Who?

Since our anniversary was this week, I decided to pull out some of our wedding photos and look though them with the boys. They always want to know why they are not in any of the pictures! Jonah was doing a pretty good job of recognizing people until we got to this picture...

Me: Who is that? (Pointing to Joe)

Jonah: My Daddy

Me: And who is that? (Pointing to myself)

Jonah: Ummmmm....JESUS!

My children certainly do think of me with high regards!

Seven Years Ago Today

On an old plantation...

Beside tables covered in crisp white linens and fresh flowers...

I got all dressed up...

Walked down a chair lined aisle under ancient oak trees...

And married the man God picked just for me...

Six Years

It is anniversary time again! It will be a quiet anniversary this year. There is not a lot of time for celebrating in between being hooked up to the pumping machine, changing bandages, feeding babies, changing baby diapers, and popping antibiotics. This year I feel especially blessed to have My Joseph in my life. That "in sickness and in health" part of our vows has really come into play this past week.
Thank you for everything...I'll love you forever!

Five Years Today

Today is the day. Five years ago today Joe and I pledged ourselves to each other. I love remembering our wedding. Our original plans were to have a small ceremony in the backyard accompanied by a barbecue. What evolved was an amazing plantation wedding that surpassed my dreams. It is still the most beautiful wedding I have ever attended. One of these days we plan to go back to Bonnie Doone Plantation to celebrate our anniversary.
If you had asked me on my wedding day what my life would look like in five years, there is no way that I would have described my life as it is now. I never imagined that we would be this blessed. Who would have known that within 24 hours God would have began the biggest surprise of my life? Joe and I spent the next nine months cherishing the time we had alone, knowing that we would not experience it again for at least eighteen years. When Noah was born in January of 2004 we realized that we loved being parents just as much as we loved being married. That love was magnified with Jonah's birth last October. I loved my husband on the day that I married him, but that could never compare to the love that I feel for him today.

To My Joseph, I love you for being my best friend, my provider, my rock, my confidant, my love, and the father to our children. Thank you for the last five years. I still love every minute our marriage.