Five years.

This past Friday (November 26) Jason and I celebrated our five year anniversary! Who would have thought that 6 years after meeting him for the first time, it would end up in marriage 14 months later, and 2 kids five years later. For those of you who don't know our story, here it is!

I was 21 and single. There were no options in the small youth group I attended. One of my parents friends had signed up for a dating site and told me about it. At first I kind of scoffed at the idea, because seriously, online dating seemed a little far fetched to me. Another family friend told me to put it before the Lord. So I did. I prayed every day that I would meet the person I was going to spend the rest of my life with by July. I was very specific.
Well my birthday came and went and now I was the ripe old age of 22 and still no guy in site. So I figured I would give the dating sites a try. I put my profile on there, trying not to give too much information and then wen searching the database for guys my age and up. I found one. He seemed like a really nice guy, he was quite a bit older, but seem settled.
So we started talking online. A lot. And then we started talking on the phone. Meanwhile, a few other guys had contacted me, one was a little bit younger then I was, so I really wasn't interested in him, he was a bit nerdy too. I started talking to three guys.
Then came the moment the youngest guy on the list asked if he could meet me. (Okay so he did have an advantage, he was the closest!). So we picked a weekend. July 4th. I also had my whole extended family on my moms side coming to our house for the 4th, so I figured if he turned out to be a complete dork I didn't have to spend time with him, I could just pass him off on my crazy family. We also decided that if the weekend wasn't going well he could just leave.
I had lots of butterflies in my stomach when he pulled up. He stepped out of his car...wearing socks and sandals. And then...he smiled. With bright orange teeth. Wow. I was polite and introduced myself and my cousin who was there as well. We started walking around my parents farm, and my cousin who was young and had that advantage, asked him why his teeth were orange. His response was that he stopped at Taco Bell and drank Hawaiian punch. So at least I knew that was fixable! (Turns out so
His personality though was great, we spent the weekend talking and walking, and praying about the direction that this relationship should go in. Neither one of us wanted to start dating just to date, both of us were looking for that "someone". He also got a long great with the rest of my family.
Well needless to say 14 months and endless hours on the phone later, I walked down the aisle and became Jason's wife.
It's been a wonderful journey, it's been bumpy at times. But we're making it. There really is no one else I can imagine my life with. He's the love of my life. Yes he irritates me beyond belief sometimes, but I do the same for him. He's patient when I'm not and he thinks things through instead of rushing headlong into things. We compliment each other. I honestly believe that God brought us together. He fits me. And he gives me beautiful babies.

Oh and the whole fashion thing, I fixed that too...