Year Five.

Russell and I have recently celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. It has been five amazing years. Here is something I gave Russell for our anniversary this year....I thought I would share it for you to read as well. It is just a little jog down memory lane of our marriage.

Five Years of Marriage
1st year: So young, so fresh. Love. First place together, apartment 107 B. College. Work@Mardels. Work @ the bank. Learning to cook. Shooting your bow off our apartment patio. Spontaneous trips. Sweet memories.

2nd year: First ministry job. Life in the church parsonage. College still. Long drives to Springfield everyday. First dog—sweet Boo. Love. Playing ball in the yard beside the parsonage. Lake of the Ozarks. Life lessons.

3rd Year: Hurts. Clinging to each other in midst of trials. Growth. Love. Support of family. Finding our we’re pregnant…(how did that happen?) Learning to trust God completely. Seeing God’s plan is better than our own. Learning what love is.

4th Year: New Job. New Town. New Church. New friends. Purchased our first home. Healing. Love. Birth of our first son. Falling in love on a whole new level through becoming parents.

5th Year: Ministry growth. Investing our lives in our students. Developing deeper relationships with students. Going fishing. "You’re gonna miss this.” Love. Wrestling with Wyatt. Love. Seeing life in a whole new way...through the eyes of a child.