15 Years?!?!!? Whoah!!

I can't believe it! Mike and I have been married 15 years!! I don't know if I'm sure we're that old?!?! We've known each other for 20 years -- we were best friends for 5 years before we were married -- we dated & dated & dated (other people) and all the while found each other much more fun that those we dated, but in our heads it just didn't click. Until one New Year's Eve. We each had dates and decided that we would meet back at his house after our dates to compare notes. When we realized that neither of us had that much fun we were hit with the thought "duh! We decided that we looked forward to meeting each other afterwards more than we did the dates themselves!" So started our short courtship - a very "hush-hush" few months to make sure it's what we thought it was, then we were engaged in May & married by October. Well, when you know, you just know!!

Oh the hair (BOTH of us!!) we had!! We look like kids! Not 24/ 23 year olds!

(Oh, wait, 24/23 year olds are kids aren't' they?!?!)

Our wedding day!

And 15 years later.....a splendid life with this man! A man with whom I've had ups & downs, but a man that has let me live out my dreams and cares for his family more than I can put into words. A man that wants God to be the center of our home. A man that has such a giving heart. A man who thought at first I was crazy when I told him that our family would grow through adoption, yet opened his heart more than I could have imagined when it really came down to the decision. A man who loves my mother & loved my father as much as I do & who's own mother & father love me the same. A man that would do anything for his family...and we feel it daily!
Here's to MANY MANY more my love!!