I am not sure if what I'm about to tell you will make you laugh at me or agree with me, but from about the time I was 12 years old I had made a long list of all the qualities I hoped to find in a husband someday. My life's goal from the time I could talk was to get married and have children. I am living my dream! I carried that list with me for years until I basically had it memorized. Though some may seem superficial, they were in my heart so I wrote them down. A few of them went like this...

1. Blue Eyes
2. Tall
3. Hairy Chest  Don't ask. I don't know why but God answered that wish too
4. Handsome
5. Liked to sing
6. Liked to play the guitar
7. Family-oriented
8. Wanted children
9. Sense of Humor

and many many more. I remember having two columns full on a lined piece of notebook paper. But I still feel like a schoolgirl with butterflies in her tummy everytime I think of the ways the Lord answered my prayers. The night after I met my husband he came over to my dorm room and we literally sat in desk chairs opposite each other and I went through my list of questions from in my head and he truthfully matched every single thing I wanted. I was amazed and I as I said in an earlier post, I knew even before we'd officially met that God had chosen him for me.  But, for him to have matched all of my wishes was a tremendous blessing! 

I think one of my favorite things I've always appreciated most about Eric is his sense of humor. His mom always told me at home that he was the one joking around and making everyone laugh and lightening up people's spirits when they were down. I appreciate his jokes and goofiness! He has taught our sweet daughters to be goofy and play around which is something that has not come naturally to me .