Ten years ago today,  I married my sweet husband. I got up that morning sort of floating on a cloud.  Ok, that sentence might make you laugh, but I was certainly oblivious to the world around me.  You see, I am a planner… an ‘everything must be perfect and just right’  kind of planner.  I fret over details and panic over the minorest of issues.  But, on the day of my wedding there were so many things going on around me that sort of just seemed like no big deal for me.  That is big for me!  It rained all morning and the church began to leak!  I didn’t seem to care.  There was a breakfast and lunch to be eaten, but I kind of forgot. (I had to have a reception food snack brought to me before I passed out!)   I had no sense of time.

By afternoon, it stopped raining and we had pictures made outside by the beautiful gazebo.  But, before that, I met my future husband in the church chapel.  Evidently, he was a little more panicky.  I was running late, and he had heard I was a bit sick (from not eating).  This made him a little on edge, but the minute we met in the chapel all that went away.  We were so excited for the day ahead (and years to follow).

These past ten years have not been without their troubles,worries, and obstacles, but we have done it all together.  I have loved all that we have experienced (good and bad) together.  We have learned so much about each other.

I have enjoyed watching Jonathan become a Daddy, too.  There is nothing like watching your spouse and his children find pure joy in one another.  It melts a Mommy’s heart.  We are truly blessed with wonderful children.    I look forward to the next ten years (and more).

For our anniversary, my sweet husband will be taking me to Germany.  We went together to Germany during our second year of marriage on a quick little ‘backpacking-train hopping’ tour.  We hope to do some of that again and try to travel light.  For various reasons, we will be going in November, and I can’t wait.  We both have a love for Germany.  We both have a minor in German (though I think we are VERY rusty) and my ancestry comes from there (could you guess that with a name like Schmeckenbecher??).  It is such a beautiful place, and we both enjoy traveling so much and seeing new places.

pictures from our last trip to Germany and Austria