what means the most to me

Who would have thought that spam musubi would be a mainstay in my road trip repertoire?? 


most people bring corn nuts or cheetos. or maybe pb&J's. 
well not in this family. we bring spam musubi on all our long car rides. no need to stop for mcdonalds just keep driving and hand me a 'spam sushi' as hugh calls it. 

i had never even tasted spam or heard of spam musubi until I married devin. We got a caseload of seaweed & spam for our wedding. At the time, i sort of thought to myself, who gives seaweed & spam as a wedding gift? 

Back in my pre-seaweed/spam days...

I pictured my prince charming somewhere in the ballpark of jake ryan from 16 candles. {ooo...ahh} 

Not to label. but i honestly had never dated an asian boy nor been attracted to any that I knew.

On the flip side...i never really did FALL for anyone I dated.

That all changed when i met Devin my freshman year of BYU. 

I FELL....and fell hard. 

within hours...i was drawn to him. Was it his smile? His ability to listen? His kindness? His good heart? His love for Backstreet Boys? His sweet moves on the dance floor? His sincerity? His athletic physique? His strong faith & testimony? His ability to communicate? What wasn't there to LOVE?


I could easily & cheesily {mind you} walk hand in hand around BYU campus with him and didn't even care. So what if it was cheesy. I couldn't resist wanting to be close to him.

I didn't know it THEN, ...but I was about to be the LUCKIEST girl in the world. We fell in love at that young age of 19...and oh how sweet it was. But honestly...i didn't know it THEN...how good I would have it. How blessed my life was going to be. How loving He would be. How steadfast & immovable he is. How unselfish & forgiving he would prove. How dedicated to his family and the things that matter most! 

So now my life is filled with SPAM & seaweed, RICE AND mashed potatoes/gravy at Thanksgiving, gyoza, a sister in law that is always trying to communicate to me in japanese, kids that love tofu, miso soup, furikake, seaweed, & curry,{hugh won't even eat spaghetti}, a new LOVE for food {until you eat with the Matsumori Family you have never really enjoyed food before}, words that I don't even know the english for shamoji,moyashi,shoyu,nori,furikake, a second Family that would do anything for me, that teach me to walk in the path of Christ, and that I know love me! Not to mention some pretty cute kids. 

sorry Jake Ryan...you didn't make the cut.
AND I am so glad you didn't.


i would probably be eating spaghetti tonight.