15 Years!!

Jamie and I have been married 15 years today. It was very hot and humid that day and very sunny that morning. We were scheduled to be married at 6pm. Well, about 5:30, the clouds came over and it started pouring down rain. Not just a little bit, but a lot and then it started hailing. We had several people that didn't make it to the wedding, because of the weather and we ended up having to get married a few minutes late, because people couldn't even get out of their cars. It was kind of ridiculous, but at the same time, I remember staring out the window of the church and while my mother and some others were freaking out about the weather. I was still excited and had a smile on my face that I was getting married. That is all I wanted that day. I had come to get married to the love of my life and start my new life. It didn't matter to me if we had everybody we'd ever met there. It only mattered to me that I was going to walk down the aisle towards my future husband.

Here we are 15 years and 4 kids later. I know that getting married at 19, we had the odds against us. I know that there were probably people that had their doubts about us, but never have I doubted. Jamie and I have been a part of each others lives since we were 13. We already knew more about each other than some people getting married when they are 30. I'm sure we have changed through the years, but we just grew together and changed together. Isn't that what marriage is about anyways?

Here we are on our wedding day. This is the only picture I have on my computer. That is my lovely grandmother with us in the picture.
This was us last year at the Melting Pot on our 14th Anniversary.

This is a picture that Jordyn snapped of us after Jamie officiated John and Rachel's wedding. It is actually one of my favorite pictures of us.
I have great comfort in the fact that I always have my best friend by my side. I have been so blessed to have a husband that is a 'hands on' daddy, and doesn't mind helping me around the house if needed. I also love that he not only supports the conviction I have to stay home with my family, but also shares in the same conviction. He is somebody that I can cry with, laugh with, and even if I'm sitting around in my pj's he thinks I'm beautiful.

I'm a very blessed lady and I know that. Husbands like these are few and far between. It may have been 15 years, but I hope that it is 50 more!