In the beginning...
Our family picture one Sunday at the park: November of 2007
2010 family pictures
2012 family picture--Jonathan in the oven.
And now....2013
7 Years
2548 days
5 kids (and mini baby in the oven)
2 houses
3 wards
4 sibling marriages (Mandy, Bud, Danielle, Adam)
16 nieces and nephews (only 3 of those born in the 7 years
and one more any day!)
LOTS of jobs
one educational business failure
lots of camping, less and less arguing over the years, lots of forgiving and compromising and tons of blessings.
Here's a journal entry from a little over a month ago:
"I have to say that Justin really is an amazing husband. He is so thoughtful and loving and is always going out of his way to do things for me.
When he lets me get out of the house-to the temple, or yoga, or this weekend a movie with Char, I most often come home to an extra clean house and I know he's also watched a movie with the kids.
He regularly buys me flowers, he fends for his family out in the world bravely and valiantly and diligently. He seeks to follow the Spirit and deals with my crap if I have totally unfounded jealousy pop up.
He loves me and acknowledges the work I put in with the children.
He honors his priesthood, gives us blessings, calls FHE and helps with family scriptures and prayer....
....Oh-and Justin-also SUPER quick to forgive and this weekend did an especially good job backing me up with the children....i.e. not taking the children's side-but having a united front even when I was wrong. Huge for a marriage."
Love my husband! xoxo
3 comments:
ooohhh--very sweet! and LOVE all the pics of course!! And Way to Go with having a JOURNAL that you actually WRITE in so you can then QUOTE out of it!! :) I agree that your marriage has evolved and grown a lot from the beginning--as is so true with pretty much 'all' marriages.
Fun to see all the pictures showing the "increase" of numbers over the years! :D
Happy 7th Anniversary!! Hope you get to go out and celebrate--if not tonight--another night! xoxo
Awwww, this is SO sweet...loved learning more about Justin as a hubby from your journal entry and seeing y'alls gorgeous pictures together and as a family. Love and miss you....Happy Anniversary you two!!!
P.S. :) Isn't the "2012" family group pic, actually 2011?? Cuz it was a Fall picture and Jonathan wasn't born in Jan. of 2013.....
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