Five Year Anniversary!!

Out on our first date after becoming parents! (Oh and I got my hair chopped off :) )


At our fabulous dinner

Last Friday was Daniel and I's 5 year anniversary. It is so crazy that we have been married for 5 year and a couple for about 12. We had a great time going out to PF Chang's while Henry stayed with his Yaya (Daniel's mom). It was a great dinner and so nice to have some time together.

I can truly say that I love Daniel more today than the day we married and can't believe how wonderful our life is. We have been through a lot in these 5 years, living in the oldest apartment building in Arkadelphia (it had a the original metal flower drawer. My mom had to tell me what it was.), moving to New Orleans for seminary and learning to love the city, leaving and losing our life we loved in New Orleans, spending a year and a half in Little Rock taking time away from school and working at the Peabody Hotel (by far the best jobs we have had to date), moving far away from home to go back to school in North Carolina, and having our sweet little boy. We have lived in 6 different apartments/homes and 3 different states, but they have all been home. God has been so good to us in our life together. He has provided for us in ways we never could have imagined in times when we couldn't see how it would all be ok. He has given us such wonderful gifts of amazing friends and wonderful churches in each place that we have lived. He gave us wonderful schools to attend. And he has given us the best gift yet of our precious son.

Our life is different than we thought it would be at this time in our marriage. We thought we would be done with Daniel's masters, maybe have 2 kids and living closer to Arkansas. Instead we have at least 2 years of masters work and more study to come and one little boy (I am not disappointed about that part) and we live in NC. But, I would not trade the road we have walked. God has drawn us together like I never could have imagined and drawn us to dependance on him in the most wonderful way. We have a wonderful life! It has been a wonderful 5 Years and I cannot wait for what is to come.