8 Amazing Years!

I cannot believe that it has been eight years since I said “I do!” I am so incredibly lucky to have such an amazing husband, partner, best friend, and advocate!

Eight Wonderful Years of Marriage
When I was in college Donna Douglas (you may know her as Elly Mae Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies) came to speak at our weekly chapel service and she said, “Before you go get kissy-faced with some boy, you need to make a list of qualities that you want in a husband and pray over that list. Add what needs to be added and take away what needs to be taken away. God will bless you with an amazing partner when you follow Him.” I went back to my dorm room and created my list and John fulfills every quality that I was desiring in a husband and more. God is good and He is faithful!

When I walked down the aisle eight years ago, I had absolutely no idea what the future was going to hold but I was excited to be starting the journey with my best friend! It has been a wild ride and I doubt that will change but I look forward to every minute of it!

 

Happy Birthday John

Happy birthday to the most wonderful husband, amazing daddy, and best friend!

Happy Birthday Daddy

We are so lucky to have you in our lives! So thankful for all the years we have had together and look forward to what God has in store for the future! Happy Birthday!

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11 Years Ago Today

11 years ago, I was a junior college and met the most amazing man. We had met the previous fall while playing together in a praise band. Through our church college ministry and campus life, we had the opportunity to get to know each other and after spending countless hours on the phone that Christmas break felt God leading us to take the next step! We were both in a place where we didn’t want to date just to date but felt like the next person we dated would be The One even though we were still in college.

Before we made it official, John wanted to ask my dad’s permission to date me so we loaded up his Corolla and drove to Virginia for the weekend and thankfully my dad said yes (and John earned major brownie points (needless to say when he asked my dad for my hand in marriage he didn’t have to finish the question before my dad said yes – which just so happened to be the night before my first surgery for endometriosis – boy, he didn’t know what he was getting into).

After that weekend, being the romantic that he is, John wanted our first official date (and the start to our courtship) to be on Valentine’s Day! All throughout the day, I found little notes all over campus! Here are two of my favorites:

Love Notes From My Future Husband

Sweet Notes from My Future Husband

He had slipped one to my roommate to leave on my dresser when I got out of the shower . I had one waiting in my music locker when I got out of practice. Another was in my campus mail box. I recognized right away how lucky I was!

I cannot believe how fast the time is gone and what a roller coaster it has been but I wouldn’t trade a second of it. God has blessed me with the most wonderful man who is my best friend, my biggest fan, and my #1 advocate. I cannot wait to see what the next 11 years have in store!

11 Years Later

John & I shortly after we started dating ~ 2002

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