1826 days (or 5 years)

On June 18, 2005 I stood before my friends, my family, and most importantly my God and I said "I do" to my best friend.

In the past 5 years we:

-changed jobs
-purchased a home
-changed jobs again
-bought a new (to us) car
-had a beautiful baby girl
-had a beautiful baby boy
-sold a car
-bought a minivan
-had two more beautiful baby boys
and
-bought a Yukon (still making payments on this one...)

We have participated in 3 different small groups.

We have been on SEVERAL wonderful vacations....to Coronado, CA...and the midwest...and even a cruise to Mexico.

We have had date nights.

We have laughed.

And cried.

But mostly laughed.

And most of all...we have seen God do amazing work in both of our lives. He has used our relationship with each other and with our children to teach us so much more about Himself and our relationship with Him. We have learned (and are CONTINUOUSLY learning) to TRUST in Him for our needs and to TURN to Him for everything. We have struggled with placing each other TOO HIGH at times...putting the other person even higher than God on the every-changing list of priorities....and we have struggled with placing each other TOO LOW at times....wanting to please our own selfish desires before meeting the needs of our spouse. We have seen God work out so many things....from where we live....to where we work....to the "instant family" He has given us.

These first 5 years have flown by.

And we can't wait to see what the next 5 years bring....and the next 5 after that....and the 5 after that....and the 5 after (you get my point) : )

Thank you, Lord, for protecting our marriage....and for giving us a love for YOU and a love for EACH OTHER!

i love chip brown.