Unlucky 13

2012

I like to tease my husband and tell him that this will be our unlucky year. Being the smarty pants that he is, he reminds me that we've already been married for 13 years and we're actually moving into our 14th. Blah...blah...blah.

In the past 13 years of marriage we've had some serious luck on our side. Or as we like to call it, Jesus :) I am 100% certain that we wouldn't be as happy as we are if it were not for putting Him first!

I'm so thankful that for my husband. He is such a good man, husband, and father. He puts up with a lot from me that other men might not have had the patients to. Lord knows I would never want to live on the other side of me!

In this year of marriage my goal is to be a better wife. The kind of wife that a guy like Jonathan deserves.

Happy 13th anniversary my love.

I do. Oh, I do...

Twelve years ago, on December 4th, 1999, Jonathan and I were married. He was 23. I was 18.

What do people that young know about love and marriage? The answer is pretty much nothing! I heard all the questions. "Why the rush?","Are you pregnant?", and "Why don't you just date for a while longer?". All we knew was that we were "in love" and wanted to be together forever. So why wait? I don't regret that decision for a second!

Our First date-1998 We only dated for 9 months *I promise I wasn't drinking*

                                        All I am, all I'll be
                                 Everything in this world, all that I'll ever need
                                 Is in your eyes, shining at me...

Wedding 1999

                                              I do, cherish you
                                      For the rest of my life
                                      You don't have to think twice...
                                                                         

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Our honeymoon in NYC

Ethan 2001

                             I will, love you still, from the depths of my soul
                        It's beyond my control...

pregnant with Logan in 2003

                                         

Church Christmas banquet 2004-ish

                            In a world torn by change
                           Still with all of my heart, until my dying day...

Evelyn 2005

NYC 2006

10 year anniversary cruise 2009

We had Ethan take this tonight right before our hot date

 
12 years and 4 kids later, I wouldn't change a thing... Except for the snoring. I could do without all his snoring!!  But really, everyday our our love for each other grows and it really does gets better and better.

                          I've waited so long to say this to you
                     So, if you're asking if I love you this much, I do
                     Oh, I do...