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This is the song that played six years ago today as we stood at the front of the church before our family and friends and lit a unity candle. It is this same song that brings a smile to my face each time I hear it…taking me back in time to the day I married the love of my life. It is also the song that is playing over and over again in the background as I type this entry tonight. Six years. In some ways it seems like a lifetime ago and in others like just yesterday. I so clearly remember the days leading up to our wedding and the days after, but just as with any couple, so, so much has changed in those same six years and bits and pieces have faded with the hands of time.

I look back at pictures and see how young we were. How excited. How happy. How invincible. We had the whole world at our fingertips and were just waiting to see where it would take us. {I can assure you that neither one of us saw us way out here in the desert!} What an amazing time in our lives. Life was easy. We were living on love.

From time to time I will catch myself taking a trip down memory lane…pulling out our wedding album and sifting through all of the images on the computer. Sometimes I’ll giggle to myself when I see how much we have changed, how much we’ve grown. Other times I’ll cry. Cry because I’m happy, cry because I’m sad. {Mostly because I’m happy!}

You see, I’m a lucky one. Despite the fact that I have these horrific nightmares from time to time that tell me otherwise, I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that my husband loves me with every fiber of his being. I know that whether I succeed or fail, he loves me. Through my ups and downs, he loves me. Make up or no make up, he loves me. He loves me. And we are living on love.

Our honeymoon in Kauai…my all time favorite place, ever!! {Other than Kansas of course!!}

In Maui with Huntler, September 2005. Was Huntler not the cutest little guy ever? I think we need another baby! {And on a totally random note, I just realized I am wearing the exact same shirt in both pictures! Too funny…I no longer have it so you won’t be seeing it again!!}

Bringing home Gentry, July 2006.

Looking back at these pictures, those moments seem like a lifetime ago. Sweet Huntler will be FIVE in just a few months and our baby girl is rapidly approaching three and wants the whole world to know. Where oh where does the time go? I remember both of those days perfectly…the beach and the day we brought Gentry home. Tears are beginning to fall again as I realize just how quickly time does pass…

For the first time in forever, Chris and I went out to dinner Friday night. His mom was here and stayed with the kids and we went out for a quiet, relaxing dinner, alone. It was so nice to sit together and have an entire conversation without being interrupted. It was nice to give all of me to him for once. But it was quiet. Maybe a little too quiet? And even though we were only gone two and a half hours, we missed the kids! Nope…no big trips without the kidlets in our future!!

Okay, so I am not overly thrilled about being on the other side of the camera, but I want my kids to have memories of me too! To look back and know that I was in fact everywhere they were, I just happened to be taking the pictures! Anyway, I had Chris’ mom take this one while I was waiting on Chris to finish getting ready that night and I really like it. {Yes, I was in fact waiting on him, note that!} I was loving my sassy little outfit and wanted to share it! And, I also want to remember how skinny and cute I felt that night so I am going to print this and tape it to my elliptical as I increase my workout times this week to keep me motivated!! {My bag, shoes and earrings are all from Target. The jeans are from Kohl’s and the jacket is from Forever 21. Just in case anyone sees anything there they are loving!! I always want to know where people find their fun goodies!}

And here we are now…six years later. Six years wiser. Six years older. Six years happier. Six years. And STILL living on love.

Honey, if you are reading this, I love you with every bit of who I am. I am so blessed that our paths crossed and we found our way to each other. I know without a shadow of a doubt there is no one I would rather be on this journey we call life with. You are the best dad to our kids they could ever ask for. And you are the most wonderful partner in life that I could ever ask for. Here is to the rest of our “Happily Ever After.” I love you.

Filed under my-lil-lollies, by Bethany