Anniversary

5 years ago...on this very day (Saturday the 14th)...we became a couple! Ryan had asked me to be his date for the Sweetheart dance our Senior year of high school. (which just so happened to be Valentine's Day) I nervously said "yes" and the planning began. He came with me to Bloomington to find a dress....and he picked out the one! I wore a black halter dress with pink accents and he wore a dress shirt, gray slacks and a pink tie.

I had to cheer at the Friday night basketball game, so we decided to hang out before. He surprised me with a vase of red roses and a note that read "this is for you." how romantic.....

He wanted it to be special and gave the flowers the night before because he would be giving me other flowers for the dance the next day. It was a great surprise.

We still talk about how I thought the night wasn't even going to happen. My mom had plans with friends for that night as well. Ryan was running a little late to pick me up and I began to worry. When the phone rang, my mom answered it and totally convinced me Ryan wasn't going to show. She said things like, "awww...", "okay, we understand", "thanks for letting us know".....I stood there with a blank/upset stare.....She didn't realize that I thought she was talking to Ryan and once I had asked her she thought it was pretty funny. It ended up being one of her friends that were sick and couldn't make it out. PHEW!!! And around that time, my prince charming arrived :)

He looked as handsome as could be! We met around 12 other friends and rode an SUV limo to Alexander's Steakhouse for supper. After the dance, we drove to his house then mine to get ready for the after parties. As soon as we left the high school he said he had a good time and he hoped someday we would be boyfriend and girlfriend......"yes" I said.....then he said, "how about that be right now?" I immediately said YES and then sat in awkward silence.......I wanted to shout for JOY! I knew he would be the one I would want to spend the rest of my life with......


He fits in so well with my family. I couldn't live without him. Although, we get in arguments every once in a while........we both know how much we love each other ♥

Some things about our relationship you may or may not know:

- Ryan introduced me to salt and vinegar chips.....i'm ADDICTED!

- I try to claim I introduced him to putting pepper on EVERYTHING, but he disagrees....

- i l.o.v.e. when Ryan wears a hat and really flattens his hair....

- Whenever we are eating in a town we are unfamiliar with, we try to eat at a local restaurant....(sometimes I'm a little iffy on the places he chooses and may throw a fit, but end up loving it in the end...shhh...don't tell!)

- Our 4th of July tradition is to visit as many flea markets as possible

- We can't wait to buy dogs once we are married!

- Our song is "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes

- We have a notebook that (slowly, but surely) documents our relationship from the first time we met, until now...

- Our first kiss was before we were even together....scandalous..i know

- It seems as if everywhere we travel, we seem to get lost...and I tend to think it's amusing! Ryan doesn't as you can tell in the picture....

- We both worked at Steak 'n Shake together

- Our wedding is 4 months away...eeeeekkk :)

We didn't get to spend the night together because he had to work, so tomorrow we are spending the whole day in Bloomington. We're going to register, go shopping, and go out for supper together. Can't Wait!!

love.you.ryan