Flashback

It was almost seven years ago when Ryan and I had our first date… At Barnes & Noble. I’ll be making a post about that soon so I can link to it from here. But, we talked about the Emotional Spectrum of the Lanterns. I don’t even know if I knew who Green Lantern was at the time, but I most certainly didn’t know there was an entire spectrum and that each color represented a different emotion. And they each had a ring, Lantern Rings as Ryan taught me that night. Of course our kids know what they are, after all, they do have a Superhero for their Dad. 

Within the first couple weeks of us dating, Ryan had a man-date with one of his best friends, Clint, in LA to see a sneak peek of Tron Legacy. Another post to come about the significance of this movie as well (our dog is named after Rinzler). 

So, when Ryan came home from work with a box of gifts from Uncle Jon (who is not actually the kids uncle, but he is an awesome friend and realtor and helped us buy our house) it brought back memories of when we first started dating. Our kids are now playing with things that were part of the foundation to our relationship. 

True, they get to hear their Bible story every night, and listen to music every day, also a huge part of our first date, but these things were my first insights into Ryan’s world of comics and it was fun to be reminded of those first days as a couple.