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A Public Happy Anniversary


It’s hard to believe it has been 5 years since we got married! It’s even harder to believe that it’s been 12 years since our worlds happily collided! To say happy anniversary, I’d like reminisce on a few of our most memorable married moments.



-       Our little wedding in Savannah, Georgia. It was so hot, and we were happy for the light rain and to jump into the fountain.  People say they don’t want to elope because they will one day regret not having a big wedding. I’ve never regretted a single thing about it! It was perfect for us!


-       Your lost puppy-dog face the whole time we were at Disney World for our honeymoon. I think you wanted to have children for an excuse to go back!

-       The financial struggle we went through during our first year of marriage and the thankfulness we will always have for what God’s blessed us with since then. We truly have been favored.

-       The ice storm. I think everyone who lived in KY during January 2009 has an ice storm story, but ours was the icing on the cake of that first year of marriage. Our apartment flooded, we lost a lot of the hand-me-down furniture we had, we had to carry all of our belonging up icy stairs to another unfinished apartment… I think I aged 20 years that week. Actually we have a picture somewhere that proves that. LOL

-       Moving to Louisville to start a new fresh life and into our first house together. It ended up being a money pit (walls catching on fire, every water source overflowing, gas leaks, bed bugs, mice living in the oven, etc.) but it was our first home together.


-       Our favorite vacation- New York City, and taking secret pictures with strangers in Times Square


-       Leading families to Jesus together in Cuba. Also experiencing all of Cuba’s beauty… and parasites.

-       God making the way that seemed impossible for us to buy our dream house. No, it’s not a mansion and it doesn’t have a bunch of land. It’s the modest 1950s ranch on the quiet little street that I always wanted!


- The many hours of preparation for each Christmas photo.


-       Going on vacation to Hilton Head Island in 2012 and knowing that the next time we went, there would be more than two of us.


-       The moment we saw two little heads on that ultrasound screen. I hyperventilated and you kept saying, “What are we gonna do? Two babies!” Actually you’re still saying that.
                                          



-       Your college graduation!!!! You did it! I always knew you could.


-       Our first moments as a whole family. You just kept asking the doctor and nurses if they had ever seen such beautiful babies.



Thank you for the last five years (and all of the special moments in the seven years before that)! And thanks to everyone who has been our friends and celebrated with us along the way!

We have so many more memories to make!  I nub nu Tone!

Comments

  1. Tammy WagnerAugust 8, 2013 at 1:51 PM

    Dear Lord Jodi! Your love for your husband, your marriage, your babies, your life, and our God is palpable. I am so thankful our paths crossed at IUS, because I am continually blessed seeing your pictures and reading your posts. Blessings to you, Tony and the girls.
    Happy anniversary too!

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  2. adventureswithoandgAugust 9, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    Thank you so much Tammy! I'm so glad that I got the chance to get to know you too! :)

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  3. Jenni PughAugust 9, 2013 at 11:28 AM

    Happy Anniversary! What a great post. :)

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