Aw, shucks

I hate to post anything new, because then it will push down Ryan’s sweet post, and I don’t want to do that. Maybe I’ll print it out and hang it on the fridge, just to remind me that I’m loved. And thank you all for your sweet comments!

We DID have a fun anniversary, thank you very much.

It started with back to school night at our local elementary school. Who does a back to school night on Friday, I’d like to know. Our school. I took the girls to go and meet all their new teachers, and at every classroom I picked up papers and instructions (that I have yet to read) and signed up for WAY too much stuff that I’m sure I’ll forget about. I think I’m an assistant room mother for 1st grade, and I’ll be helping with the fall play in 6th grade, a spring party, a st. Patrick’s party, a halloween party and a Christmas party. And playground duty 3 times. And whatever else they sucked me into signing up for. I also had a sign up sheet in the gym where the PTA was doing their stuff. I’m hoping to get people to help with Reflections (which I’m in charge of–silly me), but when I left at 5:10, there was only one signature on my sign up sheet.

When we were done there, we picked up the other kids and Ryan, and dropped Megan off at a friend’s house, and took the rest of the kids to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Spanish Fork. Megan had been invited to a “High School Musical 2 Party”, and didn’t want to miss it, so she slept over at a friend’s house and they went to the party together. And thank goodness for grandparents who will babysit!

Since the traffic was horrible all the way to Spanish Fork, we got a little later start than we had planned. We were hungry, so we went to the Cracker Barrel to eat dinner. I love that place, and we hadn’t been there in a long long time. We had some yummy food, and what do you know? That Cracker Barrel was celebrating an anniversary, too! 10 years in Springville. Isn’t that nice?

I had planned out several movies we could see, and Ryan chose Ocean’s 13. Since that movie didn’t start until 9:15, that gave us a little bit of time to do some shopping. I had a 30% off coupon for Kohl’s, and really wanted to see if there were any screaming bargains, so Ryan was a good sport and went along while I perused the clearance section until they closed at 9. Then we went to our movie. It was not as good as the first one, but better than the second one, in case you were wondering.

Since I had planned things close to home, and there were no kids there, I saw no reason to spend money on a hotel. So we vacationed at home. It was nice! In the morning, Ryan made me an omelet and served me breakfast in bed. He’s a sweetie! We dressed up and went to do a session in the Mt. Timpanogos temple. I guess if we were being really nostalgic, we would have gone to the Salt Lake Temple, since that’s where we were married, but this one is closer. There was a bit of confusion about my recommend (didn’t we just discuss this at book club?). I thought Ryan had mine, and when he checked, he said he had it, but he had my NEW one that doesn’t have all the proper signatures to be valid, and my OLD one must be in my church bag, since I had taken it to church with me last week. Ugh. So, they had to call my bishop and see if I was ok to go in.

After the temple session, we ran home, changed our clothes, and then went to the Desert Star theater to see Less Miserables. It was less miserable, and very funny! We did a lot of laughing. The funny thing was, they sat us at this tiny table in the back with another couple, and they were also celebrating their anniversary! How funny is that?! We had a great time, and they even sang to us at the end. Well, they sang to Ryan. I thought it was safe to slip out and go to the bathroom after they introduced us, said we were celebrating an anniversary, asked us where we met, etc., and had moved on to the next couple. Was I wrong. They then sang “Let me call you Sweetheart” and all the special anniversary couples were supposed to kiss. Whoops. I was in the bathroom and missed the whole song thing. I think Ryan felt kind of dumb sitting there by himself with no one to kiss.

After the show, we swung by the house, let Megan come home from her friend’s house, and then Ryan went to pick up the other kids. We got the glowing kids report from Grandma, which is always a good thing. The kids are perfect at Grandma’s house. While I wish they were perfect at home, too, I guess I should just be happy they are perfect at other people’s houses, right?

So, as you can see, it was a fun-filled anniversary celebration. I’m still glad I married him.