Pro Marriage

I have come to the conclusion that I am, in fact, pro marriage. (Naturally I've never thought to the contrary). These last two months with my wife Emily have been so great. I wanted to take this opportunity to share some of the most precious moments we have shared that haven't been mentioned already.




This picture is a personal favorite. For Christmas I got a new digital camera. This gift was dying to be tested, so Emily and myself went into the backyard and had a little photoshoot. We employed a wide variety of photography strategies. We modified the Lynn Classic (which is a special kind of jumping shot) in the the Lynn Frolic (which is more of a frolic than a jump, but still an airborn experience). I also challenged Emily's world renouned photogenic nature. I gave her a word and she had to strike a pose based on that word. As I recall words like "epic" and "pensive" were among the words uttered.


For our one month aniversary we made homemade pizza as pictured to the right. If you look closely at the peperoni and bell pepper topping you will notice a little peperoni heart in the center in addition to the heart shaped crust. That's Amore. After dinner we enjoyed a lovely Family Home Evening together. It doesn't get any better than that.

Another favorite thing we have shared together is playfulness. All the times that we joke about "moist flesh loaf" are postivaly precious to me. The faces, the voices, and the philosphising on meaningless things lead me to the conclusion that I am more comfortable with my wife than anyone in the world. Who else could I share a shower cap with for a picture? Frankly, nobody comes to mind. And to add the icing to the cake, it is one of the greatest perks of my life to be able to talk about what is for dinner. Poor Emily endures my endless questions (days in advance) regarding what we will be having for dinner. Her cooking makes me excited and is something special to me. I'm so lucky.

PS- for those of you who see this blog as a sappy afair, my advice to you is to "get over it!" Thank you, that is all.

What I like about you.

I have a crush on my husband. I tell him that nearly every day, but it's completely true. I'm entirely, irrevocably, make-you-queasy in love with him. And I've learned a lot about him in the 8 weeks that I've been married to him.

1. Michael is very on time. On time is late for Michael. I'm this way too, so it's a perfect arrangement.

2. Michael loves to contribute. One of our first disagreements was over who got to do the dishes after dinner. He won.

3. Michael likes to wake up slow.

4. Michael likes nearly every movie ever made. (also like me). We never get sick of watching movies.

5. Michael hates to be scared or surprised in a scary way. Sneaking up on him is just mean.

6. Michael is a meat-and-potatoes man. He loves potatoes like Bubba loves shrimp.

7. Michael tries to talk to me in his sleep. He's always very earnest and usually smiley, but mostly mumbly. And yes, it's adorable.

8. Michael doesn't like his feet. I think they're adorable, and I hope all our children have his feet. But for some reason, Michael doesn't like his feet.

9. Michael is really good at peeling oranges. REALLY good.

10. Michael likes to eat a big breakfast once every few weeks. I love making a big breakfast once every few weeks, so it works out great.

11. Michael makes the bed nearly every morning.

12. Michael is really, really creative and hilarious. We once got into a discussion about whether or not cavemen had gum (Michael was pro, I was con). By the end of the conversation, Michael even had a marketing campagin "Twiggly's gum. Now with new, twiggier taste."

13. Michael is the puzzle grand-master of the world. Nuff said.

14. Michael can honestly make anything attractive.

15. Michael isn't a picky eater, but if he could choose, he wouldn't eat much of beets or asparagus. He DOES love broccoli and brussels sprouts.

16. Michael is very good at visualizing how things go together. He built pretty much all the furniture in our apartment. It was amazing. While I can interpret instructions, it would have taken me a long time to actually do the put-together-ing. Not Michael.

17. Michael says the words to songs. This can be done either when the lyrics pop into his head randomly, or just as the song's beginning, or while the song's going. He just really likes to say the lyrics to songs rather than sing them.

18. Michael gets his homework done early. As in days early.

19. Michael doesn't eat peanut butter and jam sandwiches. He eats jam and peanut butter sandwiches. Ditto for honey.

20. Michael keeps his scriptures in a gray beanie.

21. Michael's favorite ice cream to date is something called Crumbs Along the Mohawk. It's caramel ice cream with graham cracker crumbs/bits. He ate it in upstate New York and hasn't been able to find it since. It's a life goal of ours.

22. Every once in a while, Michael gets a hankering for a war movie. Or something with explosions. Or Nazi references. But typically, he's up for any kind of movie, so when the hankering hits, I'm happy to oblige.

23. Michael really likes to teach. This means that he not only loves his current job (teaching missionaries how to be missionaries at the MTC), but he is also patient with his grouchy wife who doesn't always catch on to statistics as fast as he does when we do our stats homework together.

24. Michael gets excited about eating food as much as I get excited about making food. He absolutely loves knowing what's for dinner as far ahead in advance as possible. He also likes going grocery shopping as much as I do, so we go together and then I tell him the week's menu. It makes him a happy guy.

25. Some of Michael's pet peeves include "text-and-walk-ers", "walk-slow-ers," and "clueless walkers." My sister Jordan will tell you, we're a match made in heaven.