Five years ago today I married my best friend. It was a fabulous event in my opinion; one that I look back on with so much happiness and joy. The day was great, but what I think has been even better has been the time Kurt and I have spent with each other the last five years. Here are my top five favorite moments from our marriage so far (in no particular order):
1. Two days after we were married, we were scheduled to fly to Cancun for our honeymoon. We had a 6:00 am flight that Kurt worked really hard to get. As soon as we got to the airport I realized that I didn't not bring my birth certificate or my driver's license. There was no way I was getting on a plane to Cancun without those two things. I immediately burst into tears... I am talking sobs. I felt so bad! So I just cried and cried some more. As we gathered our luggage and waited for another shuttle to take us back to Diamond parking I looked over to see Kurt crying too. Not because I had ruined one whole day in Cancun, but because he felt so bad for me. He was crying too! I knew at that moment that I had married a very sweet guy who wasn't embarrassed to cry in public, but also was concerned about my feelings.
2. On a weekend getaway to Manti, Kurt and I decided to go four wheeling up the canyon. We were riding along on this trail when all of a sudden a HUGE bird was in front of us. Kurt swerved and I ducked and luckily the bird wasn't hit. We laughed as we continued on, contemplating how funny it would have been if we had hit a bird. The next thing we knew the bird was chasing after us. I was yelling at Kurt to go faster as the bird gained on us. I started screaming, "It hit me! It hit me!" when I felt feathers on my head. The chase/attack was about 30 seconds long; all the while I was screaming "It hit me!" When the bird was finally gone and we stopped the four wheeler on safe ground, Kurt touched his head only to find that he was bleeding profusely. Apparently when I had felt the bird's feathers on my head it was digging it's talons into Kurt's head, yet I was the one screaming that it had hit me. Kurt's head healed, we stopped laughing, and were eventually informed by the forest ranger that we had been attacked by a Goshawk. Here is a blurb from the encyclopedia on Goshawks "Adults defend their territories fiercely from everything, including passing humans." I would definitely agree with the phrase "fiercely"!
3. Last year when Kurt and I went on the Western Caribbean cruise with his family, Kurt had a surprise for everyone on formal night. He had gone to the DI and bought the ugliest and tightest suit I had ever seen. Then, he wore it proudly among everybody else's evening gowns and tuxedos. But, wearing it was just not enough for Kurt. He attracted all kinds of attention by posing for pictures with statues, singing, and of course dancing. He danced all by himself in the middle of the disco for a good 10 minutes while we all died laughing watching him and listening to everybody else comment on how drunk that guy must be. Even though he looked ridiculous, I loved every minute of it and him.
4. Last year when I was pregnant with Mason Kurt and I decided that we would go to Carmax and see what they would give us for my car so that we could get a newer, safer one for the baby. I don't know if any of you have ever been to Carmax, but if you haven't let me just explain how it works. They take you back to this cubicle while they send someone out to assess how much your car is worth. When they were done, two men came back to the cubicle to go over everything with us. They started playing this power point on the computer that basically told us how great our tires looked, and how clean the car was etc. After going through every detail of my car they asked us if we were ready to find out how much my car was worth. The anticipation was killing us! Then they clicked to the next slide to tell us that my car was worth a whopping $250. We immediately DIED laughing. We just couldn't stop! The two men sat there straight faced as we struggled to get composure. After like 5 minutes of us laughing, finally the two men left to let us talk over our decision to sell or not. As soon as they left, I turned to Kurt to break him in on the news that I had just peed my pants! Yes I did! I peed my pants in Carmax. Kurt just died laughing again then worked quickly to clean off the chair with Kleenex. I made it out of there without anybody knowing, but to this day Kurt and I can't get over that experience.
5. I don't have a specific event in mind, but one of my favorite experiences in our marriage includes Mason. The very best thing is just hanging out in my family room with Kurt while we watch Mason be silly. Kurt and I just laugh and laugh at Mason. He is probably the only other person that I can do this with - that doesn't get bored watching how cute my son is.
It has been a great five years. I look forward to many more. I love you Kurt!
P.S. If you made it through this long post I thought that I would reward you with the news that we are having a little girl!
