5 Year Anniversary

This weekend we are celebrating our 5 year anniversary. Neither of us expected our first 5 years to be so full of transition: 2 grad degrees, 2 (almost 3) kids, 2 moves, buying and selling our first home, and starting and saying good bye to our first jobs and friends. I think we'd both be content if the next 5 years was a little more slow paced, with energy toward developing family traditions.

We have learned that so much transition really makes you mold-able and ready for whatever might come. When we reflect on our first five years, we see how often we've talked about being teachable in so many situations, and the importance of gratitude in our marriage, and in our relationships with our friends and family.

The header of our blog is a picture of us at our wedding. A friend in graphic design blew up the image to a six foot long picture that hangs above our kitchen table with the words of Psalm 67:

¹ May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine upon us,

² that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.

³ May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.

⁴ May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth.

⁵ May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.

⁶ Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.

⁷ God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Happy five years, Brian!