Asael is now 25 years old! We got up and used one of our gift cards and went to breakfast together before both of us had to go into work. Asael only had to work half of the day, so he went home early and was extremely patient while he waited for me until 7pm. We then went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse and then came home and had carrot cake and opened presents. Because it was Monday night, we had a little Family Home Evening lesson throughout it all. We were given the "Eternal Marriage Student Manual" by my Stake Presidency when we were married, and they challenged us to study it for the first year of our marriage on every Monday night. It was my week to teach, so I basically went through my favorite part of the manual, which was how I chose Asael to be my husband. The chapter is called, "Mate Selection," and it was the perfect lesson for the birthday boy to keep reassuring to him how much I love him and why he is the one that I chose. Everything in that chapter says to me, "Asael Checketts is the greatest man in the world!"
Now to explain this picture below. Behind Asael is a BYU blanket. We had received this gift from a neighbor of ours, but Asael said that we should return it because he already had a BYU blanket, so we did. Well, a few weeks later, I received the same blanket, but it was the UTAH blanket, and of course I loved it! So Asael said, "we need to get the BYU one back." So now we both have our own matching blanket.:)
You have to love a man who wants kitchen supplies for his birthday. He has had on our shopping list, "salt and pepper shakers" for quite some time, so I got him those, as well as a cooking dish that he has been looking for since we have been married. He is one happy man!
