10 Years!

Today is our 10 year wedding anniversary! 10 years?! It's a big anniversary! Today, I am filled with happiness and thankfulness. It has been a wild ride with ups and downs, good times and not so good times, lots of adventure, lots of normal and mundane, and lots of learning and growth.

Here is a little synopsis of the last 10 years:

*We've moved ten times and lived in six different towns/cities.
*We've lived overseas two times
*We've had two pets
*We've owned one house and two cars
*We've been able to travel many places including Maui and other places in the U.S., England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
*We've lost one baby to a miscarriage at  twelve weeks
*We now have three healthy and beautiful children

16 year old sweethearts

Cole and I have been a couple for almost half our lives now and I don't think I have ever appreciated him more than I do now. We were babies when we got married...just 21 years old. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into, what we were doing, how to love each other, how to compromise, how to listen, or how to be a team. But we have done a lot of learning over the past ten years, sometimes the hard way, and I don't think we have have ever been a better team. We are not the same people we were when we got married all those years ago, but by God's grace, we continue to move forward together.

Of course there are rough moments or days because marriage can be difficult, but I am thankful for a man who is dedicated to me and has determination to make our relationship last for a lifetime. He is a man of integrity, he provides for us, and he loves us. And we love him!

Happy Anniversary Cole! Come What May...