happy birthday

this is a little late. but better late than never right?

on april 28th ryan turned 27. doesn't that sound old? 26 didn't sound old but 27...i am so excited for next year, his golden birthday, i think that deserves an exotic trip right? how does hawaii with my parents sound, ry?! (jk...kinda. we are really going, but that is a story for another post!)

so in honor of the old man

27 reasons i love you (ryan allen jensen)

1. you are the best husband. you love spending time with me even if it is doing nothing! (which you hate, but i abosultely love )

2. how sweet you are to our baby boy. and that you always talk to him. and say "that's my boy!" (even if it is after he kicks me so hard it hurts)

3. when i want to review the questions at the end of all of our baby books chapters and instead of telling me i am a loser, you do them with me, even if you mock them, you still answer them!

4. you work so hard. you work hard at your job, at all you pre-masters classes, at making our house beautiful...

5. you take care of your family so good! me & baby jensen never want for anything, we are probably the two most spoiled people in the world! expensive cribs, pizza in north ogden, a new (safe) car, a vacation, a mac (haha) you never tell me (us) no. (you probably should sometimes...)

6. your passion. (s) you don't love anything half-heartedly...me, fishing, hunting, guns, glenn beck...

7. you don't do anything half heartedly. if you are going to do it, it is going to be perfect. aka: painting our house, tiling, our yard, your wife (just kidding!)

8. you can laugh at yourself. you don't take anything too serious and you don't let anything or anyone get to you.

9. you hate tv. which normally would not be a positive but it makes me so much less lazy! i love your 7 off i am so much more productive. but you will still watch modern family with me. (on the internet with no commercials)

10. your love of old country music. i love dan seals because you love dan seals.

11. you splurge on fun things: dinner, concerts, hotels, vacations. and you never make me feel guilty when we do!

12. you are balding. which means you are 29% less likely to get prostate cancer, taking care of yourself for our family.

13. you love my new recipes "you'll try anything once"

14. the way you take care of sadie. if that is a precursor to how you will care for our children, they are going to be in great hands! except you let her be mean to me. not cool.

15. dating you. i love going out, the way you make everything special, thoughtful and sweet.

16. you put up with my c.r.a.z.y. family

17. how proud you get when i "spot" something while we drive like that beaver, oh my goodness so exciting!

18. your talents. really how many guys can paint, play the piano, tie their own flies, shoot with the accuracy of a sniper, play basketball like a champ...need i go on?

19. the way kids just love you. follow you around. copy everything you do. it is so cute and sweet.

20. every "old" memory i have of us! our first date, the first time we kissed (which was moments into our first date lol) the first time we said i love you, when we got engaged, marrying you, our first HOUSE!, finding out we are having a baby! finding out our baby is a boy!

21. you try so hard to get me to eat 90 grams of protein. really really hard. and are not impressed by my 75!

22. if you could do anything professionally you would own a landscaping business. you go to college for 7 years...and really all you want to do is mow lawns...

23. we think the same exact things all the time. creepy, a little, but mostly so cute. about people, things, anything

24. "what it is?" "take luck" "i'll....you in about a minute"

25. how quirky you are. like when you made a pact with YOURSELF that you always have to own a truck, who does that?! that you only sleep in particular clothes, there are so many more but i am too tired to remember, i'll come back and edit this!

26. how you pretend like everything that ever happened before me never mattered, you don't care about high school or old family vacations, if i wasn't a part of it, it really isn't that important

27. honestly, i love the way you love me.

i am the luckiest girl. to have a husband who is so good, honest and hardworking but also loving, fun and crazy! you are my perfect match. i love every memory we make. i couldn't picture someone more wonderful for my eternity. i love you ryan.

happy birthday!