Five Years

Yes, this post is coming almost a month late, but better late than never, right?

David and I agree that it absolutely does NOT seem like five years ago when we were here:

Our Wedding Day

And now we are here:

Our Fifth Anniversary Date

Though I prefer these pictures of “here”:

One Big Happy Family - (Other than a cold Cooper!)

Fifth Married Christmas

We had a much better photographer in these pictures. :-) If only Cooper had been happier in the snow! lol

Our fifth anniversary was a lot of fun! The only thing I requested was that I wanted to be surprised for dinner. I didn’t want to go through the, “So what do YOU want for dinner? I don’t care. What do YOU want for dinner?” routine. David was awesome! He planned it all out himself and wouldn’t say anything about it until we pulled into the parking lot except “make sure you’re hungry tonight!” He took me to an amazing Brazilian steakhouse that cooked more meat than you could ever try. Then we went to an Italian gelato place for dessert, which was (as always) divine.

Afterwards, we loaded up on as much caffeine as we could manage and drove ourselves to the youth lock-in at church. The parents in charge of the youth group told David, “Oh come on – it’s just an anniversary! You’ll have another one next year!” in an attempt to convince him he should come. Good thing they were joking. :-) In all reality, we both enjoyed serving together, and I LOVED playing games with all of the students. We have an awesome group of people at our church.

In honor of five years together, I thought I would list at least one major event per year of our marriage:

Year 1 – We got married!! :-) (duh)
Year 2 – I graduated with my bachelor’s degree, we made the (what was for me) HUGE move to Lubbock, we started graduate school, and I changed churches for basically the first time ever. That was a life-changing year.
Year 3 – We made an addition to our family by getting Cooper. I just love our dog.
Year 4 – We graduated and stopped torturing ourselves with grad school! lol We also made the even larger move to San Antonio, and David found a great job.
Year 5 – We found our new church home that we both love, made amazing friends in our new home, and have really settled in here. I started my own business and then found a teaching position where I am blessed with a great administration that backs me up 100%.

It’s amazing how many things have happened in just five years. I love that I have a husband who I can count on every minute of every day. I love that we support each other, love each other, and continue to learn from one another on a daily basis. He’s one of the funniest, smartest, and funnest people I know, and I am so blessed to be his wife.

I can’t wait for the decades we have in front of us. I love you, Honey-Bunch. :-)