Day 4

A picture of your favorite memory

This one is really hard. There have been so many wonderful things in my life. Some are huge mile stones that affected the rest of my life, like marriage and having each of my babies. Others are just so much fun, like trips to Disneyland or Hawaii. And there are some that are so unique they are hard to catagorize, like living in a foreign country.

So, what is my favorite memory?

I am going to go with one that was the best spontaneous, joyful moment. The only prob is I don't have a picture. So you'll just have to imagine it.

Jason was in Grenada and I was in UT pregnant with Rori. I had gotten really sick and I have to leave the island on short notice. I took the kids and we were away from Jason for 3 months. This was huge deal considering we had never been apart for more than 2 days since we had been married. Not to mention that fact that we would be apart for our 5th anniversary and Easter. Not fun. But it had to be done.

When Jason scheduled his flights the soonest flight he could get was for nearly a week after school got out for their break. I was bummed but all the other flights were booked.

The week before Jason was scheduled to come home I planned fun things to do on each day to help pass the time so I wouldn't go crazy!

On Monday I planned on going to IKEA with my mom (she hadn't been there yet!.) She was going to come pick me and the kids up and we were going to spend the day there. She called me and told me she was running late because she had to get some stuff from KMART (this should have been a clue because my mom ALWAYS shops at WalMart) but was on her way.

I was in the middle of doing my makeup when I heard my mom come in the house and yell "Amanda, come here!" I yelled back "Hold on, I'm doing my makeup" She called back "I have something for you"

So I walked out to the stairs (I was upstairs) and I saw Jason running up the stairs 2 or 3 at a time. I remember he was wearing a red shirt and army green cargo pants. His hair hadn't been cut for months and it was sticking out everywhere. He was unshaven and the most glorious sight I had ever seen! I started screaming "What are you doing here?!?!" I burst into tears, grabbed on to him and wouldn't let him go.

I have had some wonderful surprises but this one tops them all. My mom and Jason had found an earlier flight on whim. My mom called Jas and they worked out him coming home early as a surprise. Amazingly, they were able to keep it a secret from me. I usually find out these types of things.

Getting married and having my kids were wonderful and life altering in the best way. But I knew they were coming, and there were so many details and things to remember. This moment was unexpected, and it gave me the one thing I wanted most. My husband.