Ten Years!

Ten years ago, I married my best friend. I can't believe it's already been so long (makes me feel old!) but it's been an amazing ten years. It's been full of fun, excitement, disappointment, happiness, sadness, love, pure joy, stress, adventures, struggles, regular old days, magic, and much more.

We started our adventure of life together with just the two of us, working, going to school, visiting some fun places, and spending time with friends and family.

Five years after we started our life together, we experienced a new kind of joy and happiness when Addie joined our family. Of course, it wasn't all fun and games with her- there were many struggles and hard days but those are all overshadowed by the many wonderful memories and times we have spent together as a family of three. She bring such happiness, fun, silliness and love to our lives.

Eight years after we were married, Will joined us to make a family of four. Amazingly enough, my heart was opened to new levels of joy and love (despite the difficult times) that I never thought possible with the addition of this beautiful boy to our home and it has only continued to amaze me over the last two years. He is such a sweet little boy (and yes, a troublemaker at the same time), and he's just so stinking cute. I LOVE watching him play and adore his big sister.

Now, here we are ten years later. I'm not exactly sure where I thought I'd be at this point in my life when we got married, but we've sure accomplished a lot in the last ten years and I'm proud of where we are. I am so full of gratitude for the wonderful and full life I've been able to live and that I've been able to have Clay next to me through it all. He is such an incredible dad, father, husband, friend, son, partner and person. I am so thankful for his example, his hard work, caring, supportive, kind, loving, sensitive, faithful, dedicated, and patient ways. He is such a good person. I fall more and more in love with him as time goes by.

Clay, thank you for being you. Thanks for loving me and supporting me through the hard times and the good times. I couldn't ask for more. I am so glad we are together and I'm so happy we get to spend forever together. Thank you for the adventures and the memories...I can't wait for MANY more. Words cannot say how much I love you.

I wish I could play this song along with the slideshow below but I can't figure out how to do it. So, despite the cheesiness of this, in the words of Sugarland...

There is absolutely no one who knows me better, no one that can make me feel so good. Thank you for making my heart beat again, thank you for making me feel like a kid, thank you for pulling me right back in, I know, I'm never letting this go, I'm stuck on you.
you and me baby- we're stuck like glue!