4 Years

Another year down,
Our 4 year anniversary is today.
4 years and 2 kids later and we are going strong.
I think since we have added kids into our lives,
we are learning the commitment part of marriage.
I think we will be learning this part of marriage until death do us part.
We are learning that love is a choice, it's not always based on feelings.
The times that we don't "feel" like serving one another or putting the other before ourself,
we have a choice,
a choice to uphold the commitment of our vows,
a choice to give up ourself so that we may serve each other like Christ does for us.
It's hard,
we are so selfish by nature,
it's easy to become complacent,
but I am so thankful to have a partner that loves me enough to work at it.
He loves me enough to choose love and sacrifice when he may not "feel" like it.
We both fail,
we both choose ourself time and time again,
but we are trying.
We are mindful,
I don't know for sure,
but I think we may be in the toughest stage of life right now as far as maintaining a healthy marriage and raising young kids.
I'm just assuming this is true because kids are so physically needy in this stage of life.
They can't dress themselves, they can't feed themselves, they can't reason with you,
they can't totally talk yet, they can't get in their own car seat, they can't potty themselves or wipe their own butts for goodness sake!
The kids needs always seem to trump everything else.
So while this time is awesome, it's hard.
So how do you love and care for your spouse well during this time?
That's where we are at,
we are learning,
communicating,
and trying to figure out this thing called life as we go.
I couldn't ask for a better partner to figure it out with.
I am confident that he will always choose to commit to me and our family.
I pray that our marriage would continue to stay rooted in Christ and we would be committed to God's plan for us as a couple.

I have such great memories from this day!