Eternity minus five remaining
Today is our third anniversary of living in Oklahoma. I wanted to watch the movie Oklahoma tonight to celebrate this day but we couldn't find it.
More importantly though, yesterday was our fifth anniversary. Can you believe it? We are truly adults now--three children, a dog, almost out of our twenties, five years of marriage under our belt.
I have thought about our thing and I don't think we really have one. We do however, have some things that are important to our relationship.
Las Vegas. Our relationship started there. We were forced to ride in the same car and as awkward as it was at first, I'm really glad. On that trip, I didn't start liking Mike and amazingly enough, I don't remember flirting with him (I was a major flirt in college). But, I did talk to him a lot and I remember that I was struck at how different he was from the first impression I had of him.
Glendale, California. We went to California together while we were dating. It was a rocky time in our relationship so it wasn't all roses but I feel like it was an important part of our dating because the drive from Utah to California is long. We had a lot of time to talk and I read him an entire Harry Potter book on that ride.
We just like to do things together--watch movies, go on walks, make future plans, cook, etc.
We both would rather be with each other than anyone else. Once, Mike went to a stake Bishopric meeting and got home at like 10 PM and I was still up waiting for him to get home. The Bishop saw the lights on and said to the other counselor in the car, "You can tell they haven't been married very long--she is still waiting up for him." I would guess that when we have been married 10, 20 years I will still be waiting up for him.
We both would rather be with each other than anyone else. Once, Mike went to a stake Bishopric meeting and got home at like 10 PM and I was still up waiting for him to get home. The Bishop saw the lights on and said to the other counselor in the car, "You can tell they haven't been married very long--she is still waiting up for him." I would guess that when we have been married 10, 20 years I will still be waiting up for him.
Anyway, I love my Mikey. I want to say thank you to Mom and Dad Richards for raising such a good son who has turned into a wonderful husband and father. Five years baby!
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We have Oklahoma! on VHS and you can watch it when you come out in a few weeks.
Hard to be so happy/grateful/blessed without hearing that voice in my head.
Congrats!
We will be celebrating ten in May! WOW!! That makes me feel old. But at least I am old and happy!
You guys are great and I'm glad you found each other.
Henry was just looking at pictures of your boys and wants them to come out to play with him. Maybe someday we'll live close so they can do that!
Wish I had the energy to wait up for Dad, but he's a night owl and I'm a morning person - doesn't always mix so well. Hope you are still waiting up for him when you've been married 40 years.
Mom