3 years.

Today marks three years of marriage for hubs and I!

It is crazy to look back over the past three years and see all the things we

have done, all of the places we have been, and all of the memories we have made.

Not only that, but all of the ways we have grown both as individuals and as a couple. I can honestly

say that I love Coy more today than ever before. I can also honestly say that there is still excitement

in our marriage, I still want him to the first person I talk to in the morning when I wake up and the

last person I want to see before I go to bed. I am still excited about our date nights and movie nights and everything in between. Love is such a gift and I am so thankful that I get to spend each loving and being loved by such an amazing man.

 

Here is a breakdown of our last three years together.

Where it all started...

 

 

Year One:

Year one of marriage was spent adjusting to living life day in and day out together. At times it was so easy to adjust to life together as a married couple and at other times it was extremely difficult. During this year we had a lot of BIG fights. The type of fights that we luckily don't have anymore, which included a lot of yelling, a great deal of miscommunication, and lot of tears (by me of course). Even with these fights it was exciting to begin to navigate life together.

(left over cake from our wedding - which ended up not being too bad)

For our first anniversary we spent a week in Mexico. Traveling to tropical locations is by far our

favorite activity!

 

Year Two:

I feel like year two is when we really started to enjoy marriage. Of course we enjoyed marriage during year one but by year two we had worked out some of our marriage kinks, the fighting became more minimal and life together became less hard work and more enjoyable.

For our second anniversary we enjoyed dinner at The Eagle's Nest...and it was fantastic.

 

Year Three:

Year three has been our best year by far. We have had so many changes over the past year. We bought our first home and have since settled in to being first time homeowners, and have loved every minute. We switched churches and went through the misery of church hunting while still doing our best to hold each other spiritually accountable while we had no church 'home.' I don't even remember that last fight we had. {Please note the word fight here - I am not referring to disagreements, which we have almost daily : ) } I feel like we have laughed more this year than in year's past. We have become annoying and finish each other's thoughts before it even comes out of our mouths. However, even with all of these amazing things, this year has brought a lot more personal struggles than in the previous years. And yet, through these struggles, challenges, and heartache we have grown closer, loved more, and relied on each other more than ever before. Coy is everything I could have ever hoped or imagine for. He makes me laugh, comforts me when I cry, and joins me on every adventure that we take. Year three has been so eventful I can only imagine what year four has in store for us.

 

I already think we are off to a good start...we rang in our first day of our fourth year of marriage the same we entered into our marriage during our wedding three years ago - dancing to Jagged Edge, Let's Get Married. Only this time we were dancing in the bathroom and not up the aisle.

Enjoy!