Eight Years Ago Today...

On this day eight years ago Kevin and I had our first date!  

He had already asked me to be his date to our senior prom and we were planning to go just as friends.  He was passing notes back and forth to me in our government class and asked me out on a pre-prom date so we could "go over all the details" before prom.  

Remember how important it was to coordinate everything and plan where everyone would meet for pictures, etc!  Those were the days! 

Here we are at P.F. Chang's in Austin, TX on April 6, 2001!  This is where it all began!  Kevin was such a gentlemen on our first date!  We are only 17 years old in this picture!  I knew right away there was something special about him!

And here we are at PF Chang's in Allen, Texas today, April 6, 2009!  

And we look just the same, right?  HA, you don't have to answer that!

This has been the best eight years of my life.  Kevin is my true soul mate and an amazing husband.  He knows me so well it's unbelievable.  Sometimes I think he knows me better than I know myself.  Since 2001 we have had a one-track path to get where we are today!  When we were 18 we decided together that Kevin should be a chiropractor!  Man, we had no idea what was ahead of us!  Here we are about eight years later, having survived school that was more stressful than we could have ever imagined, living in our first house and as happy as ever and truly so in love with one another!

I have been so sentimental lately and just want to take the time to thank God each day for blessing me with Kevin in my life.  There is truly no one else who can complete me in that way that he does.  We are truly soul mates and best friends.  We can spend every minute of the weekend together and I miss him as soon as I walk out the door on the way to work Monday morning.  I wish I could be with him all the time.  Life is so much fuller and complete when we are with each other.

Looking back at the past 8 years, sometimes I feel bad that I often wanted time to pass so that we could get to where we are today.  I couldn't wait for Kevin to be out of school so we could move on and take the next step in life.  While I am SO happy that he is done with school, I have been thinking about all the treasured memories and blessings we had along the way.

I am really making an effort to tell Kevin how much I love him, to thank him for all the wonderful things he does and let him know how much I appreciate him.  He is such a wonderful man.  I am looking forward to the future as I see him fulfill a dream that we have both shared for so many years.  I know that he is going to be a wonderful doctor and I can't wait to see him helping people and making a difference in their lives!

Here we are today, before we went out to lunch and a movie!

I would like to encourage you to take some time and think about your treasures in your life.  Who do you love and how can you show them how much you care for them today?

It is funny that I have been thinking about this for weeks and that is exactly what we talked about in church on Sunday.  I felt like they were reading the sermon straight from my heart.  It made me think about what people really want to get out of life.  It is a big house, a new car or is it something so much more than that?

The answer for me is family and friends.  More than anything, the deepest desire of my heart is (when the time is right) to be pregnant and give birth to a healthy baby.  The dream of seeing something so beautiful that my husband and I created together is beyond words.  Everyday I think about it and about how I want to be there every second of every day to raise that baby and see them change and grow.  I have finally found a place of patience, knowing that this is not that time.  But, I think it will be coming after Kevin's practice is up and running!

In other news, we finally watched the move, "Fireproof"

It was amazing.  Obviously it wasn't made on a Hollywood budget, but the message was beautiful and was a wonderful reminder of what love is and how much we need to always work on our marriages, even when nothing is "wrong".

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friend Laura!!

Here is a SILLY picture I found of us back in 2005 teaching first grade together at another school!  Ah- those were the good 'ol days!

Hope your day was fabulous Laura!