14 Years Ago ...

Fourteen years ago Brian and I were married in a somewhat small wedding in Denton, Texas. Neither one of us were up for going out and celebrating tonight but we did go to Lowe's and also took the kiddos out for pie and ice cream. I laughingly asked Brian if 14 years ago did he give any thought to having 3 more children and especially two little dumplings crawling all over him. I know that for me, I certainly wasn't thinking that 14 years ago - at that point in my life I wasn't even sure if I wanted one or not. Goodness how times have changed! Back then my life pretty much centered around my career and around "us". Back then we did things like Gallery Night, ballroom dance lessons, weekend trips and all kinds of other fun things. Now, career is well - hmmm, not exactly a career at the moment and everyone who stops by here already knows about our quiver full of children. My blessings, each and every one of them. And of course the biggest blessing of all - my wonderful, loving, kind and thoughtful husband.

Happy Anniversary Brian, here's to many more!

Our Anniversary - 13 years!

Thirteen years ago this evening Brian & I became husband and wife. In some ways it seems like it was just yesterday and in others it seems like an entire lifetime ago. We were married at "Little Chapel in the Woods" in Denton, Texas. The quaint little chapel is located on the grounds of the Texas Women's College.

One of my best memories from that night was the toast we received from Brian's best man. He told us "through the years as you look into each other's eyes, may you be looking into the eyes of your best friend". I'll have to say, Hudson was right on track with that. We were best friends then and we still are.

Most of the pictures from that day are in a scrapbook but here's a few that were duplicates and so I was able to scan them in. The couple in the picture with us is the pastor who married us and his wife. Not only were they are pastors, but wonderful friends as well. We used to have so much fun with them - absolutely delightful people to be around. We were fortunate enough to be able to spend an evening with them when we were in Texas back in November. Babs & Shelby - we miss you guys & count ourselves blessed to have you guys as friends.