Three Years!

year three:

9:00 bedtime. new farmer at Clearwater farms! family of 5: Mom, Dad, Nikita, Sassafrass, and MARMALADE. his and hers side businesses... Edible Earth Resources & Curly Giraffe Creations. healing. learning to eat without meat. mario kart showdown marathons almost every night! sunday morning omelets. family dog walks. season gardening and harvesting! long work days. back rubs and face massages. boxed wine. another lost wooden wedding ring and this time a tungsten carbide replacement wedding ring (he's been through more rings than years we've been married)! summer hair cuts. gazelle like intensity to getting out of debt. game night with the Wimberlys. learning to fight. learning to forgive. learning to love.

year two:

move to the livable forest, kingwood. survived hurricane Ike by hanging with friends and hours and hours of playing rummikub. heartbreak. finding treasures on heavy trash days. weekend projects. container gardening. back to Starbucks. new friends. family of 4: Mom, Dad, Nikita and SASSAFRASS. broken wedding ring. another replacement wooden wedding ring. privacy. learning to cook from all recipes. family BBQs. health insurance! entertaining and throwing parties. mourning. leaning on each other. learning how to move on. learning to love.

year one:

adjusting. living with friends. 4 people, 3 dogs, 2 bedrooms... and 1 bathroom! sharing a toothbrush. fall honeymoon in the mountains. Ecclesia and taft street coffee 7 days a week. lacrosse games. wooden wedding rings. lost wooden wedding ring! replacement ring. leaky windows. community dinners. one car. hebrew lessons. whole foods. 2 trips to Nicaragua, 1 to celebrate the building of a well, the other to buy coffee from a farmer! learning to share. family of 3, Mom, Dad, and Nikita. substitute teacher at a preschool. barnaby's lasagna and french fries. trips to the dog park. learning to knit. learning to communicate. learning to love.

Happy Anniversary!