Our first third anniversary

On May twenty- ninth,  Hunter and I celebrated our third anniversary!  

Go us.  

Here are my top three favorite things about Hunter:

1. His love and commitment to the Gospel.  This is first and foremost even before his love and commitment to me because this is why I married him!  Because of his love of the Lord, I know he will always love and respect me! Because of his testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we have the same morals, beliefs and goals in life.   Basically, we're on the same page.

2.  His love for me and us.  I put both me and us and I think that means more.  Hunter is SO PATIENT with me and my selective OCDness and my impatience with everything.  Yet, he doesn't take my crap which I love- it helps me calm down and grow in my weaknesses.  Hunter is always up for a hug or a conversation.  He supports me in all I ever do from setting up for parties to laughing at my crazy stories from being a teacher- laughing with me and holding me when I cry. And he loves us- nurtures our marriage in so many ways.  

3. His distaste in country music.  This means so much.  First, on our first date as we were chatting it up in the car we discussed music right away- as it is one of my favorites in life.  He quickly made it clear that he did NOT like country music.  At that moment I knew we would be together.  

Secondly, because of this dislike- Hunter has personality traits and views on society that I love and that I agree with.  It's hard to explain.  But if you know what I mean, you know what I mean.  And if you don't, you probably like country music.  

Okay now that I've offended my country-music-loving friends.....

The Third Anniversary is celebrated with leather.  (To find what each year's gift is  See here.)  

Hunter went traditional and awesome with this large leather photo album:

But the coolest part was he printed EVERY picture we have of us or one of us that we've taken since we got married.  And in this digital photo age, I'm super happy that we have hard copies of all these photos now.  

And then for kicks he gave me my favorite Burt's Bee's product with a charming note that says "I hope this will help your woman leather."  haha

I had issues trying to find something leather for him.... not sure why.  But I ended up getting him a waterpack that he's been wanting for a long time and definitely needs now that he's in Scouting.  He was quite excited.  

But then to cover my bases, I found this leather scented car freshener and attached it to my homemade card made with brown leather colored paper.... it's a stretch, I know.   

I love you, man.