Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: In one month...

October 18, 2008

In one month...

...I will be 32 and we will have been married for four years!!! I saw my little ticker (in the right side column) today and saw that my birthday and anniversary was in exactly one month. Boy how the time flies...it seems like just yesterday I was celebrating my 21st birthday and saying I do at Turtle Bay. I have to say that I am very blessed. I have a husband who loves me unconditionally and who knows how to give me a good kick in the butt when I need one:-)...we have an intelligent, healthy, gorgeous and sensitive daughter who is irreplacable in our lives and hearts...I have a family who are also my closest friends and with whom I would go insane without...and of course my amazing, loyal and AWESOME friends who listen to me complain and are always there for me through thick and thin. I guess I am just feeling very blessed and wanted to express to all of you how much you mean to me and let you know that I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

P.S. And no this is not a shamelss and not so subtle hint that my birthday/anniversary is just around the corner and that you have just enough time to send me something pretty or yummy and have it arrive in time...I would NEVER do such a thing;-)

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Mibi I didn't know you were my age! I thought I was the old lady sister missionary :) Any big birthday plans?; 4:46 PM

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!