16 Years

Today it has been 16 years since saying "I Do".

The more time passes the more I am appreciating Jeff and the man he is.
I LOVE that he is so in love with Christ that he desires to be in the center of His will.
I LOVE that he takes extra steps to protect our marriage.
I LOVE that he says I'm beautiful, no matter what I look like at the time.
I LOVE that he loves our babies.

I am seeing more and more marriages breaking up, friends, acquaintances, let alone all those I don't know.
Because someone is wanting the "grass that is greener" on the other side.
And the truly sad thing...these are people who carrying the name Christ.
A pastor.
A youth pastor's wife.
A Sunday school teacher.
People who sit in church on Sunday mornings.

Just thinking about it, gets me down.
I realize that "It can happen to anyone."
What is keeping my marriage anymore protected then these other marriages.

I have to fall back on this...
As long as Jeff and I keep Christ the center of our lives, we will be fine.
As long as we are stilling willing to say, "Whatever it takes God, I'll do it.", we will be fine.

I am so thankful that I have a husband who truly has a head over him, which is Christ.
That he tries his hardest to love me as Christ loves the church.
Yea, he's not perfect and neither am I... so that can still lead into some pretty intense "discussions".
But we love each other.
The years will only get better!



This past Wednesday Jeff had his wisdom teeth extracted.

So he is on pain meds, not feeling the best.

His diet consists of soft foods, ie noodles, oatmeal, yogurt, icecream, scrambled eggs, pancakes.

And his cheeks are so big it's been very hard for me to resist squeezing them.

Everytime I look at his face and see these little chipmunk cheeks, or as Jeff says a version of elephant man,
I just want to reach up and pinch them!

So there's really been no celebration today.

But I love him, oh how I love him!