I was going to write about this prior to Vday to give y’all a free gift idea, but I didn’t want to spoil the surprise to Jonathan.  Sorry, I guess I love him more.

Anyway, here’s a gift you can do at any time, not just Vday:

I covered some canisters with paper and stickers.

Here are the rules:

His & Hers Requests

-Write 46 things (since there are 46 weeks left in the year) that we want the other spouse to do with us or with us.

-Put those sheets of paper in your canister, and then we will swap canisters.

-On Sundays, we will each pull a strip of paper out of each other’s jar, and we’ll have to do whatever the spouse asked for.
-We will have the whole week to do the request.

-We will put the papers (with the writing hidden) on our bathroom mirror as a reminder.

On Sunday, Jonathan and I each drew one strip of paper (his were blue; mine were pink).

I don’t know what he’ll be doing for me or when, but I’m pretty nervous about what I’m supposed to do for him.  I’ll update you after I do his request.

I got this idea from an article I read, and I was happy that Jonathan was super excited about this project.  Yea for a good, free gift!  This way, we can work on showing love in the ways we want to receive it.

Do you have any good, cheap ideas for gifts??

Just a quick not to tell you that Husband and I have been featured over at Newlyweds for her “Meet the Newlyweds” segment, so go check it out here. Thank you Newlyweds for featuring us.

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Happy Anniversary to both of my brothers and their wives.  They married on the same day, 4 years apart.

May y’all be blessed with wonderful, loving, happy, and selfless marriages.

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This has to be the coolest, craziest, joyful wedding processional.  And I love it!

I must admit that when the Bride came in, I got a lil teary eyed.  I love seeing happy Brides!

Anyone seen/had a wedding like this?

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Jonathan and I celebrated 5 years of marriage on July 30th. We dropped Abigail off at my parents house around 10 am.  That’s all I knew of plans for the day.  Everything else, Jonathan had planned.

• After we said our goodbyes to her, we played 2 rounds of 18 hole Putt Putt.  I hate to brag, but I won both games and got several holes in ones!
• Then, we headed to Chick Fil A for lunch and dessert.  If you haven’t had their Shakes, do yourself a favor and order Cookies n Cream.  It’s amazing!
• After that, we picked up some items for a blog reivew that I’ll be doing tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.
• Then, Jonathan took me to get a manicure!
• After that, we came home to watch “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Psych” episodes on the computer in bed.
• Then, it was dinner time at Applebee’s!
• We went bowling, and again, I hate to brag, but I won 3 out of the 3 games!
• We came home, watched our wedding video and slide show, drank Guarana, and re-said our vows.  We always make sure to do these 3 steps on our anniversary.
• Jonathan felt like he couldn’t end the night having lost to me 5/5 times.  So, I obliged to play him in Mario Brothers Baseball on the Wii.  He did win.
• After that, we did last minute packing to visit our new niece and went to bed.
• And we picked up Abigail in the morning around 10 am.

So, I was away from Abigail for 24 hours!  The most I had been away from her before was about 2.5 hours.  I was a little nervous about leaving her, but I also loved my time without her.  We look forward to letting her have an overnight date again w/ GramB and PapaBon.

Happy Anniversary to ME!  My best friend and I got married on this day five years ago!

Yeah, we definitely love being married and know that we’re so blessed by God to have found each other so early (We met when I was 16, started dating when I was 18, and got married when I was 20.).  I’ll save the mushy stuff for Jonathan, but I’ll leave you w/ some pictures:

Our First Date (2002)

Forgive the lighting; it was before digital cameras (or at least before I got one)

The Night He Proposed (2003)

Our Wedding (2004)

Our One Year Anniversary

Other Events

Happy Birthday to my favorite friend and husband Jonathan!  I have loved you 7 years and liked you for almost 9 years.  I thank God every day for blessing me with the best man.  Wow, how did I get to be so blessed to have a husband that does all these  wonderful things for me and others . . .

1. You make me laugh multiple times a day.
2. You say you’re sorry first most of the time.
3. You make allowances for my bad days.
4. You are the best Daddy to Abigail.  I love watching you read to her, tickle her, “hide and seek” her, and help her.
5. You are extremely helpful to me: you give Sabra and Abigail their baths, feed Abby, do the dishes, take out the trash, sweep and mop floors, vacuum, etc without being asked.
6. You are a servant to others and you do it with a joyful spirit.
7. You pray for Abigail and me every night.
8. You always tell me you love me before you leave or we get off the phone.
9. You’re not afraid to be goofy.
10. You are very smart: book smart and common sense smart.
11. You work hard at your job.
12. You’re always trying to improve yourself and learn new things.
13. I can trust you with every thing.
14. You aren’t wrapped up in sinful activities that a lot of men are.  I’m so grateful for this.
15. You like me and want to spend time with me and consider me your best friend.

Dating Days

After we got Sabra

Pregnant Days

Modeling Days (hahaha)

Daddy Days

Our new Family

I love you.  Thank you for all you do for our family.  I hope your day is as special as you are.  Happy Birthday Husband!  You are my #1!

Love you,

Lori

Why didn’t I think to do this for my wedding.  It would’ve been awesome.  I’ve never heard this song, which is weird because I LOVE Queen!  Anyway, such a neat video:

Happy Anniversary to my Mom and Daddy.  They have been happily married for 31 years.  Yea for them.

Y’all have been a good example to Jonathan and me of a godly, loving, fun marriage.  May your marriage continually be blessed with love, joy, and companionship.  And I hope y’all will have time to remember the vows you said 31 years ago and talk about all the fun times y’all have had together.  Y’all make a wonderful pair.  I pray that you’ll happily share your lives together forever.  We love y’all.  Happy Anniversary!