5 years ago....

.....I married the love of my life:) In all honesty we were strangers. We had known each other for a grand total of 3 months and for some crazy reason we thought it would be a good idea to get married:) I can say that we did have huge odd against us in the first year alone and it is only by the grace of God that we are together and closer than ever. I give Him the thanks alone and trust Him to continue to work in our marriage. My prayer is that we would glorify Him in our marriage and that it would be an example of the love of God.

When I look back on my wedding day I smile:) It was a gorgeous day...sunny and warm. Mike wrote and sang a song for me just for our special day...awww, how sweet:)We didn't spend a lot of money on our wedding (which I love...I tend to be a cheap skate!) My dress came from David's Bridal $99 sale, the only fee we had to pay for the church was the clean up fee, the church was already decorated for Christmas so we didn't have to decorate, a friend of Mike's made the wedding cake and grooms cake, a friend of a friend did our pictures and a friend of Wyanne's (my mother in law) did the catering. There weren't a lot of people that came and that use to bother me...looking back, it was perfect.

We didn't spend our wedding night in a fancy hotel. We stayed in our apartment before heading on our honeymoon the next day. We didn't go on any fabulous cruise or all inclusive resort. We spent our honeymoon in a small cabin in Hiawassee. It rained the whole time. We slept on the sofa bed in the living room so we could sleep in front of the fire. We made smores in the fireplace and curled up and watched movies. Not exactly what some would call an ideal honeymoon, but it was ours and I wouldn't change it.

The past 5 years have been full of ups, downs, laughter, tears, anger, joy, messy kitchens, walks with the dog, falling asleep in Mike's arms while watching a movie, parties, family get togethers, me grinding my teeth in my sleep, going to watch many softball and basketball games, putting up our Christmas tree 6 times, moving once, new jobs, bills, car troubles and everything in between. Even though we don't agree on certain things I can definitely say I would rather spend my life with him than anyone else.