get married in February because of Valentine's Day. We got married because it was a 3 day weekend (President's Day!) and we didn't want to wait until the end of the semester. I'll let that sink in for a minute. Anyway, I think I should blog about my lover-boy to tell him how much I love him and how lucky I am.

I met Dave the first week I was at BYU. We were both freshmen, in the same ward.
He came over to my house and woke me up from a nap to take my picture for the ward directory. This was not exactly the most glamorous first meeting. Despite this inauspicious beginning, Dave never asked me on a date for the whole freshman year. This might have had something to do with my bangs. It also might have had something to do with my boyfriend (or his girlfriend). In retrospect, I am glad that we never dated that year. We both had alot to learn. Interestingly, one day when I was having a particularly rough time I called Dave and asked him to give me a blessing. At the time I thought I called him because he was one of the boys I was least connected with. Now I think maybe I was inspired.

Then Dave went on his mission and I went of my merry way through BYU. (Funny side note: my roommate wrote him letters and his mission pictures were on the wall in my bedroom.)

When Dave came home we reconnected through email. We decided to plan a reunion party for our freshman ward. We started to spend lots of time together organizing and planning the thing and sure enough, we fell in love. Our first date was August 21, 2000. We got married Feb 16, 2001.
What's funny about it is, we dated/were engaged for around 7 months. And now, looking back, I am surprised by all the things I didn't know about Dave. For example, when we got married, he didn't even have a job. I had no way of knowing that he would turn out to be such a good provider for our family. When we started dating he had just begun his major. He still had nearly 3 years of school left. I had no idea he would turn out to be so good at computers. Also he wasn't really into babies or little kids until we had some of our own. I'm really lucky that he is such a great dad.

He did fit my criteria at the time for the perfect man:

Tall
Blonde
Funny

And he has made me laugh every day since we've been married. I wake up every day so happy to have him. He is my best friend and confidante. Also, he is a really good kisser. And stuff.

The last time we had a couple picture taken was at our wedding. It was such a cold day, but I didn't care I was so happy! It would be really fun to have a couple picture of us now, nearly ten years later. I would love to have meganknorpp.blogspot.com take our pictures because she is such a great photographer she might be able to overcome my weird picture faces. I think Daybreak would be a great location for such a picture too. We could go out to the lake, or some of the cool walking trails. Or even by the temple. It would really represent where we are in our life right now.

Dave, even though you will think I am cheesy I just want to say

!!!!!!!!!