We MaDe It!!

TEN YEARS....

ONE DECADE......

WOW!!!

We made it 10 years!! So Friday was our 10-year anniversary!! Can I just tell you that I don't feel like I am old enough to have been married for ten years (I think I am in pure denial when it comes to my age:) Anyway I thought that I would post 10 things I have learned in the last 10 years:

*Marriages aren't at all like fairy-tales.  Although there have been moments when it has been better than a fairy-tale. I also know that in the "big" picture of it all it is much better than any fairy-tale could ever be.

*In marriage you ride many rollercoasters; emotional, physical, spiritual, etc.  So prepare yourself for the ride (and the occasional lightheadedness).

*You will watch and experience many miracles take place.  

*Once you think you have finally got it mostly figured out, something will definitely happen to test that theory.

*Kids will test you in many ways.   So you better have a dang good sense of humor!  But they will also teach you so much more than you could ever have learned with just the two of you!! And I promise they will make you a better you!

*Love is always there, although there may be moments of "not likes" :)

*You will grow to "hate" those little things that bothered you ( or should I say that you overlooked) when you were dating... But you also realize that it goes both ways and that no matter what this is still the guy that you would choose all over again.  

*That dating and then marrying your brother's best friend has its advantages and disadvantages. 

*Doing anything together (alone) after the kids have come is pure bliss.

*That the littlest things he does (without even knowing) can make your day, week, and even month.

*That 10 years is nothing compared to eternity.....

I {heart} Nate now more than I ever could have imagined 10 years ago and with each day that I am blessed to be with him, I love him even more!  I won't lie and say that it has been perfect because we all know that life just isn't that way but I will say that with every trial has come a greater and deeper love for him.  I know that without him I would not be whole.  He truly is my other half, my soul-mate, my one and only, my BEST friend.  He makes me a better person.  I still get that flutter in my body when I look at him.  He still turns my head.  I always wonder how I got to be so lucky to get him because I definitely am the luckiest girl in the world.  So to my prince who came and turned my ordinary life into one filled with things that could only be written about in fairy-tales....... I LOVE YOU!! and I am so happy that we get to experience this ride together!!! and just to quote Jerry Maguire, "You complete me."  So here's to another 10 years just as good as the last!!  Happy 10th Anniversay BABE!!!