Happy Anniversary to my favorite man!

Today Jack and I have been married 6 years! SIX YEARS!!! I still can't believe it myself! We actually met 8 years ago and it was the best day of my life. It's kinda hard to celebrate an anniversary when your 9.5 hours apart, but I figured I'd celebrate my husband by telling you the top reasons I love him!

He's romantically spontaneous - Jack's not the kind of guy that gets me flowers after an argument or on a special occasion. He's the kind of guy who surprises me with things every now and again and I just love that about him. When we first got married I went shopping and found this beautiful coat at Banana Republic. It was on sale, but being that we just got married and didn't have any money, and it was green and I didn't know if I'd really have anything to wear with it, I decided not to get it. I went home and told him about it and the next day he came home from work with it in his hand.

The same thing happened just a few days ago. I have been looking for some tennis shoes and couldn't find any that I liked. Of course, the ones I found are way over my budget, but I told him about them and a few days later, they showed up in the mail.

My all time favorite surprise, though, was when I was graduating with my master's degree. He had just gotten home from deployment but since we had long distance and I was finishing school and graduating I couldn't go to the homecoming. I was going to fly out the next day. However, the night before my graduation I went to pick my dad up from the airport (in my pj's and no makeup) and Jack walked off the plane instead. I screamed! I couldn't believe it! I hadn't seen him in 6 months and he surprised me for my graduation!

(I'm just realizing, this might be a LONG blog post!)

He has given me my dream life - I tell people all of the time, I am living my dream life. I have a loving husband, two healthy and beautiful boys, and I get to stay at home with them and raise them as I like. I know it doesn't sound glamorous, but my mom was a stay at home mom and I LOVED that she was there for us anytime we needed. I know Jack was unsure about the idea of having a stay at home wife in the beginning (he never said it, I just think that), but he NEVER once said I couldn't and was 100% supportive. I love to cook my man's dinners, I love to take my kids to the zoo, I love to clean the house on the weekdays and enjoy the weekends with our little family. I love that I can be "off" when Jack is off and that when he is has vacation time, we can just pack up and go!

He sets high goals for himself - I admire him so much. If we had met in high school and he would have told me he wanted to be a fighter pilot, I would have thought he was crazy! Who does that? He decided when he was in elementary school that he was going to go the Naval Academy. He wrote the academy every year until he got in! He's a persistent guy, I tell ya! After we got married, he told me he wanted to be the President of the United States. I started to write him off, but then remembered he's achieved every goal he's ever worked for. Maybe I should take him seriously!

He is a genius - and I truly believe that. He thinks I over estimate him, but I don't. I remember growing up, I loved that I could ask my dad anything and he always seemed to know the answers. Jack is the same way and I LOVE that about him. I always say I hope our kids get his brain!!

He's appreciative - There is NEVER any doubt in my mind that my husband loves me and appreciates me. He NEVER, and I mean NEVER, hangs up the phone, walks out the door, or closes his eyes to sleep without saying "I love you!" He's always talking about how beautiful he thinks I am. He ALWAYS tells me that I am a wonderful mother and the perfect wife for him. I love that about him!

He's a great daddy - I can honestly say that Jack is our boys hero. They feel pure joy when Jack walks in the door after work or they talk to him on the phone when he is gone. When they talk about their daddy they are ALWAYS smiling. They tell anyone and everyone that he flies jets and you can just feel their pride oozing!

He's my hero - I totally admire my man! He serves his country and LOVES doing it! Other than the fact that he is away from family, he actually enjoys deployment and serving his country. I admire his positive attitude and his strong character. I could NEVER do what he does on a daily basis and I am in awe of him always!

I love you, Jack. You are the most wonderful thing that has happened to me. Thank you for giving me this life. Thank you for giving me our wonderful boys. Thank you for loving me every day. Thank you for being everything I've always wanted and more!