8 years

David and I celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary today. The kids joined us for a romantic :) dinner at Texas de Brazil. The meal actually went as well as possible with 2 young kids. John Harrison absolutely loves the restaurant so he was elated.
David took off work today and we spent the day as a family. We ran errands this morning and David surprised me by letting me pick out 2dozen roses at the store. John Harrison was eager to put the roses in water once we got home--David cut and arranged the coral-pink colored flowers in a vase and John Harrison
declared, "I want to buy some flowers for mommy!" David said he could and put 3 of the roses into another vase and let our son give them to me--he was as proud as any 3 year old could be--it was incredibly sweet!
I still remember telling a good friend in high school that I really wanted to marry David someday, but didn't think there was any way that would ever happen. David and I had been friends in high school and been on quite a few "dates," but never anything official and at the time I shared that with my friend, it looked like David's and my life were going in different directions. The Lord saw the bigger picture even though I did not at the time. To my utter surprise, we reconnected and started dating steadily shortly after that (long story). We got married after four years of dating and are so incredibly happy!!
Having children changes so many aspects of a relationship and brings many new challenges and joys, but also has deepened and strengthened our marriage. I love you, David!!