10 years...

Jut and I celebrated our 10th anniversary this week.  Fun times.  We had Joye come up and watch the kids while we ran away for about 26 hours.  It was a fun time to meander and do some of the things we used to do before we entered this wonderful world of parenting. We did a bit of reflecting and planning but mostly we just enjoyed being "us".

It was funny to think of the things that have changed in the past 10 years...

• We've lived in 4 houses in 3 cities
• Jut has had 4 different jobs in 3 locations
• We've added 3 children to the family
• We've bought 2 vehicles (one of which was a minivan which Chris said previously that she'd never own and now loves) and gotten rid of 3...we've lived with only one since January 2008
• We have one completed Master's Degree and one halfway completed Master's Degree between the two of  us
• Chris is a SAHM, which she never desired to be...but now wouldn't change it for the world
• We've lost 1 father, 3 grandmothers, and 1 grandfather (3 of those in the past 12 months)
• We've traveled across the world to Sri Lanka
• We managed to conquer all our debt and live debt free for several years...but now that minivan changed that for a bit again
• Added a brother-in-law to the family
• We put an offer on a house...but then backed out when the seller wouldn't agree to our concessions

It has been an amazing 10 years full of twists and turns and we can't wait to see how God leads in the next 10.  We didn't envision where we are today 10 years ago and I'm sure we can't imagine the paths that God will lead us to in the next 10!  We are blessed beyond measure.