Today marks the 10 month anniversary of Justin and I! We have officially been dating through each of the 4 seasons and I would just like to say that it was been AWESOME! I have never had a more fulfilling relationship in my entire life. We definitely agree that he is the yin to my yang and vice versa. In commemoration, I would like to list some of the top ten most memorable things that have happened during our courtship.
1. Best prank ever! Justin's brother Zach kept pulling annoying pranks on Justin for months after he got back from his mission. He and I carefully plotted the perfect prank to retaliate. One evening we moved his car while he and his wife went on a date so that they would think that was the end of the prank. However, we dumped a TON of very fine pink glitter into his air vents and then turned the knobs so that it would be on full blast when the key was turned in the ignition. At 4:00 am we were hanging out and Zach went out to his car to leave for work. Two minutes later he comes back in the house, sparkling in pink and says "You're dead."
2. This one is kinda funny, kinda depressing. One weekend Justin came to visit me in Telluride. It was a really great romantic weekend and we had a blast. On his way home a storm was predicted for Spanish Fork Canyon, but he went anyway. Upon entering the canyon, highway patrol shut down the canyon for lack of visibility on Soldier's Summit and poor Justin sat in his car for FOUR hours waiting for the canyon to re-open!
3. In the spring Justin, me and my dad decided we want to ride Slickrock Trail in Moab despite me and my dad's lack of mountain biking experience. Justin fairly warned us, but we still insisted. Well, 5 miles into the ride and 2 1/2 hours later my dad and I were miserably walking the trail while Justin tried to lighten things up. The whole trail took a whopping 5 hours to complete and my dad and I were miserable. Justin got heat stroke and I swore I would never ride again. (I did though...)
4. In my ward in Telluride, there was this really old guy who couldn't hear very well and was overly friendly. Justin came to church with me one Sunday and the old guy didn't recognize us. He came up to us and asked for our names and Justin replied, "I'm Justin Henderson." He looked at us and gave a big grin and said, "Welcome! Mr. and Mrs. Anderson!" Justin and I looked at each other and smiled. The next hour, Sunday school, the old guy stood up to introduce us to the entire congregation (who I had already introduced myself to as Adrienne McAvoy) as "visitors named Mr. and Mrs. Anderson."
5. One of my favorite, most romantic dates with Justin are when we go to the temple together. My mom had been doing geneology work for the first time ever in the early spring. We had the opportunity to take my dad's family's names. I watched with tears in my eyes as Justin was baptized on behalf of my great grandfather, Lonnie McAvoy. Then he baptized me in behalf of my great grandmother, for whom I am named after, Christine Brockman Saunders. It was so amazing to do work for my relatives.
6. One Sunday afternoon my family made a typical McAvoy family Sunday dinner. (Oven roasted potatoes, steak, fresh green beans, artisan bread and a romaine salad.) I was feeling a little queasy but ate it anyway. Ten minutes later I was throwing up EVERYTHING. Immediately after I came down with a fever of 104 degrees. It was like a train hit me with food poisoning from the day before. While I lay in bed all day, Justin drove 45 minutes to my parent's house with a can of chicken noodle soup and a bottle of water. I was so happy that he had been thoughtful enough to make the drive. He and my dad gave me a blessing and 15 minutes later the fever broke and I was fine! He and I chilled on my old bed and watched Finding Nemo while I ate chicken noodle soup for the rest of the evening.
7. Our trip to San Diego was definitely memorable! I loved spending 90 hours straight with him. I never got sick of him and realized that I couldn't ever see myself without him. :)
8. One Saturday I had a the worst day at work ever. People were demanding and mean. Then the hotel owner told everyone they had to stay for a multi-level marketing meeting (which had NOTHING to do with massage therapy) despite the fact that I had done 7 massages straight without a break and had another one immediately after. To top that, Parley's Canyon was shut down for construction so I would have to drive all the way around through Provo Canyon and then back down to SLC. I was in a FOUL mood. Justin called me on my way home and everything he said set me off and I totally snapped at him. I was so miserable. Instead of retaliating or getting defensive, I came home to see him sitting in my driveway with a bouquet of flowers and open arms. He said "I'm sorry you're having a bad day. I know you're just upset about your day" and gave me a big hug and forgave me for being a brat. I started crying and felt awful for being a jerk, but thanked him for being so understanding. Am I lucky or what?
9. Here is a funny one that happened today. On our way home from our anniversary dinner a song from his iPod came on the stereo. He asked me "how do you like this song?" I listened to it for a few seconds (Sweet Caroline by Dave Matthews) and RIPPED into it. I went on for about 5 minutes about how horrible it was. Finally, he looked over at me with a sad look and told me he put it on a CD he had made for me earlier that day. I felt SOOO bad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6OVkLlyuA
10. I have to tell the story of our first date! So we had gone biking a few weeks before so we knew each other vaguely. First I went to his house in Millcreek. Then he took me to the Training Table for dinner and we both discovered we ate grilled cheese sandwiches the same way. (Pulling off pieces and eating them instead of biting into the sandwich.) He also ordered cheese fries and later admitted he thought I was weird for picking the cheese off. (Little did he know of my disdain for melted hard cheese.) Then we went to Maggie Moos and got ice cream shakes. He finished his and 1/2 of mine. We went to the dollar theater to watch Ratatouille and I totally got him out of his comfort zone by making him sneak in our shakes. He was very scared, but I loosened him up. During the movie I could tell he wanted to hold my hand, but I wasn't interested so I played the "just try and hold my hand" game. Afterwards we met up with a friend from his mission, Scott and Scott's girlfriend Sonya. We all went up Millcreek Canyon and made s'mores. He tried to build the fire, but after Scott and Justin worked at it for a good 15 minutes I stepped in and had a roaring fire in 2 minutes. I think I may have emasculated him. We snuggled together while we enjoyed the fire and ate mallows. Finally we dropped Scott and Sonya off. We went back to his house so I could get my car and when I arrived Justin was extremely tired so we sat awkwardly in my car for a few minutes having a conversation while our minds were on the near-future doorstep scene. I finally got out of the car and went over to him to give him a hug. He didn't let go of me so I stayed put. Finally I asked him "What?" He sheepishly responded "I'm trying to decide if I should kiss you." I was half shocked half bewildered. So I just raised my eyebrow. A second later he leaned in awkwardly and kissed me! Now, in his defense, I was only his second kiss. However, it was definitely not my favorite kiss I've ever had. Despite this, I went on more dates with him and we are still happily dating!
The end!
Well, the big day is 12 days away. Yesterday my client at the spa mentioned, "you seem so calm for getting married in two weeks!" I just smiled. You see, she was experiencing calm, cool massage therapist Adrienne. Not normal wedding planning Adrienne. Normal wedding planning Adrienne went back to Salt Lake that evening. She went to her fiance's house to work on invitations and sleep. Later on she found out her fiance had made plans for Sunday to meet with his ecclesiastical leader. She had, without telling him, expected him to come to her parent's house instead. So, unlike any normal person who would have just thought it to be a minor inconvenience and moved on, wedding planning Adrienne flipped out. She started crying because he didn't "love her enough." Then ten minutes into the tantrum she realized she was in fact, in a tantrum. The mayhem got worse as she realized she was being overly emotional and started crying about how she felt crazy.
