My minion

Robert with the Despicable Me minions

I would like to take some time to dedicate a post to my dear husband, Robert Shawn Thorn. (I promise that wedding pictures will be forthcoming. I just have to put them in a lower resolution so they can be loaded properly.)

You may recall my goal and slogan for the beginning of the year "More Men in 2010" and my plan to date more. Turns out I didn't need more men- just one quality man, who I met on February 13, 2010 after a couple of weeks of emails. How grateful I am that I accepted the suggestion of a fellow temple worker to contact Robert and get to know him. 

Robert makes me laugh all the time. Just look at his face in this picture - how can you not laugh? For such a serious person intellectual, he sure can be a silly guy. Which works well since I'm very silly myself sometimes.

He can also drive me crazy sometimes - for example here is a conversation we had last week. I got home from work and he was sitting on the couch grading papers. I said, "how was your day?" to which he replied "okay". Then I asked another question about how his grading was going and he replied "okay". By the time he replied to my third question with "okay" I was done. I said something about how he must not have had much of a day if everything was just "okay". He said that the questions I was asking him did not require quantitative answers. Augh!!! My annoying little math man. I went to the bedroom to gather laundry and when he asked from the other room how my day was I yelled out "okay". 

I love that we can talk about anything - even if that means saying that the other person is being annoying (as I told Robert after our conversation above). I love that Robert writes me letters and poems and cards. He is so romantic. My wedding present was a cherry pitter that we registered for. Let me clarify, I saw the cherry pitter and didn't register for it because Robert doesn't like cherries. He saw it and registered for it because he knew I did. Then he bought it and left it with a card at the apartment on our wedding day.

I'll be introducing many of Robert's wonderful talents, quirks, interests on this blog as the new year progresses. Stay tuned for a new blog name in January!

We leave shortly for San Diego and I can't wait. SeaWorld, Disneyland, Safari Park, Zoo, & the San Diego Temple are all places we're going to visit. So excited.

My love to all of you as this year comes to an end. 2010 truly has been my year and I'm so grateful to Heavenly Father for his blessings.


Amanda is in love with her husband!

Contemplation while sitting on my couch

Does anyone remember my goal for 2010? I believe my post referred to it as "More Men in 2010"  because I wanted to get out there and date more. I set a goal and prayed and worked hard and it paid off.

I married my true love, Robert Shawn Thorn, on December 3, 2010 in the Jordan River Temple for time and all eternity.

So what's next? Well first things first I need to think of a new name for my blog as it will now be about Robert & I. I was leaning towards something like "The Thorns in Your Side". Something with a play on our last name. Any suggestions?

I promise I'll post pictures just as soon as I have them. Thanks to everyone who came to our sealing, reception, and to all who wished us well. It is wonderful to realize how many dear friends and family we are blessed with.

I guess this will be the last "Amanda is" post so I better make it count (blog address will stay same though).

Amanda is the happiest she's ever been in her whole life.