5 Years - Happy Anniversary Michelle!

Dear Shelly,

Happy anniversary! That's right, I said it first this morning at midnight. I always do.

5 Years ago - right about now, actually - we were getting hitched. My, oh my, how time seems to fly. Last night I read some of my journal entries from when we were dating. I can't believe that you got cold feet. Thanks for taking a chance on me! I'd venture to say that your gamble has paid off. I mean, I haven't been the perfect husband, true, but we've had some good times, no doubt. Last night you said to me "think of all the stuff we've been through together- we've had so many changes." I thought a lot about that. Many of the biggest life changes we'll go through here in life have occurred in the 5 years since we wed. We've had a chance to experience so much together - good AND bad...

• We had a baby
• We climbed Mt. Timpanogas
• You read the BOM for the first time
• You got your first root canal
• I finally quit a job using the whole two weeks notice thing
• We lived in Hawaii
• We bought a house - and refinanced it
• We got into an intense lawsuit
• I got promoted
• You became a master esthetician
• We lost our virginity
• We've moved 6 times
• I got in my first fender bender
• We lived in a mansion
• We surfed!
• You lost your dad
• You lost your brother
• We fell in love
• We became landlords
• We had our first domestic dispute
• I went on my first helicopter ride
  
• I flipped a house
• We sold that jeep
• We lived in your mom's basement
  
• We got married
• Taylor said her first prayer
• You went brown
• We lost over $10k in an investment
• I finally got over Nicole Hansen
• We had another baby
• I was in a plane crash
• I survived a plane crash!
• We had our first Christmas morning at home
• We became parents
  
• We started a business
• I was in a bishopric
• You started your first business
  
• We sold that Camry
• We went to Disneyland together
• I cut my finger up really bad on the table saw
• I built a website
• We read the BOM together for the first time
  
• Taylor broke her arm
  
• You bought something on eBay
• We went on our first cruise

Like two different-colored globs of Tay's Play-Dough, we've been , rolled, pulled, yanked, dragged, stretched, mashed & smashed into one. But we've been molded into something beautiful (that's mostly you).

I love you so much, Shelly. I can't imagine going through so much joy ever again. With you, though, i don't doubt I'm in for a surprise. I'm seriously excited to become famous country music stars. Once we've got our recording studio finished there'll be no stopping us!

5 Years and ready for 5 million more...