10 Wonderful Years!!!

It's almost too hard to believe it's actually been more than a decade since we sent this announcement to our friends and family.

I still remember the day vividly, it was slightly overcast (Just like it is today here), I'd had to get Dylan a haircut right before the wedding, the judge marrying us was running late, my brother was being a bit obnoxious, Tara was being Tara ;), we had a couple friends show up in shorts and T-shirts, all-in-all it was a little hectic, just like most weddings are.

My friend Kathy was the DJ, and when she started the music for Shelly to walk down the aisle, I caught sight of my beautiful bride, and my heart skipped a beat. I'd never thought she could be more beautiful than she was, but walking in her wedding dress next to her father, she radiated beauty in a way I had never known possible until that moment.

I honestly don't remember much else from that day, it was mostly a blur, but the image of her walking down the aisle is forever burned in my memory.

Much has changed over the past 10 years, and while this is neither the time nor place for a life history, one thing has not changed, Shelly still takes my breath away!

I've said more times than I can count that I am the luckiest guy in the world to be married, and sealed, to such a beautiful and wonderful woman. She has made me the person I am today, and I am eternally in her debt. She is also a wonderful mother to our two beautiful children, a better parent than I could ever be and I am always in awe of how she handles the roles of wife and mother in addition to all the other things she does with the School, Church, Scouts, Neighborhood, and the list goes on-and-on.

It's always fun to look back at photos from our dating days (I had Hair!), and as I look at pictures of us today, I can tell we are even happier than we were back then. It makes me excited to look forward to the next 10 years and to where we will be then.

So, here's to the next 10 years, then 10,000 more!