22 July 2011

five years

July 22, 2006.  Freestone Inn. Mazama, Washington.  It was a gorgeous day, 106 degrees, in fact.  After a rehearsal dinner aboard horses, a trail ride with our guests, and a barbeque, we were ready to get hitched.   It was then, I vowed to "accept change as we travel through life together".   After an engagement in Mykonos, Greece, backpacking trips in the mountains, and our evenings and weekends to frolic about, I thought this would be a breeze.

The best man.
Happy five years to you too, Koby. 










After the wedding, we headed off to my surprise honeymoon destination, Peter Island.

 We had beaches to ourselves.

 We swung from trees after a few cocktails.

 We took photos for our thank you cards.

And we sailed the blue waters of the British Virgin Islands.


Accepting change was soon to become quite the reality.  Five years later, we have three babies, a farm load of animals, and a life that is beyond happy chaos.  It's a good thing I vowed to accept all of this.  You know those books about surviving the first years of marriage?  Well, they have nothing on us.  It's been quite the adjustment with our sweet little ones, one right after the other.   I recently took one of the self tests in a magazine.  It was to determine your chances of divorce during the first five years of marriage based on a number of events during that period.  According to the results, we should be meeting up every other weekend in a gas station parking lot to exchange the kids.   It certainly has not been easy but it has been filled with an amazing amount of memories.  It's been quite the journey, to say the least.   I'm pretty sure my mom should be celebrating with us.  She's the one that has provided consistent help with our pack of raccoons and a few hours, here and there, to ourselves.  Always enough time for me or us to regain our sanity.
The day I woke up and saw a donkey, a sheep, and a pig in my pasture, I figured nothing was in my control anymore.We have quite the bucket list of things we want to do when we have the time and I can't wait.  Our sweet little misters and our little miss are providing boundless adventures in the meantime and we're loving every sleepless minute.


This is what we celebrate.

Happy five years, my love.

1 comment:

  1. Happy Anniversary friends!! I love a good wedding recap...feel like I was there! Gorgeous, gorgeous!!

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