Ten Years

Recently, Phil and I celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary. Big, huh? It has been a pretty fantastic ten years. We have had some tough separations thanks to the Navy, but we have gotten through it and come out better on the other side. Here are some of the highlights of the past ten years:



March 24, 2000- The beginning



July 26, 2001- Nathan



December 15, 2003- Joslyn



March 15, 2007- Caleb



February 21, 2009- Chase

Thanks to the Navy, we get to move around the country quite a bit. It has been very enjoyable to live in different places and meeting different people.



We started our married life in Charleston, South Carolina (no that wasn't our house). Phil was there going to school for the Navy. We lived there for two and a half years and really enjoyed it!



Next we moved to Salt Lake City, Utah so that Phil could attend the University of Utah. We lived there for three years and loved being close to family.



Then we moved back to South Carolina. We bought our first house. It was fun to go back there for a year and was hard to leave again.



After three long months in Connecticut, staying in a hotel, we moved to Kittery Point, Maine. I really loved the Northeast and we lived in a beautiful house in a beautiful area right on the water. We lived there for a year.



We had to leave the beautiful house in Maine for an apartment in Massachusetts. We lived there for almost a year while waiting for the boat to be done so we could move to our next duty station which turned out to be. . .

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Hawaii! It is lovely here and very pleasant. Where will we go next? Only time will tell.

We have also had a lot of fun in our ten years together. Here are some of our most memorable trips.



Memorial Day in Washington DC.



Moab, Utah



Zion's National Park



Lone Peak, on one of our favorite backpacking trips.



Five year anniversary in Cancun.



North Carolina



Disney World



DC with the Nelsons



Kauai, Hawaii

Here are some of the fun things that we like to do together.



Snowboarding



Rock climbing



Sledding



Camping



Playing at the beach]



Hiking

Well, sorry this post is so long. Once I got started, it was hard to stop. Here's to our first ten years, may the next ten and the ten after that and after that etc. be as wonderful.

Comments

ME said…
YOU AND PHIL ARE WONDERFUL! I am so so happy for your first ten years!! I hope we can still be a part of the next 10000000000000000.
We love you and congrats~
April 21, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Joanna said…
Hooray for happy marriages! Congratulations to you both. You are wonderful, Phil is fabulous, your kids are beautiful, and I love you very much!
April 21, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Amanda said…
Happy ten years. That is so neat to read the adventures you have been on in the last ten years. YOu both are such great people. Congratualitons on ten years
April 21, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Sandra said…
That was so fun to read. I loved all the pictures of you and your kids and all the places you have been. It is crazy to think you have been married for ten years! I'm so happy for you and here's to many, many more wonderful years to come!
April 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM
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