The weekend before school started Mimi came into town! Ben and I snuck away for a night to celebrate our 14th anniversary. We stayed downtown at the Loew's and ate dinner at The Four Seasons. It was a wonderful little getaway and while our "big" 15 year anniversary is next year and we hope to do something special, I feel like this is an important year, too.
The purpose of our blog is to provide our boys with a scrapbook of memories that details their lives and giving them little tidbits about Mom and Dad every now and then is part of that. Fourteen years is a long time and deserves to be recognized. Ben and I dated 2 years before we married and met each other 3 years before that so we've known each other almost 20 years. In the time that we have been married, we've known friends who have married and are now divorced.
One of the most important lessons in life that I want Ethan and Caden to learn as they one day read these words in a blog book themselves is that through the ups and downs and the good and bad, it is up to them to allow God to help them choose their spouse and it is up to them to determine their future happiness in marriage by the amount of work they put into it. It is my prayer that both of our boys will seek the Lord's guidance when this time comes and will be open to listen to their Dad and I as we speak from experience and out of love for them.
It must be a kindergarten thing because Ethan has been recently asking about who and when he will marry. We've talked about the importance of school and college and that when the time is right God will place the right person in his life. These conversations are sweet and innocent and I pray that he stays the course and seeks God first in his endeavors throughout life. I pray that both he and Caden learn the importance of endurance and the value that comes from work in a marriage.
Ben would never call himself a model for our children but he is a great example of a father who loves his children immensely and works hard for his family. He is a wonderful provider and has a work ethic that I pray our boys see and emulate. He has already begun to instill in the boys the importance of being able to take care of their family when they grow up. He is driven to offer Ethan and Caden opportunities to participate in events that foster their interests and he prioritizes his health because he wants to be around for our family and see his children grow up. While he sometimes gets frustrated (as do I) with the choices that they make, most of the time you will see him doing or saying something silly to make them laugh...I will completely blame him for any farting jokes said at school. You will never hear either of us say that we have a perfect marriage and I don't know anyone who does, but we work at ours and that is the lesson that I pray our boys learn. We have come a long way in our 14 years and we have done a lot of growing up and mellowing out along the way and while I think we both would probably benefit from a little more mellowing, we have created a wonderful life together. Even though there are things about each of us that I know drives the other one crazy, I pray that what we have built continues to grow...and who knows, maybe we will stop driving each other crazy one day.
The purpose of our blog is to provide our boys with a scrapbook of memories that details their lives and giving them little tidbits about Mom and Dad every now and then is part of that. Fourteen years is a long time and deserves to be recognized. Ben and I dated 2 years before we married and met each other 3 years before that so we've known each other almost 20 years. In the time that we have been married, we've known friends who have married and are now divorced.
One of the most important lessons in life that I want Ethan and Caden to learn as they one day read these words in a blog book themselves is that through the ups and downs and the good and bad, it is up to them to allow God to help them choose their spouse and it is up to them to determine their future happiness in marriage by the amount of work they put into it. It is my prayer that both of our boys will seek the Lord's guidance when this time comes and will be open to listen to their Dad and I as we speak from experience and out of love for them.
It must be a kindergarten thing because Ethan has been recently asking about who and when he will marry. We've talked about the importance of school and college and that when the time is right God will place the right person in his life. These conversations are sweet and innocent and I pray that he stays the course and seeks God first in his endeavors throughout life. I pray that both he and Caden learn the importance of endurance and the value that comes from work in a marriage.
Ben would never call himself a model for our children but he is a great example of a father who loves his children immensely and works hard for his family. He is a wonderful provider and has a work ethic that I pray our boys see and emulate. He has already begun to instill in the boys the importance of being able to take care of their family when they grow up. He is driven to offer Ethan and Caden opportunities to participate in events that foster their interests and he prioritizes his health because he wants to be around for our family and see his children grow up. While he sometimes gets frustrated (as do I) with the choices that they make, most of the time you will see him doing or saying something silly to make them laugh...I will completely blame him for any farting jokes said at school. You will never hear either of us say that we have a perfect marriage and I don't know anyone who does, but we work at ours and that is the lesson that I pray our boys learn. We have come a long way in our 14 years and we have done a lot of growing up and mellowing out along the way and while I think we both would probably benefit from a little more mellowing, we have created a wonderful life together. Even though there are things about each of us that I know drives the other one crazy, I pray that what we have built continues to grow...and who knows, maybe we will stop driving each other crazy one day.
Now, back to light-hearted blog stuff...
While Mommy and Daddy were away, these two had a blast swimming with Mimi.
These crab and octopus masks are hilarious!
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