my sweet husband's birthday

Today is Blake's birthday. I used to write him these sappy, long letters on special days, but then I'd always get my feelings hurt because I could tell he would get bored of reading before he was even through the letter. Hahaha! So I thought I would share a funny story from our past in honor of this special day. I remember when we first let each other know that we "liked" each other. We were junior counselors at a children's' camp. During one of the combined sessions he slipped me a letter as he passed by my chair. I got through the first line and my heart stopped. Oh no! What have I gotten myself into? Later that evening my two good friends Kacie and Leah, and I were talking under one of the pavilions. I started crying and told them I could NOT be Blake's girlfriend. They said, "WHY?!" Gulping through tears, I said, "Just look at what he wrote!" They grabbed it from my hand and started reading it. I asked, "Well, didn't you see it - it was on the first line!?" They looked at me all confused, looked back at the letter, and read, "To the prettiest lady in the world." I gasped and grabbed it from their hand and looked at it again "OHHH!!" I started laughing through my tears, "I thought it said to the prettiest LEGS in the world!" I was so relieved that I could still like him - there was no way I was going to like a boy that talked about my legs in the first letter he ever wrote me! So, I guess on this day as I think back on this story I have to thank my friends Kacie and Leah for interpreting Blake's handwriting for me - if it weren't for them I may not have ended up being here today to share Blake's 26th birthday.