Eleven

Happy Anniversary to my favorite person in the world! We're celebrating eleven years of mostly bliss today and I wanted to share eleven things that make Jay the perfect guy for me.

1. When I look at him sitting with our boys at church, while I'm at the organ, he always has the situation under control. He's a whiz at fatherhood and our boys have the best father in the world.
2. He puts his cold feet on my hot feet when we go to bed. I pretend like I'm doing him a favor, but I secretly love it. It's like hitting the cool side of the pillow for my feet!
3. He lets me think I'm in charge.
   
4. His favorite sound is hearing me laugh, so you should see some of the stuff he does to accomplish that fact.
5. He respects my opinion, even if it's different from his own.
   
6. He works very hard at what he does, in order to be successful for our family's future.
7. He knows a thing or two about lots of different stuff. It makes conversations a lot of fun.
8. We love to sing "Come What May" from the Moulin Rouge Soundtrack in harmony. He's Ewan McGregor and I'm Nicole Kidman (only we sound slightly better, in my humble opinion) and we unabashedly belt out our parts. When we finish the song, we always have that sparkle in our eyes and a smile on our lips. It's a great song!
   
9. He makes me feel beautiful.
10. He always backs up my efforts and rules with parenting our children. I love that he respects what I do.
11. He consistently honors the covenants we made together in the temple eleven years ago today. And I know he always will.

Anniversaries feel like a second Thanksgiving to me. I spend the day in gratitude for the blessing Jay is in my life. He is my best friend, my best time, my favorite thing.

Jay is really into lyrics. He feels them. So, here are some lyrics from a song I enjoy that make me think of him:

The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson

If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I'd find a match.
Cuz I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.

If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I'll make it better.
Cuz I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.

I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.
Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.

You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.

If you want the full story of how "we" came to be, I wrote our story last year. And, back in the day when our family was a two blog family, Jay put together this little ditty and posted it on his own blog. As his blog no longer is, I moved his effort here. I don't know how to edit the slide show, so I'll just post a few more pictures from the last year below.

Next year's goals? Take some better pictures together!

Happy Anniversary Love! You are the best.