Five Years of Happiness

Five years ago, August 12, 2006, Ben and I got married. I still have pretty vivid memories of a gorgeous August afternoon, the excitement of starting a new chapter in my life, and my throat turning completely dry on my way down the aisle! The anticipation of making a huge, life changing commitment and my nerves going crazy at the thought of singing the song I had written was almost more than I could handle. But then, I remember the moment when I was standing at the front of the church, my dad handing me over to Ben and I don't think I can even describe the feeling of complete calm, contentment, and peace that came over me... sigh...

Five years later, I can look back on a lot of fun and exciting times, along with some bumps in the road, and some really tough times that I couldn't have gotten through without Ben, and I am so very thankful that I walked down that aisle five years ago and decided to spend the rest of my life with him. Anyway, I am rambling and you are ready for pictures. While we were in Indiana, we were able to sneak away for a few days to go to Nashville, IN. It is a cute little town with a ton of neat shops to browse in and some very nice hiking trails. We were able to enjoy both and just have some time to reconnect as a couple. We didn't realize how busy Linea was keeping us until we were away from her! She stayed with Grandpa and Grandma Fuller while we were away.

Here we are at our second hotel - the first one was not exactly, well, anniversary trip material.

Here we are in a little spot between a few shops. Not many towns have a rustic looking trellace between places of business - this is my kind of town!

On our actual anniversary - August 12 - we were back home and my parents came up to watch Linea for the evening so we could go out to dinner. Fortunately, I insisted on getting pictures before we left, or we would not have these.
Here's to many more years of marital bliss!