TIME CONTINUES TO PASS (6 WEEKS LEFT)

Well . . . Things have been all over the place and so much has happened! The other night, Ashley brought me a special surprise - she brought me our favorite desert, Tres Leches from Costa Vida, and on top of it was my MAN WEDDING RING! What an awesome and sweet surprise. It was really cute because that night when we went to the gym, she was really excited to get home because she wanted to give me some surprise. She is so tender sometimes. She let me wear the ring all night and then took it away from me, because we are NOT married, and sometimes we already have enough trouble remembering that!

I love this woman with all my heart. She is more important to me than anything else in the world. I was afraid to let her get this far inside of me . . . but like I have been finding recently, the greatest joys we could experience are often stifled by our own doubt. As soon as I did the counter intuitive and let her inside, I found a great treasure I never thought I could have.

Ashley Rodgers! Ashley Rodgers! I am so amazed at her patience with me in my week moments (which I have FAR to many of). I am so grateful to my father in heaven for helping me to treat her right. She is all I have ever ever dreamed of - and somehow she seems to be getting better looking everyday! What's with that?
We have been trying to find housing recently and it is really hard! Today we are seeing 2 places and hopefully we aren't so desperate that we make a rash decision! 6 weeks is a very short time! It's like a transfer! I am ready - oh man we are so ready. Sometimes we just say goodbye at 12 and laugh because we are so married and yet not and yet on the brink of both and it is really weird and crazy!