one reason for every year

So Friday was my sweetie's birthday. He turned 22. I feel bad posting this a couple of days late. I wanted to post this on his birthday but these past couple of days have been crazy busy. Matt's birthday was such a good one. I will post more about that some day. Right now I just want to talk about the reasons why I love my Matty. I could give a million reasons but today, in honor of him being 22, I am going to give 22 reasons why I am so dang in love with Matthew John Weiler.

(In no particular order)....

22. His singing voice. He always says he has the worst voice but I LOVE when he sings to me. Sometimes I'm even lucky enough to have him sing me to sleep. Is there a better way to fall asleep?
21. He is so creative. He writes songs, raps, paints, draws, does photoshop, writes. His mind is amazing. Sometimes I wish I had it (ok I wish I had it all the time. I'm the opposite of creative)
20. He puts up with all of my crazy. For example, a few days ago I found out that out of all of my siblings living out of state NO ONE is coming for Christmas. I literally laid in my bed and bawled for 30 minutes or more. Matt laid next to me, held me in his arms, wiped my tears away, and did and said everything he could to make me happy.
19. Speaking of Christmas, I don't think I know anyone that loves it more than he does. And I really love that.
18. He's the handsomest guy I could ever dream of. I love his eyes and his smile and his hair and his tall 6'4'' body. I love EVERYTHING about him! I could stare at him always.
17. He is so cute with kids. Both with his nephews and mine. Kids just love him. I know that he will be the best dad ever.
16. He supports me in anything that I aspire to do. Whether it be baking, learning to sew, decorating our house, doing well in school, or anything else you can imagine. He is my number one fan.
15. Sometimes when I am in a bad mood he will say a joke and try and make me laugh. Sometimes it works and I laugh and all is well but other times I don't crack so easily.  When that happens he tells the same joke (sometimes in different variations) over and over until I finally laugh at him trying so hard. I really do love it. It's hilarious.
14. I love that he really is my very best friend. We will get laughing so hard when we are with each other and we have the greatest time when we are together.
13. When things really suck in my life, he is the one and only who makes them better. Whether it's with advice he gives or through his humor, he always finds a way to make me feel like things are better than I think they are.
12. He is always trying to find ways to make me happy. He is constantly going out of his way to make my life a little bit easier and much happier.
11. He is willing to try anything with me. Even if it's singing a song on a karaoke stage that neither of us really know just because I was dying to sing it. (Don't you want me.... haha)
10. He is such a hard worker and won't rest if there is something that needs to be done. I know that I will be taken care of for the rest of my life because of him.
9. He loves Harry Potter with me
8. Whenever he does something, it doesn't matter if it's for school or work or church or just as a hobby, he puts his whole heart in to it and does his best in every area of his life.
7. He makes me feel like a million bucks every single day.
6. Family is so important to him. I know that no matter how busy he gets, he will always make time for me and other family members.
5. He lets me cry, vent, laugh, complain, and gossip to him.
4. He's a dog person. That says a lot, right? (just kidding cat people. You're cool too.)
3. In all the years that I have known him I have never felt stupid or uncomfortable around him. He has a way of putting me right at ease. Which really is saying a lot because I will be the first to admit that I can be a big ball of crazy sometimes.
2. I love that way that he treats his mom and sisters. He's a sweetheart to them and as long as we have been dating that is something I have looked for. He is just a sweetheart.
1. He has such a great testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that he will stay close to the truth always and that he will help me to as well. He helps me to be to be my best self and makes me want to be my best self. He took me to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity and that is the greatest gift I could ever want.

Happy birthday my love. I look forward to spending many more birthdays together.

10 reasons why Matt and I aren't being Rosemary's baby for Halloween

For the past two Halloween's I have been dying to have Matt get home from his mission so that we could do an awesome couple costume together.  Seriously Matt was back for probably a week when I told him that we had to start thinking of what we could be for Halloween (10 months in advance). Needless to say I have been pretty excited about it. I had come up with several awesome ideas but Matt continually turned every single one down.  Then one day Matt had the weirdest idea ever.  He excitedly told me that we should be Rosemary and Rosemary's baby from the book/movie Rosemary's Baby. Well I gave him an absolute "no" for an answer but for some reason every time someone asks us what we are being he tells them we are dressing as Rosemary and Rosemary's baby. He says he's kidding. I'm pretty sure he's not. Whether he's kidding or not, I wanted to set the record straight and let everyone know we are NOT being Rosemary's baby. Here's why:

10. I don't want to be Rosemary

 I don't like her outfits in the movie. I don't like her hair. It's a boring costume. And besides those reasons, I don't look like her (which I guess you don't really HAVE to look like what you are dressing up as but it always helps...). More importantly, I don't want to have anything to do with Satan. 

9.  I don't want Matt to be my "baby"

That would be creepy, right?

8.  I don't want Matt to be Satan's "baby"

Wouldn't that be even creepier? I don't want my husband to be Satan's offspring. Even as pretend.

7. Satan wouldn't want Matt as his baby

In the story, satan wants a baby to do some "hell raising" on earth. The only hell raising Matt's ever done is spray his 4 year old nephew in the face with a watergun on his birthday. Ok... maybe that does fit the part.

6. Matt wouldn't even be able to pull of being a baby

My 6'4'' husband trying to be....

This? 

Please. That'd be hilarious.

5.  Hardly anyone would know what we were even dressed as

Let's be honest. How many of you have ever seen the movie and would guess a couple dressed as Rosemary and her baby? Probably no one. If anyone guessed what we were they would just guess I was a fat lady and Matt a big tall zombie.

4. It isn't a movie we really want to be advertising

It's about a woman who gives birth to satan's baby. Enough said.  

3. They would both be boring characters to act like

Matt would walk around crying all night and I would just be pregnant.

2. How would we ever be able to compete with these guys?

 

1. The last and most important reason why we absolutely are NOT being Rosemary and her baby this Halloween is.......

it's a stupid idea.

(No explanation needed)

So sorry Matt, for bursting your bubble. But we won't be looking like this for Halloween.