Our Anniversary!

On August 2, 1997--twelve years ago today--Mr. B and I were married! I am astonished at how fast time has flown by! I am so thankful to be able to share life with this man, and especially to be able to raise children with him. He is so authentic, honorable, generous and hard-working. What you see at church, is the same as what you see at the office, and the same as who he is at home. He is super smart, but humble about it and not a know-it-all. For example, someone can be talking to him about something that he is practically an expert on and unless they actually ask for his input, they will walk away from the conversation thinking they actually taught him something! I’ve seen it happen so many times! He would never embarrass someone or try to one-up them. He can talk to anyone and has a gift for making people feel important and good about themselves. I can think of several treasured friendships and once-in-a-lifetime experiences that can be traced back to Hus-B taking the initiative to start a conversation with a stranger. He’s a loyal friend. He is a leader, and is passionate about seeing those he trains succeed and reach their goals. I am so proud to be his wife! And he is hilarious! Hus-B is the one that always takes the lead in getting the laughs going when our family gets together. There is so much laughter in our home—and I love it! I often feel like I am living in a good old 80’s sitcom because he can find the humor and the life lesson in just about every situation. And he has definitely helped me, a take-myself-too-seriously, Type A perfectionist, learn to laugh at myself and look at my glass half-full. He’s taught me how to catch trout with a fly rod, drive a golf ball, eat jalepenos and play poker. And in an effort to share more of my world, he’s devoted many, many weekends to attending horse shows, has developed an ear for country music and has acquired an appetite for grits. I’ve got naturally curly hair but am going through a straight-hair phase--although he loves my curls, my wonderful Hus-B FLAT IRONS MY HAIR every morning! Talk about pampering! He is a gem! He is my best friend in the whole world and my one and only love. He is truly the spiritual leader in our home, leading our family devotions and prayers and giving our girls a personal example of what a Godly man should be. He treats me the way he hopes our daughters’ husbands treat them (we haven’t yet told them that they can’t marry their Daddy—they both want to!), and I must say that it looks like the bar is being set pretty high for our future sons-in-law!

Here are a few pictures from our wedding that I scanned this week: