5 golden years

today is mine & ben's 5 year anniversary. i can't believe it! we always play the game, "where do you think we'll be this time, next year?" our answer last anniversary was DEFINITELY not managing a group home in north carolina. but that is what is fun, to see how far off our predictions are. this year though, we decided to change it up a bit and asked ourselves where we would be in 5 years. we predicted that we would have 3 children, crazy to think caleb would be just about ready to be baptized. i would be 32, ben 33. ben would have his doctorate in psychology and we would be living somewhere in the west. ben says in la jolla, california. so that is just a guess. but i thought for this blog i would put down what has changed for us since the first year we were married.

1) we have 5 more crow's feet (aka "smiley lines") around our eyes
2) our waists have grown 5 inches (not really but they have expanded since we got married)
3) we have 5 times more responsibility in our lives
4) we laugh 5 times louder
5) our testimonies on faith through trials are 5 times stronger
6) we've been to the hospital about 5 thousand times more than we thought we would
7) our bank account has $5 more in it
8) our circle of friends has expanded 5 times over
9) our car is 5 years newer
10) our love is 5 years stronger

i love you ben!!! can't wait for the next 5 years.