We took the baby to grandma and grandpas and we went surfing together. After hanging out at the beach awhile we went home to get ready and went out to dinner. It was the perfect ending too because when we came home we had a Fedex package waiting for us and it was our wedding album! Yes, 6 years later, we finally got it. And I didn't even plan for it to show up today... but maybe our photographer did. So, we sat and looked at it together.
I asked Matt if I was still the same dorky girl he fell inlove with oh so many years ago. I was laughing as I said it expecting him to say, "yeah" but he said, "no, you've actually matured a lot". I hadn't really thought about it but I thought back on when we first met and I have to admit... I think I have too. No one wants to change necessarily... "Don't never change, girl" (most overused yearbook saying). It means we've gotton old, or assumes we'll change for the worst... I forgot to ask him if I changed for the better. I think that's what he meant because I thought about how I used to be when we met I went from losing my keys everyday, missing freeway exits every other day, misplacing 10 pounds of meat enroute from Calexico to San Diego, finding moldy cheese in the backseat of my car and too many other stupid things to count. I'd like to tell a story about how Matt saw me walk into a room, my hair glistening in the light and it was love at first sight but that's not what happend...
I used to live at my aunt's house during the summers because it was near my summer job as a temp at UCSD. She always had foreign exchange students and I loved it because I got to make a lot of friends and so I would always plan for us to do fun things. On that particular day we were all going snorkeling at La Jolla Cove and one of the girls, Raquel (from Brazil) had met him and invited him to come. I dropped everyone off at the parking lot where he was waiting and I just didn't see where the dip thing was and went off the sidewalk curb. He said I just laughed and drove away. Then he said when i got back I practically skipped off the rocks and dove right in. He didn't think I was careful at all. For those of you who know Matt, he is quite a scardy cat. It cracks me up. He always lets me do things first. Like when we went on our honeymoon... lol! We went shark feeding and he says, "go ahead, babe, you go first." So much for my knight in Shining Armor!
Matt has matured a lot too. He has always been very entreprenurial and a hard worker. But he's just really come a long way. He still works hard but he mostly works smarter. He is just so much more responsible now.
I love each passing year. I look back and am so happy. I'm so blessed and I know who am thankful to for it all. And when I say, I'm happy, I don't mean that everything has been perfect but even in times of challenge the most important things remain. Love, health, peace. Thanks, Matt for being so wonderful. Thanks, God, for blessing me more than I could ask or think.
Anyway, I left my camera behind because I didn't want it to get stolen at the beach but here are pics of our day 6 years ago.
He is so handsome!
3 comments:
vanny who's the guy in the picture?
Matt, were is your gut? How long did you have to have to hold it in that day? Oh yea, I remember the moldy cheese! I'm the one who found it in your back seat.
Wow, you looked gorgeous Vanessa! What a beautiful dress and veil. Thanks for sharing your story. It's funny to think of Matt as a scaredy cat.
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