Sunday, October 11, 2009

Lucky 13

We have spent 13 years together and today we get to celebrate 6 years of marriage!

I wasn't even old enough to have my driver's license when we met...but since then we have seen each other graduate high school and college, finish master's degrees, been there for tough family losses and watched as our family grew to 4. There have been many ups and downs and things in between in the lucky 13 years we have been together, and having you with me each day makes my life complete. We had the toughest challenge yet getting through 6 long weeks with Spencer in the NICU. We spent 5 and 1/2 weeks just "passing by" each other so Spencer was never alone at the hospital. We worked together as a team and shared each other's heartbreak and everything paid off when we were finally able to have Spencer home.

We are a stronger family today and who would have ever thought this is where we would be 13+ years after we first met at Shannon's pond party. I love you, RT, Happy Anniversary!

Our wedding was nice, but Hawaii was the best vacation I have ever had! Thank you, Ernst & Young for paying for our flights and hotel by making my husband travel for 2 straight years (gotta love those rewards)!

We lived it up and even got the matching Hawaiian outfits!

Nothing has ever compared to our climb to the top of Diamond Head:)

*Birthday Party post to come soon...

4 comments:

Megs said...

Congrats on 13 wonderful years - and happy 6 years being married:)
Lots of love,
ben and megs

Cindy said...

Happy Anniversary Steph and Artie! It was so nice to chat with you today, and I hope you and Artie enjoyed your kid-free time together! I can't wait to see the pics from Avery's party too. Love you guys!

Nicole said...

Happy Anniversary! Congrats on 6 years of marriage and 13 years of partnership.

We cant wait to see the pics from Avery's birthday!

Love, Nic and crew

Katie said...

Congrats on 13 years and Happy (belated) Anniversary!!!