Valentines Day!

Valentines day was on a Thursday this year, and fell on an extremely busy week for both Devin and I, but we had a blast! We had a tasty Noodles and Company dinner in candlelight (just like our first Valentines together) and decorated sugar cookies shaped like hearts. We had a great time with the few hours we had together before we both passed out from exhaustion! :) I love my husband every single day of the year, but Valentines day is a day that you show everyone else in the world how much you love them.. Haha, so I thought I'd write a cute little blog about how incredibly much Devin means to me. Are ya'll ready for this? Devin and I met about a year and a half ago, and I didn't have any interest. We were in the same Family Home Evening Group at BYU, same ward, same apartment complex, and we didn't even know each others names. A few weeks later we had a fun activity where Devin and I actually interacted. Shortly after that activity, Devin added me on Facebook and invited me to play games at his apartment with his roommates. That was the most awkward night of my life. I knew ZERO of these men and I was playing card games with them. The next day we played tennis all together, and I hit Devin in the back of the head with the tennis ball. I don't know what the heck he saw in me after those couple days, but then he asked me to go to a BYU football game with him, then to General Conference with him.. And suddenly we were practically attached at the hip. I don't know how it really happened, or when exactly it happened, but I do know that it was the greatest blessing of my life. Devin snuck up on me when I wasn't expecting anything, anyone, or any relationships, but he snuck up on me and found a place in my heart immediately. He showed me what it was like to be treated like a lady, to be taken care of, and to be happy. We spent every single night together playing card games and board games and just having fun. Then Devin asked me to be his wife on December 31st 2011, and of course I said yes! On April 21, 2012 Devin and I were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity. That day was truly the happiest day of my life. Every day since then I've had Devin by my side, we've had our struggles as a newly wedded couple, but we sure have figured out how to handle things. It's been the greatest almost year of my life! Devin Eric Despain, I absolutely love every single thing about you. You make me laugh and smile when I don't want to, you take care of my when I'm sick, you do all the little things that make a girl happy. You bring me home flowers and teddy bears when I've had a hard week and you make me feel special every single second of every single day. I remember when I was about 12 years old in Young Womens, our leader had everyone make a book about our perfect prince. I remember writing silly little things like "I want him to have blonde hair, blue eyes, be an RM, blah blah blah.. You know, the usual. But of course I never thought that I would ever get exactly what I had hoped for! You are truly exactly what I wanted when I was a little girl, what I dreamed of every single day as I grew up, and what I hoped to find when I moved away from home. I don't know how or even if I deserved it, but Heavenly Father blessed me so much when he gave me you. He gave me someone who was not only perfect for me, He gave me someone who was more than I asked for, cuter than I ever imagined, more than I ever needed, and better than I could ever imagine. You are the best thing that has happened to me. I love you more every single day of my life. Today I love you more than I ever thought was possible, and I know that tomorrow it'll be even more, even though I can't see how it's even remotely possible to love someone more than I love you right now. I'm so grateful for all the things you do for our family. You take care of me, you support me, you work so hard just so we can have a nice life together, and you always help me. I'm so grateful for the example you set for me daily. You are always suggesting prayer and scripture study when I regularly forget, and you are always doing the little things in life that make our marriage so much stronger. You are the best man I have ever met, and I am so glad that I get to spend eternity with you learning about you, learning from you, and holding your hand through the hard times and the good times. You are my world, my everything, my eternity, and I've never been as happy as I am with you in my life and knowing that you'll always be there no matter what happens. I love you to the moon and back a million times. For time and all eternity. Amy Despain There you go peeps! Now you know how stinkin' adorable and cheesy I am when it comes to loving my sweet husband, Devin. We make you sick, don't we? :) Heavenly Father has blessed me enormously, and I thank him daily for what an incredible man He brought into my life. Happy Valentines Day!!