Today, Matt and I celebrate our “Lucky 7” Anniversary (though we won’t be doing much out of the ordinary to celebrate, as we already went out for our anniversary about a week and a half ago). In honor of the day, I thought I’d share 7 little facts about us: 1) We met in high …
Matt and I aren’t so great at getting gifts for each other for any holiday other than Christmas…although this year I did, at least, order him a gift for Father’s Day from Amazon (though it didn’t come in time for him to open it today…sad day…). And because we’re basically poor from having just bought …
The first year we were married, we rented our first apartment together, I graduated from college, we both suffered through the worst jobs we’ve ever had, and we finished our first (and maybe last) marathon together, hand in hand. The second year we were married, I landed my first teaching job, we went on an …
Ask my family or friends or any of my ex-boyfriends and they’ll confirm it— I dated quite a lot in my not-quite-a-decade-long dating career. This means that I always have a plethora of highly entertaining material if the conversation lulls and the group at large just needs a fabulously awful train wreck of a story …
There are a lot of fun things about having a birthday within a week of your spouse’s– The party seems to last for about a week and a half straight, you get to hit all the same milestones close together (but still say that he’s five days older), and it makes it REALLY easy for …
As official Keeper of the All the Pictures in the Meidell house, I am basically the one in charge of making sure Matt sees any particular gems as they come through the magical conduit from the camera into the computer (or post said gems to this here blog so that he can be sure to …
(pic taken just a short while after Raven was born) There have been many moments in our courtship and marriage when Matt has melted my heart–watching him become a dad two months ago (and live up to the fullest measure of that title ever since) has put them all to shame. Daddyhood sure looks good …
Yesterday my husband got put into the bishopric of our ward as the second counselor. A quick little bit of background for you—in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, members are called to serve in various capacities in the congregations to which they pertain. All callings are voluntary and unpaid, and no one …
