At Least One Hundred Reasons.

Katie wrote 100 reasons she loves me for my Valentine's Day present. I didn't number mine, but you can trust that there are 105. Just incase she said some didn't count.

100 Reasons I love Gabriel Leon Lawrence

1. You always help me with my spelling. (Thank goodness I married the winner or the third grade spelling bee.)
2. Your Brown M&M Eyes
3. The Way You Wiggle Your Toes Every Morning
4. That You’re The Emotional One in our Relationship
5. You Listen To Me Ramble and Don’t complain………..too much
6. You Get Upset When I Use The Words Hell and Damn
7. You Let Jimi Sleep In Our Bed Even Though His Snoring Keeps You Up All Night
8. You Are A Priesthood Holder
9. When I Catch You and Jimi Cuddling
10. You Love To Cook
11. You’re so Cute When you pout
12. You Will Watch Dexter With Me All Night
13. You Have Supported Me Through All My Crazy Major Changes
14. You Had Me Pick Out My Engagement Ring (Even Thought I wasn’t happy about it at the time)
15. You Will Watch The Nanny With Me
16. You Always Make All The Important Phone Calls Without complaint
17. You Act Like An Old Women and It’s So Freaking Cute
18. When You Snuggle With Me
19. You Think You Are An Islander
20. You Own A Shirt That Says Peace Love Art
21. You love Walking On The Beach At Night Just As Much As I Do
22. You Are An Amazing Artist
23. You Are A Perfectionist
24. You Listen To Screamo With Me Even though It’s Not Your Favorite
25. You Speak New Zealand English (Still Not Really Sure What That Is)
26. You Have Good Hygiene
27. That You Lecture Me Every single Time I Buy Diet Mountain Dew
28. You Went On a Mission & It Was To The Kewlest Place In The World
29. You Have Faith In Me Even When I Don’t Have Faith In Myself
30. You Help Me Study For My Stupid Jazz Class
31. You were worthy To Marry Me In the Temple
32. You Art Not A Clean Freak
33. Your Big Squishy Lips
34. You Always Let Me Choose Where We Eat
35. You Get Me A Large Slurpee Whenever We Go To The Movies
36. You Think I Know Everything
37. You Are My Perfect Opposite
38. You Would Rather Hangout With Me Over Everyone Else
39. That All The Chicks Flicks In Our Movie Collection Are Yours
40. You Don’t Try To Be A Tough Guy
41. You Write A Blog About Our Lives
42. You Know I’m Crazy But Still Love Me
43. I Know You’re Crazy and Still Love You
44. You Play Rugby
45. You Came To Jazzercise With Me………..More Than Once
46. You Are the Reasonable Money Person In our Relationship
47. You Are a Great Older Brother
48. You Love Babies ( A lot More than I Do)
49. You Have A Great Fashion Sense ( See...Someone Told You )
50. You Still Wanted To Date Me Even After I Fell Asleep Driving Home From Our First Date
51. You Liked Me So Much That You Lied To Me About Liking Harry Potter( But You Were Punished For Lying by having to Watch A Whole Night Of It)
52. You Will Eat Taco bell Everyday Cuz You Love Me
53. You Love Grocery shopping
54. You Love Animals (Which is Why You No Longer Hunt) ;)
55. For Valentine’s Day We Are Going To The Zoo
56. You Convinced Me to Come To Boise With You
57. You Also Convinced Me To Marry You
58. You Are A Wonderful Public Speaker ( So You Can always Give Speeches for Both Of Us)
59. You Were Very Cute When You Were Little So That Means Our Kids Will Be Too
60. You Always Tell Me I’m Too Skinny ( Even Though I Know Your Lying)
61. Your Mother Is One Of Your Best Friends
62. You Love To Travel
63. After We Graduate From Nursing School You Want to Go To Africa And Volunteer With Me
64. You’re Not Addicted to Sports
65. You’re Great At Ice Skating
66. You Love Me Despite My Flaws
67. You Like My Friends
68. You Always Let Me choose What Movie We See
69. You Helped Me Regain My Testimony
70. You Stop Me Whenever I Am Over Judgmental
71. You Bought Me A Mini Black Alpaca For My Birthday One Year
72. You’re A Really Good Test Taker ( unlike Me, One Of Use Has To Graduate From School)
73. You’re Always Looking For New Things To Try
74. You Looked Up A Well Rated Hair Salon For Me
75. You Want to be A Nurse Because You Want To Help People In Need
76. You Love Me So Much That You Refrain From Listening To Country Music While I’m In The Car
77. You Are Kind of A Hopeless Romantic
78. You Have A loving And Caring Family
79. We Have The Same Goals For The Future
80. You Have Never Betrayed My Trust
81. When You Kiss Me In The Morning Before You Go To School or Work and Then Tell Me You Love Me
82. You Know How to Sew
83. You Always Fix The Electronics For Me
84. You Used To Be Sponsored By Juicy Fruit For Roller Blading
85. You Are Selfless
86. You Helped me To Be A More Confident Reader
87. You Read Me The Scriptures To Me
88. You Are Finically Supporting Me Through School And Haven’t Once Complained
89. You Try and Give Me Everything I Want
90. You Take Naps With Me When I’m Sick
91. You Have prefect Teeth ( and You Didn’t Even Have Braces, Which Brings Me To # 92)
92. You Have Good Genes( Which Means We Are Going To Have Hot Babies)
93. You Are Very Determined To Meet Your Goals
94. You Are An Extremely Loving Person To Me and To Many Others
95. You Respect Nature
96. You Had A Friend That Was A Bum
97. You Know How To Budget Money
98. You’re a Cute Southern Boy
99. You Take Care And Love Me And Jimi
100. You Asked Me To Marry You for Time And All Eternity

Love Your Loving Wife,
Kathleen Starr Lawrence

Happy Valentine's Day, Katie! I love you more than anyone or anything in the whole entire world! You're the bestest! There are at least 100 reasons...today I would like to share them with you.

I love your smile. I love your laugh. I love that we sometimes spend the whole day together watching Dexter. I love that you watch The Nanny every night. I love that you are funny and you know it. I love your hair, up or down (preferably down...especially when its curly). I love that you're a nerd like me. I love that you're not materialistic. I love that you can't sleep without me..or Jimi. I love that your smart even though you don't always realize it. I love when you crinkle your nose. I love when you stand on your tippy toes to be the same height as me. I love your fashion sense. I love your butt even though you think its too big. I love that we go to the gym together. I love that you care so much about animals. I love that you care so much about every person on eARTh. I love that you want to travel with me. I love that you support my blog. I love that we moved to Boise together, not knowing what would come next. I love that you call Jimi our child. I love that you want to have children with me. I love that we agree on how many children we want to have. I love that we agree on their names. I love when you cuddle up next to me. I love when you kiss me on the cheek. I love when you kiss me on the lips. I love that sometimes you do things you don't like to make me happy. I love when you cheer me up when I'm frustrated. I love that you watch football with me. I love when you whisper in my ear. I love that you're the best gift giver. I love when you tell me you love me all the way to the moon and back. I love when we take long walks on the beach together at night. I love that we have a secret spot right next to the Pacific Ocean. I love that you don't wear a lot of makeup. I love that you always look beautiful no matter what. I love that you love Tabasco. I love that you love Mountain Dew...especially Baja Blast. I love that your obsessed with Taco Bell. I love your belly button. I love when you tell me that I'm the best husband. I love when we go on picnics together. I love that you took me to Disneyland for my first time. I love that you took me to the San Diego Zoo for my first time. I love that you're always so patient with me. I love that you were my sugar mama until I got a job. I love that you leave early for class to sit in the front row. I love that you sacrifice your time and go out of your way to help the invisible children in Africa. I love that you want to go to new Zealand with me. I love that your so excited to go to Hobbitville with me. I love that you want to go to Florida for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park and not Disneyworld. I love that you wear rainbows everywhere, at least you did before we moved to the freezing cold. I love that you said yes when I proposed, knowing that somehow everything was going to work out. I love that you always trust me. I love that you're always the first one to make sure I'm okay when i get hurt. I love that you don't eat all of your food and you give it to me. I love when you make my lunch. I love when you finish the laundry while I'm at work. I love your baking. I love your cooking. I love when we go to Fanci Freeze together for shakes and fries. I love when we go to Sonic just for the limeades and tater tots. I love that you make me sleep with my arm around you. I love that if I don't, you put my arm around you for me. I love when you call me blanket. I love when you jump up and down because you're so excited to see Jimi and I. I love that you married me knowing that you would lose your free flying. I love that your always tan (darker than me anyway). I love your beautiful green sunflower eyes. I love your long eyelashes. I love to cuddle with you. I love when you wear my clothes. I love that you could probably be a race car driver (Just keep it on the track). I love that you like action-adventure movies more than I do. I love watching movies with you, especially when you buy popcorn and a slurpee. I love that we have the same sense of humor. I love that we like the same comedies.
I love that the same people inspire us. I love that you want to make a difference in this crazy world we live in. I love that you're a leader. I love that you bring out the best in me. I love that were going to a university together (No more community college). I love that you love my art (I know I need to use my talent more). I love that you love glasses. I love that you love my hair, short or long. I love that you let me buy a television on Black Friday. I love that you made me a birthday cake out of starbursts, reeses peanut butter cups, and a vanilla coke. I love kissing you on the forehead when you are asleep. I love that we have a long list (even though we haven't worked on it yet). I love that we both want to live next to the ocean when we can actually afford it. I love that you always know when its time to go to the temple. I love that you always remember when all of our bills are due. I love that you're afraid of the dark. I love that you you know the name of every animal in the world. I love taking road trips with you. I love that you rock out to loud music at home by yourself. I love dancing with you. I love when you share your ice cream with me. I love that you share your water and your napkins with me (even though you don't like to). I love that you're my own little Google. I love that you are you. I love you just the way you are.

Love, Husband.