June 13, 1999. What a beautiful day it was... the sun was shining... and so were we! I can hardly believe we've been married for 10 years!! Wow. So much has happened since then that it's almost a blur.
We have lived in 3 apartments and 2 houses. We have had 4 children and are praying for more! We have been on tops of mountains and in the depths of valleys (literally, and figuratively). We have been through some things that we wondered if we'd ever make it out un-scarred... but God! God was always there and through it all He showed us His sovereign hand. God brought us together in a way man could never understand. God changed us and molded us more into His image ... more unified ... more in love than ever before.
But let's not forget some of the crazy times in the beginning (for better or for worse)...
like Andy having lost his license during our engagement, leaving me to drive on our honeymoon and first 2 months of marriage...
like getting up before the sun did on the day after our wedding to go to court (trying to win back the afore-mentioned lost license)... and getting lost on a dirt road along the way...
like having a scorpion in our chalet or taking Andy to the doc-in-a-box on our honeymoon...
like Andy yelling "That's my wife!" and the little boy behind us yelling "That's his wife! That's his wife!" after I shot a hole-in-one playing mini golf in Gatlinburg...
like me driving nearly an hour to get to work every morning - even though we lived right across the street from the preschool (and yes, it was due to Andy's lack of license and my driving him to work in Huntsville first)...
like Andy totalling his truck after his license was reinstated (hmmm)...
like going through an unfounded work lawsuit that lasted over a year...
like moving into a different apartment every year until we finally found our sweet little house at 101 Silver Poplar in August 2002...
like having 3 children in 4 years! and 4 children in 6 years!!
Nor shall we ever forget the struggles which brought us closer to God and each other (in sickness and in health)...
like 3 pregnancies with months of bed-rest (each with their own unique struggle)...
more doctors visits, lab-work, hospital tests and surgeries than we could've imagined...
being cared for by our dedicated parents and wonderful church family at New Life...
flying out to Bend, Oregon - not for a getaway, but for yet another surgery...
and praying it was the last.
And now we look expectantly to the future (as long as you both shall live)...
I love you, baby! Happy 10th Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!
We have lived in 3 apartments and 2 houses. We have had 4 children and are praying for more! We have been on tops of mountains and in the depths of valleys (literally, and figuratively). We have been through some things that we wondered if we'd ever make it out un-scarred... but God! God was always there and through it all He showed us His sovereign hand. God brought us together in a way man could never understand. God changed us and molded us more into His image ... more unified ... more in love than ever before.
But let's not forget some of the crazy times in the beginning (for better or for worse)...
like Andy having lost his license during our engagement, leaving me to drive on our honeymoon and first 2 months of marriage...
like getting up before the sun did on the day after our wedding to go to court (trying to win back the afore-mentioned lost license)... and getting lost on a dirt road along the way...
like having a scorpion in our chalet or taking Andy to the doc-in-a-box on our honeymoon...
like Andy yelling "That's my wife!" and the little boy behind us yelling "That's his wife! That's his wife!" after I shot a hole-in-one playing mini golf in Gatlinburg...
like me driving nearly an hour to get to work every morning - even though we lived right across the street from the preschool (and yes, it was due to Andy's lack of license and my driving him to work in Huntsville first)...
like Andy totalling his truck after his license was reinstated (hmmm)...
like going through an unfounded work lawsuit that lasted over a year...
like moving into a different apartment every year until we finally found our sweet little house at 101 Silver Poplar in August 2002...
like having 3 children in 4 years! and 4 children in 6 years!!
Nor shall we ever forget the struggles which brought us closer to God and each other (in sickness and in health)...
like 3 pregnancies with months of bed-rest (each with their own unique struggle)...
more doctors visits, lab-work, hospital tests and surgeries than we could've imagined...
being cared for by our dedicated parents and wonderful church family at New Life...
flying out to Bend, Oregon - not for a getaway, but for yet another surgery...
and praying it was the last.
And now we look expectantly to the future (as long as you both shall live)...
I love you, baby! Happy 10th Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!
Celebrating in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic together :)
