I have the best wife ever =)

Today was our 3rd Valentine's Day as a married couple, and 4th as a couple.

I planned our first one together. We were dating at BYU-Idaho. I kidnapped Jill, well offered her a secret agent mission -- she thought she was supposed to be babysitting our friends' kids, and she had some spy clues to follow, and got driven down to IF--blindfolded--for dinner at Satos).

And for our second one, Jill was working and I was finishing up school at BYU-I. We had a deja vu dinner at Satos--no kidnapping this time, and snuggled up to stay warm inside from the snow.

I planned our third one when we were both working in Boston. (Ok, I wasn't really working; my job had basically ended a few days earlier, so I had a little more time to prepare.) We had a fancy multi-course meal at our home, complete with fancy menu, candles, and table settings...and games)

This year, Jill wanted a turn to plan the day and she took the reins for the fourth one. It actually started yesterday, when Jill let me take her out to see Taken at the theater. Not quite a chick flick or romcom. Then, she let me sleep in today, while she made me breakfast in bed. We had a delicious french toast bake and some ham with a mango maple glaze. After breakfast, we exchanged little gifts and watched Sleepless in Seattle.

She also did something really cool. She bought some canvas and acrylic paints, put a tarp out, and we painted Valentine's pictures. (See below). I think I'll call mine "Eternal Erb," or E^2, for short. Jill's is a fun concoction (Picasso-esque?), loaded with hearts, music, storms and sunshine, names, and other stuff. This was probably one of the most fun things we've done in a while.


I had to leave to sing in a quartet, and while I was gone she set up for Round 2. She set up a tent in our living room and we played games. (She always wins.) We played slap jack and crazy 8's. She made me a yummy sandwich of a bagel, ham, and a smoked gouda cheese. (I'm typically a sharp cheddar, colby-jack, pepper jack, and provolone kind of guy, but she's totally got me hooked on this smoked gouda. It is so rich and creamy...and addicting....and yummy.)

Then, we went out to our Saturday evening session of Stake Conference. It was a really good meeting, and I'll have to write more about it later.

We took a new friend and recent convert home from the meeting (which ran long), and came home around 9:45 pm.

[Aside: Ran into an missionary from the Oregon Portland Mission (OPM). He is here studying European History at George Mason and is recently engaged. He totally didn't remeber me. It's ok though, Fahey, I forgive you.]

We have some apples and cheese and Fresca for dinner, and will probably close out the night catching up on one of the TV shows that we watch post-airing via Hulu or SurfTheChannel.

My life is great and my wife is amazing. Every day is an adventure--through the storms and the sunshine--and I'm glad she's at my side.

I love you, Jill. Happy Valentine's Day!

<3 <3 <3 <3

P.S. Just in case there were some of you out there thinking that I didn't do anything this round, I'll have you know I got Jill some beautiful flowers, a nice card, some coupons for her to redeem for stuff like turning the cell phones off and making dinner, chocolate, and a new memory-foam pillow that she's been talking about for a while now.