Yes, it’s official. Matt and I are oldy-weds. It’ll be fourteen years this Wednesday, August 13. Fourteen years.
Can I first just say how thankful I am that my husband asked me to marry him fourteen years and nine months ago? At age 20, I had a lot of growing to do. I’m so glad he loved me anyway.
And can I also just say how thankful I am that after 14 years….four babies and several other life changes…my husband thinks I’m more beautiful now than I was when I was 20. He really means it. Even though my face now sees make-up pretty much only on Sundays and my hair is usually in a ponytail. And at the end of the day when he comes home my ponytail is usually half way in and half way out.
And there’s bread dough in it. 
I’ve read that one of the best ways to make ourselves attractive to our husbands and to show our respect and appreciation is simply to smile at him. Often.
Matt makes that easy for me. He is good. He is godly. He is kind. He is consistent. He is real. He loves our boys. He loves me.
Yeah, he’s easy to smile at.
And this weekend we’re both smiling because we get to go on a wonderful anniversary date. Probably out for dinner…maybe on a walk…doesn’t matter really.
And we were blessed with the offer of free babysitting!! Way back many months ago, several teen girls came over and learned how to make mozzarella cheese with me. (Yes, I’ll share details of cheese making some day.) Their thank you gift to me was to be a night of free babysitting…and between our schedules and theirs, we’re just now able to take them up on the offer.
So, our boys will be here having a blast with the attention of three awesome teen girls, and we won’t be sitting on our date calculating how much longer we should stay out so that we don’t go broke! Blessings all around!
(Maybe I’ll even put on make-up for our date…even though it isn’t a Sunday!! 
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Kate says:
Happy Anniversary! It sounds like you have a beautiful marriage. How blessed you and Matt both are.
Have fun on your date. I hope it is a wonderful evening.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Elizabeth says:
Happy anniversary!!! And, thanks for the reminder to smile at my husband
August 12th, 2008 at 7:59 am
JadeMerie says:
Thanks for the wonderful comment. It’s always fun to get together with others who share similar interests.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Debbie says:
Awwwww. Happy anniversary! Hope your evening is wonderful and blessed. We were married 13 years in April and it is amazing how quickly that time has seemed to fly by!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:03 am
cdnkids says:
Happy Anniversary! Thank you so much for doing Gratituesday!
August 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
angela says:
Congrats on your anniversary.
Sadly that’s the day that my ex-husband and I were married 6 years ago.
I can only hope that I have a future union as successful as yours.
August 12th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
The Happy Housewife says:
Oh, Happy Anniversary! I was married at 20 too! Boy did I need to grow! I hope you have a great date night and that you don’t think about the kids at all!
Toni
August 12th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Lynn says:
Happy Anniversary. We were married 14 years in July. And I was also married at 20. I hope you have a nice date night.
August 12th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Marie says:
Happy Anniversary! I hope you and Matt have a great date! Enjoy your night of free babysitting.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Nicky says:
Happy Anniversary!!!! My wonderful Hubby and I just celebrated 15 yrs on the 7th. Isn’t it just amazing the blessing God can pour over you in those years!
August 13th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Joelle says:
Happy anniversary! Our first anniversary was yesterday, Aug. 12.
August 13th, 2008 at 5:18 pm