6 years.

today it has been six years. six years i have held hands with the same man, hugged the same man, and kissed the same man. I have laughed with the same man and cried with the same man. I have enjoyed new life with the same man and the end of life with the same man. i really didnt know that i could love him any more than i did the day i said i do, but i do love him more today than i did that day. we are very lucky. we have had six of our married couple friends divorce over the last year. all different reasons but all petty such as no cheating or anything like that, just couldnt get along any more. i wonder if people fight anymore. it is easy to give up. fighting is hard. somethings we want one day are not the same as the next so therefore we just let it go. i know some people divorce for real reasons, abuse, cheating etc. sometimes people cannot make it work and they honest to goodness try. i had one couple that honestly started a fight over diet coke one night and it ended there marriage in a round about way. (much longer story, but diet coke was the gist) i feel lucky. my husband loves me for me. he knows i am not getting any better with age (hehehehe). my husband genuinely loves my family. my husband loves our kids. he is just an overall average guy, but so much more in my eyes. i love him. i am soooo happy to have the 9 years together that we have had and the six to say that I am his and he is mine. one day i hope to say we made it 60. how cool would that be. those are the ones that are a dieing breed. i am going to fight to make it there.

oh and we have lots to share soon. Daron and Nicole came to stay for a bit (see Daron's blog for pictures in a hurry) we had so much fun. Glenn and I went to St. Louis last weekend and this weekend I am writing to you in sunny Florida! :) LOVIN' it. I was told that I had to plant my bottom for a while when we get back home! (gotta love that about him too LOL!) well we will, but only for a week or two. it is camping time and then back to St. Louis and then before long we will be heading back to St. Louis and then to Portland and then to North Carolina and then.....then it should be Christmas and that is all the traveling plans we have for this year. (not to much huh? LOL) we love to go go go as dekan says.

Speaking of Dekan here is a funny story for you! Last week in church they learned about Jonah and the Whale so when he came out of class I asked him "what did you learn?" and he showed me his picture he had colored. I said "oh wow Dekan that is a big whale!" He said "yep and he ate Jesus". I said "oh he did now did he. are you sure it was Jesus that he ate?" Dekan proudly said "yes it was Jesus". I said "are you sure it wasnt Jonah?" he looked at me and said "No mommy! He spit Jonah back out" Dekan also now thinks that the Catfish on the sign in Paris is the one that his Daddy now caught and they hung it there for "ALL TO SEE" as he put it ! :) Last year it was grand pops fish. Guess his wasnt big enough to make the cut this year! :)