11 Years Ago Today

So Billy and I have been married for 11 years. Man that is a long time. I'll be honest the hardest times in our marriage have been when he's not with me. He really is the better half of me. I grow strength from him.

So I want to tell you a little about when we were first married. I burned pretty much everything I cooked. See I was use to cooking for my family of ten kids. So trying to cut the portion sizes down to just two people was very hard. And hey who knew that a small size lasagna cooked in half the time as a large. I also complained about never seeing Billy between classes, work, and the cheer team. Who knew that I would be going years instead of hours without seeing him. I also felt that I was always right and Billy was always wrong (ok, ok, I still think that but Billy's just better at excepting it now).

So now that we have 4 kids, and 12 moves, to 4 states, and one country under our belt I think we're better because of it (Billy's actually moved 2 more times to two other countries). I am defiantly not the same naive girl I was 11 years ago. I've learned a thing or two in these past years. Here's a couple of them:

-I'm stronger than I ever thought possible.
-Once you get married it's NOT Happily Ever After UNLESS you work at it.
-Kids make life so much more EXCITING!
-When life gets hard PRAYER is always the answer.
-And if I could give you a bit more advice.....Always take time to dance barefoot in the kitchen with your Prince Charming, it makes life complete.

Happy 'Married to You' Day Billy
I love you!!! !