Yesterday was our 10th anniversary!!!!  I pulled out our wedding album to show the kids and as I looked at the pictures of "that couple" I could hardly recognize who those people were.  If someone had told us 10 years ago that today I would be a stay at home, homeschooling mom of 4 children with a husband in seminary I would probably have laughed like crazy and then had them put in some kind of mental institution.  Definitely not what "that couple" had planned for their lives.  We give God all the glory for drawing us to Him and opening our eyes to the lives that only He knew we would need and enjoy.  

Here's a little look at the "stats" of our 10 years of marriage:

• Married for 3,652 days
• 12 different employers between us
• 5 different residences
• 4 children
• 3 cars(That Saturn has held up so well!  BW would say it's because I can't drive it!)
• 4 children
• We've been members of 4 churches
• 1 bed(maybe God will reward us with a new one when seminary's over)
• 3 "roommates"
• 4 pets(We miss you, Hootie!)
• Approx 3,637 diapers changed and counting
• Did I mention 4 children?
• 963 bills paid and counting
• Approx 14,000 miles driven up and down I-5
• 2 years of homeschooling
• Raked up too much debt to admit and then back out of it (Praise God!)

I am so thankful for my husband.  Other friends have come and gone over the past 10 years and will in the future, but it is such a comfort to me to know that I have him in my life.  He is a wonderful hands on father to our children and they love him so much.  It is a joy to watch them interact.  He is becoming a man of God(1 Tim 6:11-12) who is pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.  So although we did not spend our anniversary the way I assumed we would 10 years ago(I had planned an exotic vacation; he ended up needeing to spend the day studying for his Greek exam and finishing his 20 page biblical counseling paper), I see that God is molding me to be a wife worthy of the man I am married to.  And I am confident that He who began a good work in us will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.(Phil 1:6)

Happy Anniversary, BW!

-J