10 years, WOW!!!!

So, this weekend Brenton and I will share our 'official' 10 year anniversary!!!!!  Wow, this is a milestone for us, and yes, it's a combined total of years from both our marriages (would've been 12 years this year)!  We decided, when we remarried, that we would celebrate our years married b/c we wanted to remember our good, bad, and ugly times together.  So, ever since, we've done that!  This year is 10 years and we are so excited.  As for gifts and such, we decided to be frugal and not spend a bunch of money and since I ruined his big surprise for me, I thought I better stick to plan =)  I will post pictures later, don't want him to see them yet =) Anyway, I can't even begin to express how much Brenton means to me, he's absolutely perfect (in my eyes) and I couldn't ask for a better partner, friend, and father for my children!  We've had our fair share of frustration together, so it's certainly not perfect, by any means, but our life together is exactly how I hoped it would be!  It's amazing the feeling, b/c we've been a part of each others lives for 21 years now and we've played every role possible for one another......As children, we loved each other and as time went on, growing up together was fun; however, I can't even begin to explain how it felt the day I fell in love with him as an adult.....now that, was pretty powerful!!!!  Our wedding date was May 6, 2000 and it was picture perfect...everything a little girl dreams her wedding to be.....4 years later, we decided to divorce and that dream shattered!  Not long after that though, my best friend was back in my life and was just that my 'friend' it didn't take long to realize that God had a plan for us and on May 6, 2006 (same day) we remarried in a small ceremony w/ our family present....that day was meaningful and everything about it was perfect! We kept the same wedding rings, but had them blessed to be worn again, b/c we wanted to have the same reminder of everything about our lives and now this ring (mind you I didn't care for the ring...well, I should say this he picked it out and he was afraid to give it to me b/c I didn't pick it out of the ad from Helzberg as a 'favorite', haha) but it's absolutely beautiful and has so much meaning.  For some reason, I never could get rid of it?  Thought about pawning it when we were divorced, but every time I would go to the store to do it, I'd remember this little boy, well he was 20 (haha), shaking...yet, so proud to put it on my finger and that thought would pop back in my head, so I would walk out of the store w/ it in my hand EVERY TIME!!!! LOL....I truly believe that was God talking to me during those few months when I was lost, b/c he knew he was bringing him back into my life =)  So, you can imagine my excitement when I got to put it back on my finger when we were remarried and now a day doesn't go by that it's not on.  People ask what would you feel lost without, most say cell phone, for me it's my wedding ring!!!! I do feel our 2nd marriage was so much more, deeper feelings were involved, all about us, the love we had for each other, and we were 'mature' adults!  I will never forget that day, b/c for the first time I knew that I was exactly where God wanted me to be and for the rest of my life I would have my best friend to share it with! 

I look forward to many more years learning, growing, and sharing our lives together......