Ten Years

Today, the mister and I celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary. Honestly, it often feels like we have been together FOR-EEEEEEE-VER. We didn't do anything fancy at all this year. For our five year, we went to Sea World and toured some of the sites in San Antonio. Usually, we go to Dallas, get a room, and enjoy a night of uninterrupted SLEEP. It's heavenly. This year, however, we are saving our dinero for our upcoming move to Arizona, so we just stuck around the casa con los ninos. Truthfully, I think it has been our most enjoyable anniversary to date.

This afternoon, we headed out to the lake and John cooked up some hot dogs, and we all enjoyed them. Then we came home, put John to bed, and I took the kids to the park for the evening. After we came home, I put the kids in bed by 9. John headed to work by 10, and I've enjoyed a quiet evening to myself. If there are any shelters left, we are going to rent one this weekend and camp. It will be fun to spend more time together as a family. Spring Break is going by too fast, but that's ok because the faster this semester goes, the sooner we can move.

I was looking at my wedding album earlier, and it brought back so many wonderful memories from our wedding day. My dress was absolutely beautiful- white, floor length beaded satin, off the shoulder. We had all sets of parents, along with most of our grandparents in attendance. The ceremony was wonderful- a simple, poolside recitation of our self-written vows, a short pep talk from John's Bishop, and the "I do's". It was short, sweet, and to the point. Perfection.

Although I often find myself frustrated because of certain circumstances, I have to admit that I have a really good life. My house isn't the biggest or the tidiest. We rarely have extra money in the bank. And, we've both put on some weight over the years (gasp! Horror!!!). But overall, life is good. We have everything we need. Our children are healthy and smart. We both earned degrees in areas that interest us. Overall, we get along well. I admit, it is so easy to get frustrated by the irritations associated with daily living (seriously, will he EVER learn to use the darn hamper?!?) but when it comes right down to it, he's the one for me. Even if he is a Republican ;)