As Darren and I held each other in an embrace just after midnight this morning, we wished ourselves a happy anniversary.Today marks five years of marriage for us. Five years!!
I would say that it feels like just yesterday we were newlyweds living in San Diego, but it actually feels like that was ages ago. We have now lived outside of San Diego longer than we lived there, we have welcomed a daughter into our family, and Darren is approaching graduation from BYU in less than a year (...I will graduate eventually).
As Darren and I held each other in the wee small hours we shared our gratitude for one another and our complete happiness in marriage.
I am so thankful that Darren married me. To this day I still wonder how I was able to snag my husband! He is such a smart, logical, skilled man while I feel like when we met I was an average, illogical, unskilled woman! Not long after we first met, I remember Darren calling me while he was on his way to my house and asking me which direction I lived from Disneyland. I can't remember which direction I told him to go on Ball Road to get to my parents house, but what I do know is that I was completely confused on the direction that Ball Road runs!! Knowing Darren now, I'm surprised that wasn't a deal breaker! Darren is very good with directions and has been known to be quite impatient and annoyed with people who aren't!! Well, he must have seen my potential all those years ago.
I am happy to report that I can read a map now and that's not all I can do! Without my husband I'm not sure that I would have had the courage or the drive to learn and do all the things that I have. I have learned to cook, and not just cook, but truly enjoy cooking...even cooking for a man with food allergies! Darren taught me to play tennis and golf. Less than 2 years after we got married I was playing tennis on the community college tennis team. I never would've done that without him! Darren taught me to wakeboard. Although I can't do much more than get up a bounce a little, it's another sport that I never would have tried without him. This last winter he got me to go snowmobiling and even to drive the snowmobile myself! Without Darren's encouragement I would not be attending BYU and working toward a Bachelor's degree. I really wouldn't be the person I am today without him.
I can't wait to see what Darren will get me to do in the next five years!! I owe so much to my wonderful husband and I am so excited to spend eternity with him.
P.S. I really don't like my wedding pics! I looked awful on my wedding day...I did my own hair and was supposed to have fresh flowers in it (except the person who was supposed to bring them forgot them) and I wore no jewelry...Looking back I would do a lot of things differently!!
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