Four Years

Ryan has a super impressive memory when it comes to sports.  He can remember what happened in a game against two teams ten years ago.  Consequently, he also remembers what he was doing that time of year and specific details about what he did the few days around those sporting events.  It's amazing the things this guy remembers because of important games.  I like that he does this though because it's always fun when he reminds me of something fun we did together at a certain time.

This last Thursday, on our fourth anniversary, I had a slight glimpse into the way his mind works because I kept thinking back to our wedding day and remembering all of the small details of what went down around that time.  I remembered the specific conversations I had with my hairdresser about how it was good luck to have rain on your wedding day and how she didn't think I ate enough for breakfast (granola bar and banana, which I thought was fine but she didn't).  I remembered the temple worker asking me for my full name before we exited the temple and when I said my maiden name instead of my new married last name he told me I was wrong and lectured me for a minute (duh! I knew it was Martin, I just thought he needed my maiden name since that was what it was listed on the records when we booked our sealing!).  I remembered the luncheon speeches surprisingly well... Tiffany's awesome ghostbuster rendition of "Who you gonna call?  My friend Britt!", JR's made-up story about Ryan streaking, my mom joking about how I always came home after just one or two dates and would swear off a guy so she was shocked I didn't with Ryan and knew he must be the one :), and Janae's telling everyone about Ryan giving each person in their family his name for their secret kindness week.  Later on at our reception, I remembered our family friend, Eric Lingard, cutting in the reception line to feed me a few bites of one of our cakes, which was greatly appreciated.  I think he also gave my dad a bite too... probably the most romantic part of the day ;).  I also remember throwing my bouquet twice, because the first time I had a little too much gusto and it went straight up and hit the ceiling- whoops.  I remembered walking down the hall as we left the building and my dad at the end of the line pulling me in to give me a hug.  I had to laugh when I remembered some of the clean-up chaos that we heard happened afterwards, like when the elevator got locked shut at the bottom of the building and Craig had to run up all 18 flights of stairs... and then it started working again.

We've had a lot of good memories and adventures since that day and even through the high's and low's I'm sure glad I've had Ryan there with me the whole way.  And as long as we keep going to sporting events, we'll remember those adventures. ;)

Happy four year anniversary, Ry!

This is obviously not one of our professional pictures, but it's still one I love because it's when we took a break from picture taking to let the rain pass by.  It was a nice relaxing moment off of our feet during a busy day!