My True Love

On the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me.......

6 Reasons I Love and Adore Matt

1.  He works so hard to provide for all our wants and needs.  He doesn't love to travel for business, but he does it because he loves us.  He has supported all of my dreams, especially my dream to be home while raising our kids, and I will forever be grateful for that.

2.  My heart is safe with him.  He has proven time and time again that he is fiercely faithful. For example when we have been in situations where there are scantily-clad women her will mutter under his breath "Look into their eyes". (That always makes me smile.)

3.  He thinks I'm pretty and tells me so, even before President Monson suggested it last conference.

4. He puts first things first.  He often tells our kids "you will never be truly happy if your relationships with God and your family are not right.  It won't matter what awards you win or how much money you make if those two things are not taken care of first."  So wise.

5.  He is the best dad I know.  He reads with Isaac almost every night.  He loves to take Addie out driving and might even stop and get her fries from Iceberg.  He massages Davis whenever he gets a chance.  And he calls and chats with Aly on a regular basis.  Those are just small examples.  Really everything he does is to show love and support for the kids.  Sometimes I feel like a bad mom, but I find consolation in the fact that they have the best dad in the world.

6.  Sister Hinckley said that President Hinckley gave her wings to fly and I have felt that Matt has done the same for me.  He believes in me and has supported me in many crazy endeavors whether it is painting a room or kitchen cabinets, spending a year certifying to teach yoga or going on an adventure together. 

Each Christmas comes with a long to-do list and sometimes I end up letting the one who I love the most slip down towards the bottom of the list.  So this year I bumped Matt to the top and decided to do the 12 Days of Christmas for him.  

So each day he has received a gift that starts with "On the ___ day of Christmas my true love gave to me"  that I printed from here.  On the first day it was "a partridge in an Asian pear tree."  Matt learned to love those on his mission.  Day 2 was 2 tickets to the Mormon Tab Christmas Concert, which was A-mazing!  Day 3 was tickets to the movie Lincoln at 3:10 (be sure to see it!).  Day 4 was tools 4 fixing things (which he is really good at and should have been included in the post above).  Day 5 was $5 Zupas gift card to go towards meeting him for lunch someday soon.   This post was going to be day 12 because there so many things I love about Matt, but he was not going to be in town to get his gift today, so hence just 6 are posted here.