Wedded BLISS--- 26 Years Worth! :)

August 29th, 1986

my Handsome Husband!

Yea! We are married!!


             Yes,                       
we were young!
              And
that makes us
not very old still! :)

To my high school

sweetheart:

Thank you

for 

the last 26 years...

We 

COMMITTED

to love, cherish, honor

each other

through

thick and thin

(you have always been thin, I have been thick several times-physically speaking of course!)

sickness and health

(thankfully for the most part we have more health than sickness at this point :))

Prosperity and Want

(hmmm...I'm not sure if that line is right but we have had both)

Okay...

I don't remember the rest of our vows but I do know this:

You have 

ALWAYS

loved me

(maybe not liked me at times :))

ALWAYS

provided for our family

(and worked hard from the first years on going to school, working full time to take care of us)

ALWAYS

been LOYAL to me

and made our home full of boys 

an active one!

YOU

have and continue

to

INVEST

yourself

in our first batch of boys

and

NOW

our 2nd batch of kiddos

Not

many MEN

would want to start over and embrace

a life of diapers, homework, tears, sweat, fun,

laughter, TEENAGE years

AGAIN

after surviving it once.

You

have stretched my horizons with

mountain biking, tandem biking (although that about broke our marriage up! :), road biking,

camping

hiking and all 

this ADVENTUROUS 

stuff that I wouldn't have attempted

with our boys without you. :)

Thank you

for being long-suffering with me:

When I cooked our first dinner of a whole chicken and 

left in the bag of neck/gizzard/heart,

(and I THOUGHT I knew how to cook!)

made spaghetti night after night

or tuna fish casserole :)

when I act with my heart and not my head

(a balance of both is good :))

when I write checks b/c I don't want to use the credit card but don't check the balance

when I start a conversation with you and in the middle start a different conversation with you

when I put the mail all over

and countless other things...

For

believing in me

and helping me set physical goals (see above on biking)

encouraging me as a 

PERSON

and 

LOVING me!

Marriage is about actions

not just feelings

and you have shown that over and over again!

We compliment each

other and are proof

opposites attract! :) 

(although we aren't opposites in our convictions and passions!)

My prayer is that

through you and I 

others will see a marriage that is

not always

WEDDED BLISS :)

but that is

Christ- centered

Committed

and loving

but also

lots of FUN!

I love you!

Love,

Tracy 

Our wedding Song:

 You're the Meaning In My Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYkrMTingNQ