weekend spotlight

there is a person in my life that i look up to so much.  my brother's wife lindsay.  she has been such a great person, example to me in every aspect.  she is beautiful, patient, calm, put together, humble, careful, kind, charming and many many more qualities...

i have known lindsay all my life as we grew up together and have siblings similar ages.  while my brother mitch was serving his mission in vancouver, canada, i went over to their house to try on their prom dresses for another high school's prom i was invited to.  i remember this conversation well...

her brother was serving in russia and we got to talking.... linds and her sister kim said things like, i like you so much... we should be sisters.  you marry my brother, and i'll marry your brother.
i thought it was a great plan. growing up, i always felt like the older girls were just really nice to me because they wanted to date my brother but for lindsay it was different.  i really wanted things to work out to the point that it made sense.  she and i kept that plan in the back of our minds and then my brother came home.  they hit it off well (of course).  mitch was going to college in hawaii and she was going back to school so they did long distance and got married 6 months later.

they truly have to been the most in love married couple i have ever seen.  it amazes me how she and him have a love unlike anyone.  its fun to be around them... they aren't cheesy, so laid back but still look at each other like they are SO IN LOVE in their own way.

i lived with the both of them right after they got married and had the opportunity to fall in love with my sister-in-law.  she decorated so perfectly, cooked detailed fancy dinners every night, always made everyone feel like they are the only ones in the room and just was amazing everyday.  so glad they met.

she is my sister.  i don't even feel comfortable calling her my sister-in-law because she is more of a sister to me.  she always, always, always knows what to say.  lindsay has brought me so much comfort when isaac passed away, through my two surgeries, through my divorce and still is always there.  that saying "through thick and thin" is completely her.

she is so patient and loving with her kids (my niece and nephew)... i have never heard her "loose it" or raise her voice or be inpatient.  she is always tender, loving and sweet as a mother should be.  she puts so much energy and time into each child.  i love watching her just be a mom.  such a great example to me and anyone else who gets to see her do her job + do it well.

have i mentioned she is the best gift giver?  she has made every birthday since i've known her special.  when i lived with them, she made me the best meal in bed with my favorite lipstick with a card i still have.  probably my favorite birthday i will always remember... thoughtful and simple.

i always thought, whoever marries my brother will be so lucky but also better have a sense of humor.  mitch is pretty funny in his own way.  he is an introvert through and through but once you get to know him, he is hilarious.

they were discussing baby names the other night.  she is liking Sage, Sparrow and Willow... and this is how it went...
L= Lindsay M= Mitchell

L:  "so what do you think about the name sparrow?"
M: "linds... that is so trendy."
L: "what do you mean?  i don't know any other babies by that name."
M: 'Linds.... Captain Jack Sparrow..."
linds can't believe what he said, totally laughing...

L: "first of all that was out four years ago, second, no one would get our daughter's name mixed up with captain jack sparrow"
M: "linds, we are not naming our kids after a pirate, a horse or a midget"
{we had a horse named sage} {willow as in the movie}

it was pretty funny.

when they were first married, she kept getting mail addressed to: Lindsay O. Lundquist

they were talking about it and said:
L: mitch why do i keep getting mail saying my middle name is the initial "O?"
M: um, linds... ova?
she is cracking up...
L: my middle name is Eva... ova is part of a woman's cervix.

so anyway, that was my version of their relationship with some random notes.

i am so glad to be so close to lindsay.  she is my best friend and one of my favorite people alive.  she and i hang out a lot during the week - especially because our boys are BFF for forever and ever.