I still remember the first time I saw Mr. Fuji. I was at a party and caught a glimpse of him from across the room. Our eyes met and he smiled at me. I think I fell in love right there and then. If you met my Mr. Fuji, you’d quickly realize that his personality is summed up in his wonderful smile. He is caring, compassionate, funny, warm, generous, kind, patient, and loving. When he smiles, I see all of those things. Since the moment of that first smile, I have gotten to know and love this amazing man more and more. Somehow I convinced him that he wanted to have me around too, and we got married. In the years since our wedding, we’ve moved to Japan, then to Tennessee, then back to Japan, and then finally to California. He cheered me on through law school, never questioning my strange study hours. He cheered me on through two pregnancies, offering to rub my back and bring me hot fudge sundaes, Mexican food, and Indian food when I got one of my crazy cravings. He held my hand in the operating room in Japan without flinching as Squirrel was born via emergency c-section, and then again with Bug when she was born via c-section. He changed diapers, gave baths, read bedtime stories, and played soccer in the backyard with our girls. He has listened to my crazy ideas and supported me when I tried to carry them out. He has been my chief taste-tester, subjecting himself to my successes and failures in the kitchen. He takes turns doing the cooking to give me a break, and he is our “Grill Master.” I realize more and more how lucky I was to have found him. Today marks 8 years of marriage. What a wonderful adventure those 8 years have been! I love you Mr. Fuji. Here’s to many more wonderful years.
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Congratulations on 8 years!
Happy anniversary to you love birds!
Here’s to many, many, many more years of happiness! Your blog is one of my favorites and provides me with so much inspiration when I get into creativity mode
Congratulations to both of you; and I happen to think Mr Fuji is pretty lucky too!
What a wonderful and sweet post. Happy Anniversary to you both!
R- This is such a sweet post! I love learning more about your family and you. Squirrel has many of Mr. Fuji’s features.
Should have known you went to law school, your writing is impeccable!
Congrats to the two of you! I loved reading your description of his smile being his personality – I hope that years from now, whomever I marry has smile with such a story =D.
How nice, what a wonderful post! Congratulations! Yes, here’s to many more great years!
Rachael – what a lovely and sweet anniversary post! It just screams love and adoration. Here’s to many, many decades of happiness w/Mr. Fuji!
Happy, happy day!! What a fine man! and you are so wise to know that. Hope you have a party night.
Aww, what an adorable post. Happy anniversay Mr & Mrs. Fuji!
Ah! Just sweet! Y’all are too cute! Many many many more years of happiness to the Fuji’s! Auguri! (& now thank you very much LFM I’m craving Corky’s Ribs ; )
Happy anniversary! Lucky 8!
Happy anniversary! I didn’t know you had gone to law school!
Happy Anniversary! It sounds like you have experienced many adventures in a short time together. May the years ahead be full of fun and even more adventure.
Such a cute picture of one of the nicest , most dedicated, most helpful guys around. We’re so glad you two chose to get married–otherwise, we would have had to drug you both and done it anyway! Happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! May you have many more sweet years together!
Happy anniversary!!
What a lovely tribute to that wonderful man! May you both enjoy one another’s company for many, many years to come.
OMG HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! you two are so freaking cute!!
I was so looking forward to reading today’s little expose on Mr Fuji and you (meeting and all that mushy stuff). You’re a beautiful couple and a magical family! It has been a blessing to share little bits of your life for the last couple of years. Thank you! Congratulations and may you be blessed with 8 x 8 more wonderful years together!!
Congratulations! Happy Anniversary.
What a happy uplifting post! Happy anniversary to you both. Hope you are having a wonderful day of celebration!
Congratulations! It sounds like you have a wonderful marriage! :)
Happy Anniversary to the Fuji’s!! I love you guys!
Beautiful!
so sweet! happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! You really have got a great man there, but then again, he got a fabulous woman, so you really are the perfect match!
Beautiful!! congratulations!
Congratulations! I envy you. I was a little disappointed because I thought the post was going to feature one of the grill master’s recipes.
happy anniversary! such a sweet post (:
So sweet! I’m into my first year of marriage and its so encouraging to see others enjoying married life like that. Makes me wanna work harder on mine :-)
Congrats!
Congrats on 8 years! It is so nice to be as in love as you were the first time you met! You have a lovely family. I wish you many, many more happy anniversaries!
Looking forward to meeting you in May!
Fuji Nana made some crockpot pork ribs last night and I thought it was fitting as I looked at Mr. Fuji’s Corky’s apron. The two of you introduced us to Memphis BBQ, then Thai food (in Memphis), then Japanese food (in Japan) and to Indian food. The two of you can not only cook up a mean batch of food, but you do a tremendous job on kidlets as well. Hope you had a great anniversary dinner last night.
It’s a blessing to have found our soul mate, isn’t it?! Congratulations and Happy Anniversary to both of you!
Happy A to you both. Wonderful post, and I second the idea of having one of his grilling recipes – cool idea. I adore your spirit, and now it seems it comes in a pair! Your Gyoza wrappers continue to be a weekly event at my house. Love to you both!
Congrats Rach. You two are beautiful together, and I am so glad that you are so happy. Here’s to 8 more! And 8 more after that, and 8 more after that….
Aw now that is just one of the SWEETEST posts ever! You have certainly packed a lot into those 8 years! Here’s to many many more!
This is just too sweet. Happy belated anniversary!