10th Anniversary

we were friends.

i knew he liked me more.

i was young and not sure.

i fell before i even knew it.

i knew we'd marry

i knew it was forever...even at 17

two years after that we were married

and today is ten years later

my mom always told me it got better every year

she was right

only a few months after we married he accepted the full time job

of worship pastor at our church

i was scared

unsure

but we knew it was right

we traveled to the coast

to California

to Washington

to Disneyland

to Disneyworld

to Minnesota

to the Coast

to Sunriver

to Utah

we lived in two different apartments 

then a house

we got a kitty

i went to phlebotomy school and left my barista job after 6 years

i became a medical assistant

we decided it was time to expand the family

i quit my job to stay home

jack arrived august 2008....a tad early

our lives changed drastically and amazingly

we walked through a miscarriage

and then the difficulty of conceiving again

and then twins

completion

we've seen friendships dissolve and friendships strengthen

friends have gone

and new friends have come

we've watched family in crisis

and family drift

we've watched friends pass away

walk through cancer

divorce

marry

we've watched my mom walk through breast cancer

 my dad's triple bypass

my sister's meningitis

his mom's fall and post-concussion syndrome

we've watched four grandparents pass away

we've conquered student loans

only to see medical debt pile up

car accident

major church changes

family crisis

broken nose and surgery

ankle surgery

And still......

we've made dating a priority

we've gotten away together

we've protected our family time and sometimes that has upset people

we never stopped talking

we never stopped loving on one another

i can honestly say that he has never stopped wooing me

the things he did when we dated...

he still does them

i love him more with each passing day

he works hard

he is always present as a dad

when he is home, he is home

he adores me

he thinks i'm beautiful and he tells me

he gives 100%

he is the spiritual leader in our house and our boys have an amazing role model

i love him

i am in love with him

i desire him

after ten years, this most amazing thing....

this life

this blessing

i am so looking forward to the next ten years of our lives together

the dreams we have

the direction God is taking us

Happy Anniversary my love

These were the best ten years of my life

The very best ten I could have imagined and hoped for

Bring on the next 10...