Five Years

Hard to believe, but Jake and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary this past weekend. In some ways it seems like such a small amount of time, but in others so poignant, and certainly worth celebrating. Even harder to believe than being married five years is how much has happened in that time. An apartment, a dog, a job for Whitney, building our first house, another dog, Micah, a PhD, a job for Jake, Caden, a second home, a couple wonderful friendships... of course, those are just the highlights.

I remember sitting down to dinner with Jake in our apartment shortly after we were married... we were sitting on stools at our counter. We were talking about how amazingly blessed we were and how incredible God's provision was in our lives. At the time we were feeling a bit overwhelmed after receiving everything we could ever need and more in wedding gifts. I can honestly say that we still feel the same sense of God's provision and great blessing in our lives. God is good.

We celebrated our anniversary with a dinner date at Josephine's Modern American Bistro on Saturday night. The food was absolutely delicious and it was a really special meal together. Jake surprised me with some beautiful diamond earring studs -- something that I have been wanting since, well, pretty much forever. They are lovely. He decided that he wanted to pick out a picture to go above our couch in the family room for his gift, so we are still looking for the "perfect" one.

Here is a picture from our dinner at Josephine's...