What's Up With the David's: 10 Years!

Today Christian and I will be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary! What a huge milestone for us! Believe it or not I am at a loss for words here. How do I put into words 12 years of partnership, a decade of marriage, and 3 years of parenthood? And how can I possibly describe our extraordinary life in one blog post? Should it be sappy, funny, loving, nostalgic, real or all of the above?

So I started looking back at our old photos for inspiration. And I didn't get far before I realized that we really have had such an amazing journey so far.....2 states lived, 23 states and 6 countries visited, 7 jobs had, 1 house built, 2 children created and countless hours of memories made. We have been incredibly blessed to have had such amazing experiences in such a short amount of time. And no matter what the years have brought us, good or bad, we still enjoy being together and I know there is nobody else in the world I want to share this life with than my husband.

A while back I saw an interview with a couple who had been married for 75 years and they said their secret to staying together was "just staying together." They never gave up when the road got rocky. That really resonated with me. And I am so proud of Christian and myself for always hanging in there even when marriage was more work that we thought. But I believe we work so well because we are truly committed to each other forever. We love each other. We even like each other! And most importantly we still make each other laugh. Nobody can make me laugh like Christian can!

And now that we have our 2 beautiful boys Jack and Gavin, we are more committed than ever! I still find it so amazing that they are a part of both Chris and me. It's so cool! They are great kids and we are so blessed to have such an awesome little family. Parenthood can be difficult but there is nothing in the world more enjoyable or rewarding. Christian and I can't wait to experience the second half of our lives through the eyes of our children. And who knows, maybe there is #3 in our future!

Tonight we're going to do what we do every year for our anniversary - have a good dinner, eat cake and watch our wedding video. It always brings us back to that special day and reminds us of why we married each other in the first place. The only difference is that this year we will have our two little chickens on the couch with us. Gavin won't really get it - he'll probably be wishing that Mickey Mouse was on TV. But we're hoping Jack will love watching us on TV. And we'll explain to him that it was the day his mommy and daddy got married and that because we love each other so much, we had him and his brother. And we'll tell him that he never has to worry because his mommy and daddy will be watching this video with him for many, many years to come. Because neither of us are going anywhere!

So as much as I struggled with what to write, I obviously had a hard time narrowing down the pictures to post. I feel like we have thousands of pictures of all the fun things we have done. I was overwhelmed at the thought of trying to pick just a few. But as I looked through them I realized how much time we have spent at the beach - it has always been a special place for us so there are no shortage of pictures in that theme. So I have compiled a few pics of us, all of which were taken on a beach somewhere in the world. I think they tell a sweet little story of our life so far...

May 2000 - The first day we met on the "beach" in Lake Havasu, AZ. Who would have thought these 2 crazy kids would one day get married...

May 2011 - Our first vacation together for our one year dating anniversary! We were in Cancun and it was so much fun! Geez, we look so young! Notice my hair in braids - what was I thinking?!

April 2002 - Engagement photos in Laguna Beach...

August 2002 - Our honeymoon in Hawaii! What an amazing trip...

July 2007 - Hilton Head, NC. One of many trips we took to a southeastern beach after we moved to Atlanta. One of the things we loved about living in the south was all the amazing beaches we got to visit out there....

August 2008 - Fort Lauderdale, FL. Florida may be cheesy but I love it! We spent a lot of time at the Florida beaches and they are just gorgeous...

More from Florida....ahhhh, not a care in the world...but that would soon change...

May 2009 - After 7 years of just the two of us, we decided to bring a few babies into our family. Here I am trying to look sexy in La Jolla, CA...but it's hard to be sexy when you're 7 months pregnant...