CELEBRATING A DECADE OF MARRIAGE BLISS!

Do I still have any readers?! I hope so. I don't blame you if you're not around anymore. It has been way too long since I last posted.

David and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary - and what a wonderful 10 years it has been!

Thanks to Grandpa and Mammaw for keeping the kids overnight for us. David and I had an evening alone - a candlelight dinner at McCormick and Schmick's downtown Cincinnati and then we stayed in the hotel above the restaurant (The Westin)with a room overlooking Fountain Square.

I am so grateful that the Lord redirected our plans for our futures and brought us together. We decided from our first date, that we were going to put God first in our relationship and we have made that our practice. It's amazing how praying together strengthens a couple's relationship! It's hard to be mad or unkind to each other when you're kneeling side by side and praying together. I remember the first few years of our marriage, us trying to adjust and having some VERY TENSE disagreements. We knelt down and prayed together and even though we still didn't agree, it took the unhappiness away and we could walk away from the argument still loving each other.

You know how when you're single, you sort of have in your mind the "ideal" man? - at least, I did. I had my ideal husband in my mind - looks and character. I marvel at how God answered that prayer with such perfection. I don't say that to brag, I truly mean it. He's EVERYTHING I ever wanted in a man. I can't imagine not living so closely with the Lord, to discern his divine direction for my life AT ALL TIMES! It's so important, for if I hadn't lived closely to the Lord, I could have so easily gotten entangled with the wrong crowds (as I tended to do)and married the wrong person.

Hope you enjoy the pictures of our wedding day...(Thanks to my baby sister Heather for scanning them all for me:)

My waiters/waitresses (standing with white shirts) L to R: Julie Toth, Tim Veyon, Becky (Toth)?, Douglas Miller

L to R: David's parents, my parents, my Grandpa Penn and my sweet step-grandma.
My sister-in-law (Mary Jo) and my best friend from high school (Melissa).My gorgeous bridesmaids L to R: My sister (Kim), my oldest sister (Kathy), my lifelong friend from my church (Beverly), my baby sister (Heather), my friend from college (Montene), my friend that's like a sister (Trishy) and my friend (Stephanie).
David's groomsmen L to R: Chris Hilling, Kevin Donovan, Tim Stamper, the little guy in front of David is Jonathan Ratcliff, Doyle Bozone, Kerry Wentworth, Tim Forsee.