Lucky #13

Brian + I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary on Sunday.  

13 YEARS!

Listen, I'm not quite sure how we became old enough to celebrate being married for that long, 

but alas, we blinked our eyes and it happened.

I love that we have met loads of people down here who can NOT believe we were married so young, or have been married for so long.

As I've said before, not many people can say they made their single best decision at 22, 

but I truly feel I did.

The past 13 years have been beautiful.  

Beautifully messy.

I didn't know a lot about marriage when we said 'I do.'  

But man, I was crazy about Brian.  

And man, I STILL AM about that guy! 

I knew I would put everything I had into having a marriage that would stand the test of time.  

I didn't realize then, that having a marriage last is a feat on it's own, 

but having a happy marriage until death do us part takes work.

Lots + lots of work.

Tremendous work.

And life is no fairytale people!

This I know for sure.

This past year alone, 

the last 9 months in fact, 

have brought us a brand new (surprise!) baby, 

a career change, 

a move to San Diego 

and the sale of our much-loved home that we thought we would be in for a long, long time.

(Stressful would be a good word to insert after that sentence!)

But here's the thing...

We wouldn't change a damn thing!

We feel like we are truly living life right now.

Living life + trusting God in ways we haven't yet done as a couple.

And it is exciting!  

And hard at times.

But so very exciting!

Brian + I reiterated on Sunday our intent to keep living life to its fullest.  

Seeing, adventuring, traveling, learning and stretching ourselves in ways we have yet to experience.

We watched our wedding for the first time with the kids.  

Lila adored it!

On Sunday, we worked on a little more unpacking, 

ran errands and ate tuna-fish sandwiches for dinner.

Once the kids were in bed we toasted with a bottle of wine.

Nothing fancy, certainly not glamorous...but perfectly wonderful.

This is real life.

We will get a sitter and go out for a nicer dinner this weekend.

I love being married.

I love being married to Brian.

I look forward to seeing what year 14 brings.  

And I would be perfectly okay with a little less excitement!