Our Anniversary! Our Milestone!!

Here's a photo trip down memory lane. These pictures don't seem to transfer very well. Some of them are from our honeymoon the rest are of our wedding.

Its a big deal anniversary this year because we have hit 5 years! In second marriages the divorce rate is 85%. They say it's the first 5 years you have the hardest time, after that it gets easier. We have had more that our share of crap to go through so we have both been talking about how much things have gotten easier. Blending 7 children, adding 2 more has been the hardest thing. Ok adding the 2 more actually saved our marriage, it brought us closer and gave us a common bond. But, the other 7 have made things harder, from trying to break us up to all feeling like that if they learned to love (or even like) the step-parent they would be betraying their bio-parent that was not there. It's easier for Tyler & Bren than it is by far for the other 5 that lost their mom to death.

Soooooooooooo, with that I am grateful that we haven't killed each other yet! Howard said that he feels that one of the greatest things is that we trust the other person. When the other person says they are going to work on trying to make things better, they truly do. (ok he was the romantic in that conversation!!)

Happy Anniversary Babe!! Love you Always & Forever!!