Happy Valentines Day Shauna

  As I thought about how I could best tell Shauna how much I love her and how much she means to me this Valentines day, I thought about what means the most to her. I know Shauna doesn't like flowers, i.e. the flowers I bought for her 24th birthday and 1st one in New Hampshire. Could have been the $50 I spent on them or the fact they died after a week, probably a combination of the two. Either way I now know that she isn't the flower type of girl. Over the past 4 years and 3 months I have come to learn a lot about Shauna, for instance I know Shauna married me for my money and muscles. I knew this early in our relationship and even though I had neither when we met I promised her both of them. Unfortunately my gym time has been lacking so I won't be able to give her muscles this valentines day and even though our financial status is better I still won't be able to fulfill the money aspect of my 4 year old promise, I wanted to give her something that I know will mean more to her than flowers, money, and muscles.....something from my heart! :)

 

This picture was taken a day or two before we decided we were going to get married. I love this picture for a couple of reasons. One, it shows how young we were when we got married :), it shows your natural hair color, and lastly, because of how the people in the background are a little blurred. I love that because at that time in my life everything BUT you was blurry! I fell so hard and so fast for you that I couldn't beleive I had found the girl of my dreams, the girl I was going to spend the rest of my life with.

A lot of people said that only knowing each other for 4 months before we got married was too quick and that there is no way we had time to fall in love with each other. We had plenty of time to fall in love, like when my soul felt something it had never felt before on July 12, 2006. When I looked up and saw this beautiful girl standing in the park. My soul knew yours. It was the most incredible feeling that has ever come over me.  

There was also our first date when you hung out my sun roof and yelled, "Putt, golfer putt" at all the miniature golfers. You're everything I've ever wanted!

There was also every night before we said goodbye. We would just hold each other and talk about anything. I remember it was in front of my house by your car that I looked you in the eyes and told you that I was falling in love! Your response was just what I needed, "Not any faster than I am!" I think that after that night we both knew that this just wasn't another person we would break up with in a couple months. We knew it was the start of our Fairy Tale life!

Here are some of the pictures that show little parts of our fairy tale lives thus far....

 

These are just a few of the times that make our lives a Fairy Tale. I never thought I would travel the places that we have or done some of the things we have. You truly make this life to live for!!! The best part about being married to you isn't traveling to Europe or Central America. It's waking up next to you every morning. It's kissing your soft lips. It's coming home every day for lunch just to see you during my hectic day. It's your amazing out look on life. It's your ability to make such wise decisions! It's your eyes that see me for what I can be and your will to help me get there! Above all, it's the fact that I get to spend every day of the rest of my life with my best friend.

Lastly I know how much music means to you so I wanted to have a song that I feel tells how best I feel about you.....Just the way you are

I LOVE YOU SHAUNA with all my heart! I am so grateful that you are in my life. Our little girl is so lucky to have you as her mommy :) You will provide for her a life of happiness, adventure, learning, and love!

Lets let Valentines Day mean "I love us" not "I love you"!!!!

Love you much!

           -Matt