Happy 15 years To Us!

15 years? That is really hard to wrap my head around. Something about today thins time a little, and I can remember so vividly how warm it felt when I hugged John in his crisp black tuxedo, and I even more; I feel the fresh anticipation from that day of the life we would share together from that day forward. 

I knew John was someone who I wanted by my side through the mountains and valleys of life, but I don’t know if I could have predicted how hard and exhausting some of those valleys would be—and yet: John HAS stayed by my side and I can’t think of the pain and hard times without also thinking of our love for each other, our friendship, and how much our faith grew as we walked through together. The view I remember from life’s mountains are accompanied by John’s face because the joy of the peak can’t be separated from the joy I feel sharing it with him. I can’t separate him from any good thing in my life the last fifteen years and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Every single morning I wake up and can’t wait to look over and see John there next to me, and I know we get another day together, and say a “thank you” in my heart. It a ritual that has superseded the bad days, annoyed days, hormonal days, lonely days—I know that every morning I can feel gratitude that he is there with me.

We’ve had quite the year!!

Our third child, William was baptized!

He helped me with the Primary and PTO trunk or treat, and We dressed up for Halloween. (15 years later you still close your eyes!)

We cut down a Christmas tree

We went skiiing!

We watched our daughter play basketball…We watched so so many sporting events this year!

We went camping and caving!

AND we bought a house!! 

AND we became pregnant with baby number 5!

Excited to see what the next year holds!