Make Way for the GREAT RENEE'! :): Jeremy is Old ... Like Me!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Jeremy is Old ... Like Me!

Yesterday was Jeremy's birthday and he is now the same age as me! I wonder if he will ever pass me up.

Having a Sunday birthday isn't the greatest thing in the world, but at least he got to celebrate his birthday all weekend. On Saturday, the kids and I took Jeremy shopping. He needed some new shirts, so we spent some time in the mall finding him just the right things. After that we loaded in the car to go eat his birthday dinner. He couldn't decide where to go and we just sat in the car for the longest time. Finally he started driving. He drove to the place he thought he wanted to eat, we sat in the car for awhile again, then he changed his mind and we ended up driving for another 1/2 hour to go get dinner! We ended up at one of our favorite asian restaurants and took the kids in. All of us were starving by that point and we devoured our meal. Everyone was satisfied and we decided to try out our good fortune by opening our fortune cookies.

Jeremy opened his fortune cookie, read the fortune, started laughing, then crumpled the fortune and threw it. He refused to tell me what his fortune said. Finally after much coaxing, he found the little paper and read it to me. It said, "You shouldn't overspend at the moment. Frugality is important."

Oh good one! And we just spent the day shopping for him and then eating out!!! So much for that. Looks like we just shot ourselves in the foot. I then opened my cookie and pulled out the fortune. It said the exact same thing!!! (Jeremy's is the ripped one, in the picture.)

After I read my fortune, Jeremy called over the waiter and told him that we had a problem and that we probably needed a refund. He then showed the waiter our fortunes. The waiter just laughed and told us - at least we got a fortune in our cookie! So, I guess we'll be watching ourselves from now on.

All in all, Jeremy had a great birthday. Athena and Samantha showered him with love notes and we also gave him a beloved BYU tie that he wore to church.

I love Jeremy and I'm lucky to have him for my husband. He works hard for his family and does his best to do what's right. He is my best friend. :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMY!

2 comments:

Megz said...: Yikes. That is a bad sign when you get the exact same fortune! Or maybe it just means the restaurant needs to shuffle their supply up a little bit!
Happy Birthday to Jeremy---the older one gets to be the wiser one though, right?; March 15, 2010 at 2:24 PM
i'm erin. said...: wow...that's serious fate telling you something there when you have the same fortune.

Happy birthday Jeremy!!!; March 15, 2010 at 3:05 PM

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How Jeremy and I Met

On July 12, 1997 I was in Payson visiting my family when my sister Lisa and I decided to go to the movies in Provo to see "Evita". We drove to Provo in my Ford Tempo. I dropped Lisa off by the front doors of the theatre to purchase the tickets while I found a place to park. No sooner than I had dropped her off, my engine light came on and steam started pouring out from under my hood. Having no place to park, I turned the car off right where I was. I know pretty much nothing about cars and thought my car was on fire or something.

I got out and was looking at my car when a red truck pulled up behind me. Two college-age guys got out and offered to help me. They tried to open the hood for about 10 minutes, but could not find the latch. (Jeremy would say they tried it for at least 20 minutes, but it was only about 10.) Finally they got it open and looked around in the hood. They thought I might have a cracked radiator because there was water pouring out all over the place. They then helped me push the car into an empty parking space. I talked to them for a minute and found out they were from Pleasant Grove. I told them that I was from Payson--about 20 miles south.

Because they were just going in to see their movie, and Lisa and I were going to see ours, they offered to follow us home after the movies to make sure we got home alright. We were at the late night movie, ending at about 12:30 or 1:00 a.m. They were watching Volcano and we were to see Evita. I knew that our movie was about 20 minutes longer and did not want them to wait, so I told them to not worry about it. If my car didn't start we would walk home. They insisted on waiting, and I insisted that they not wait.

Well, during the movie I kept thinking, "I hope they aren't waiting. I would feel so stupid to make them wait for us when they don't even know us." When we came out of our movie, there they were! --waiting on the bench. The four of us walked to my car and it started just fine. Jeremy and his friend insisted on following us home to make sure we got home OK. I started driving home and they were following. I forgot to mention that even though I was FROM Payson, I lived in Provo and was attending BYU. I began driving through town and Jeremy thought I was trying to lose him. When we got to my apartment Jeremy and Dave stayed and talked to us for about an hour and a half. Jeremy then invited us to go out the next night.

From that point on we were a perfect match! We were always together every spare minute. Jeremy knew I got home from work at about 6:45 pm each night, so each evening right as I was walking in the door, the phone would ring and it was Jeremy each time. It was WONDERFUL! Needless to say, it took us just 7 weeks to get engaged, and another 3 1/2 months later we were married in the Salt Lake City Temple.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Jeremy is Old ... Like Me!

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