5 Years

Today is our 5 year anniversary. I can't believe it has been 5 years. So much has changed between us and in our lives since the day we got married. We have lived in a handful of places, gone through the "friends" you have as you readjust to life in a different way and have had a couple of different jobs. The biggest change is our family life- we have one beautiful, intelligent, exuberant daughter and a son on the way. We are so proud of our children and so proud of the little girl we have raised Graycen to be. I couldn't imagine our lives any differently and that's ok with me!

Last night I made David a card. I haven't made a card since Valentine's Day and it felt really good to make it. I like it more than any card I have ever made. It's simple but cute. Here's a picture of the outside/front.

Happy Anniversary Sweetheart!

I can't believe I forgot to post this!

Today is our 10 year anniversary! I can't believe David and I have been together for 10 years already - it's crazy!

In honor of our 10 years together, here is a picture from a couple of weeks after we started dating. If I remembered exactly where it was, I would scan the picture from the day after we started dating. I will try to find it later.

*we have suckers in our mouths, if you were wondering..*

Some interesting facts about our relationship...

• Grade school wise, David grew up just about 1 mile from where I was growing up.


• David and I went to the same grade school. I don't remember this but David does: The boys always played kickball at recess, well apparently he kicked the ball that hit me in the head. I have no idea how old I was or anything and I think it's very interesting that David remembers this and I don't.


• When I was in 8th grade my friend, Nikki, was so excited for me to come to high school the next year because there was 'this guy' I just had to meet - and would totally love! It was David..


• I met David on my first day of my freshman year of high school. Nikki was right, I was smitten.


• On my 15th birthday (I was in 9th grade) We were sitting in the cafeteria. I had my hand around my juice can when all of a sudden, a piece of pizza came flying across the cafeteria and landed right on the top of my hand/pop can. I heard TONS of laughing from a bunch of guys on the other side of the cafeteria. Who threw it? David! He didn't throw it at me, he just threw it and it happened to land on my hand.


• Our winter formal was coming up -it was going to be held on Valentine's Day. I decided I was going to ask David. The day I finally worked up the courage to ask him if he wanted to go with me, he wasn't at school. I was frantically searching for him so I wouldn't chicken out. End of the day, my friend was asking this guy, Eric, who he was going with, he said he didn't have a date yet and she suggested to him that we go together. He asked me, I felt bad and couldn't say no. So we went together. That night at Fling I tried calling David from the payphone at the dance and the line was tied up.... he was asking Mindi out and she was saying yes :(

I just think it's interesting the things that tied us together - all of these weird things.

10 years ago, we were in the hallway at school on our way to our 4th hour (which was ceramics) when David stopped me and said "would you be my girlfriend?" I smiled and said "of course!" It was the day I had been waiting for almost all school year - it was about time!

Four years ago today....

David and I were married. I remember waking up that morning and being sad. I was sad because I had to leave David. We chose to sleep at home, together, that night and I had to leave him. It was so hard for me to say goodbye and I also had a hard time fighting back the tears. It was rainy - all day, with the exception of about an hour, just long enough to take pictures outside. This was our first meeting. It was pretty emotional.
Our ceremony was supposed to be outside in the Normandale Japanese Gardens, but because of the rain, we had to have it indoors at our reception site, Wyndham Hotel. Our ceremony was so short - 11 minutes! We followed the ceremony with a reception - dinner and dancing. We had a blast!

We haven't watched the video in quite a while - I think we may do that when we come home from my sister's 8th grade graduation tonight. Hopefully one day Graycen will love watching our video!