Four Years

Well, as of 11am, Ty and I have been married for four years. It's hard to believe how quickly it all has gone by. Our wedding was such a perfect day. I was with the right person, at the right time, in the right place.

Now, I have to just take a minute and write about how amazing my husband is and why I am the luckiest girl in the world. 

Ty is such an easy person to be around. I can always be myself and not worry about what he's thinking. I've always been so comfortable around him. In fact, one time when we were engaged, I almost went to the bathroom in front of him. We were brushing our teeth at Andrea's house and I started unbuttoning my pants. He gave me this weird look and I realized what I was doing and had to kick him out. 

Ty is my best friend. When we met, we started out as friends first. We would do our homework together, and then afterward, he'd try to analyze my relationship with my boyfriend at the time and tell me all the reasons that we needed to break-up. Even though I didn't take his advice, he didn't give up on me. We continued to hang out, sit next to each other in class, and doodle on each other's notes. I really felt like we fell in love as friends before we even started dating.

Ty is determined. He always gets the job done and doesn't like to take "no" for an answer. When my RA kicked in a few months after we were married, my life became a constant stream of doctor's appointments. I kept getting the run-around from the BYU health center. They wanted to keep transferring me to different doctors within the center, instead of referring me to a rheumatologist. Nothing was getting accomplished and I felt so helpless. Ty took this all personally and spent hours playing phone-tag and talking to anyone that would listen to him. By the end of the night, I had a referral. He did something for me that I couldn't do for myself.

Ty is one of the hardest workers I know. When he started last year at McGladrey, he made a goal to get all four sections of the CPA exam done during the summer. Many of his co-workers told him that this was a nearly impossible goal; some take years to complete the exams. Ty stuck to his goal, though, and accomplished it. He's made a name for himself at the firm and McGladrey recruiters are now telling college students about the guy from the Phoenix office who passed the exams in 3 months. 

Ty is an amazing father. He loves Jack more than anything. When Jack was a newborn, Ty had to take him to school one day so he could show him off to all his friends and teachers. When Jack had night-feedings, Ty would take care of them on the weekends for me. When Ty gets home from work, he can't do anything without playing with Jack for 15 minutes first. When Jack is asleep, Ty has to go in and check on him and tuck him in tightly.

 

Happy anniversary, Ty! Thanks for being the best husband in the world! I love you SO much!