Reba McEntire - I Keep On Lovin' You

Kevin and I just celebrated our FIVE year anniversary on July 30. It was a pretty sentimental day for me. I looked at a lot of our wedding pictures as well as some from when we were dating. I really did love him from the second he called my house in ninth grade, with my best friend Chris. I think I've shared that the whole reason he wanted to talk to me was because I admittedly liked Taco Bell...(wouldn't it have been great if we would have incorporated that in our wedding food?! Wish I had thought of it... eh, but I guess that wouldn't have been to classy)...anyway... It's funny how things just work out... I really believe I met Chris to introduce me to Kevin. We were capital DRAMA couple in high school and even a bit of drama trickled out after high school as well, but we made it and we really do look at where we are and think "look at us now". Kev absolutely loathes Reba but I don't and when I first heard this song it got me teary because it reminded me of him. Then, when I saw the video, I saw different parts of us in it everywhere. It was the instance where the wife is getting on all the kids for goofing off and the husband waves her over to have a stiff one... I had to laugh out loud, that's TOTALLY us... not that we drink, but we would do something just like that to make each other smile. Especially him to me. He's definitely good at making me smile at all the wrong times AND at all the right times too. I've loved every second I've gotten to spend with him and can't wait for the next five years of memories...I love you Kev, you're the absolute LOVE OF MY LIFE... Happy Five Year Mark Babe... :) I'll keep on lovin' you ;)

(You'll want to pause the music player on the side when you listen/watch the video)

I Get to Call Him Mine

I remember being on our honeymoon in Mexico where it had to be 1,000 degrees!!!! We were both dying of heat (because, come on... that's REALLY hot!) and watching Kev pull a chair over to the air conditioner and doing everything he could to make the room bearable... for me... and recognizing how lucky I was to get to be with a guy like that.

Kevin deserves a huge shout out...last week he was my saving grace. Monday I didn't feel good at all and knew I wasn't going to make it through the day... so I called him...bawling... and he was home an hour later (thanks goes to Shauna too, for bringing him home from SLC)... he came in and I just fell into his arms... and he was there to catch me... as usual. His hugs and calmness always makes me feel better! He is my healer!

He played "Mom" while I had to "sit the bench" and even while Daxer got sick in the middle of the week, he did what he could to help us both get better. He took three days off!

Thursday he worked a 10 hour day and Friday he worked a 12 hour day to make up for the days he took off to be with us. I felt so bad that he had to do it but he did... and I just want him to know how thankful I am for him.

That day when he fixed the air conditioner wasn't his first act of love toward me and he proves daily that it won't be the last. He really is amazing and I want everyone to know that I recognize how blessed I am to call him mine.

I love you babe. Thanks for everything you do. You are amazing and I don't deserve you but I'm SO glad that my dream came true and that God let us be together... you're my favorite person and I get to have you forever and above all... I get to call you mine... and I'll cherish that forever... I LOVE YOU!!!

...Has it REALLY been that long???...

It's hard to believe that I met my sweet hubby TWELVE years ago, and today we've been married for FOUR!!!

(Our very first picture ever taken of us... my 17th birthday...)

Really, my first memory of Kev was his name on my caller I.D, well, technically it wasn't his name, but it was his last name. I remember thinking, "Nice last name"... Our mutual friend Chris was calling me from Kevin's house and I remember talking to him, but then Chris handing the phone over to Kevin because somehow Taco Bell came up... and since I liked it too... Kevin wanted to talk to me...
"Something" sparked during that call so my good friend Audrey and I planned this fun "party" so I could meet Kevin and she could some how hook it up with my friend Chris... When that night came, I remember Kevin doing some tricks on a skateboard. I remember his curly hair and his maroon shirt with some kind of china character on it...(we seriously didn't get rid of that shirt until we had been married)... anyway... that night Kevin held my hand and I distinctly recall getting this weird feeling that I had never had before, and it made me nervous... looking back, I wonder if I somehow I knew we would end up together... who knows... but it scared me enough to make me not want to start anything...

Jumping forward a bit... we didn't work out in ninth grade, but we tried again our Sophomore year, the night we "tried" we went to a stomp... where I ditched him... if I hurt his feelings, it didn't hurt for too long, he had a girlfriend the next week...which magically made me want him for myself... so naturally they dated for what seemed like an eternity!!! When they broke up during the last part of our Sophomore year, a friend called me just to let me know and I was SO ecstatic that I drove from my house down to the school just so I could meet my other friend and tell her. When I saw her I just started screaming!!! and then she started screaming.... there were were... just screaming outside of the school. I don't even want to know what people must have thought about us.

That night though, I went to young women's where we learned how to decorate cakes... wanna know what I decorated mine to say???....

"YAY ME" :)

Well... that next day I learned he had a new girlfriend... So, the waiting continued. I wont go into all that but it is one of many funny memories... all I can say is the infatuation that I had for him was the epitome of every teenage girl... TO THE EXTREME!!!

One I will share, that I will never forget... was when Kevin was taking a drivers test and I knew the coach that was driving with him. Just to be funny (and get close to Kev) I thought it'd be great to play a trick on Coach Price. So, I jumped in the back seat and when he got in, he was quite startled to learn that he literally had a full car... after the laugh... I got out... and as I watched the car drive away... I remember a feeling come over me that let me know that I would get to be with him one day... Kevin, not the coach :) I also remember thinking I needed to give the red zip hoody I had on back to my friend :)


Well, I did get him and I get to be with him for eternity. Today is just a cool look back at what a ride it has been.

My FAVORITE memory of our wedding day was after we had been sealed and the first instant we got to see each other after getting in my wedding dress and he in his tux. I remember a friend telling me to take it all in, don't feel rushed about getting out of the temple when the ceremony was all over... and I took that to heart. We just sat on a bench inside for quite a while before going out and meeting the family and photographer. I don't remember what we talked about.... just that it was the BEST feeling I had ever had and I was happy to be with my best friend. It really is the memory that sticks out the most of that day...even over me being terribly sick at the reception!!!

We've had many ups and not half of the downs will ever add up to how great life has been with Kev. He does so much for me and I know that he would do anything for me. I love you SO much Kevin and I'm SO thankful that with all the roads we had to make our journey on... they ended up together. You're the best and I couldn't ask for a better Father, Husband, or best friend.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

One of our favorite pix ever taken...

The night he asked me to marry him... we're lucky we had the ring!!! I dropped it in the powdered snow at the top of a Mountain in Idaho!!!


Our wedding announcement picture


Our wedding day... can you tell I was excited???

Here's to you babe!

"LOVE YOU LONG TIME"

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