8 Years.

8 years ago, I was 19. And getting married. I'm not sure how a youngin' like that made such a brilliant choice in husbands, but I did. Luck, I think. Certainly not maturity.

Since that day, a lot has happened. We are nowhere near where we thought we'd be 8 years later. Dreams change so much from age 19 to age 27. I'm sure I'll say the same thing in 10 more years after life takes us for a few more unexpected turns. But through all the uncertainty of life, one thing has remained constant: I am completely and totally in love with my husband.

A few wedding pictures for your enjoyment:

Minutes after we said "I do!" (I am holding my small, back-up bouquet in this picture.)

My gorgeous bouquet. The flowers at my wedding were out-of-this-world. When I was at my consultation, the wedding planner asked me what I wanted my colors to be and I said "Bright! For sure yellow in the mix."  With her help, we came up with this beautiful bouquet and the colors made me sooo happy. The gerber daisy is actually a salmony-pink, which helped calm down the bright-bright-bright of everything else.

The pretty cake. This cake was DELISH. The fruit tied in with my bright, bright theme. At the time, I wasn't really a cake-kinda-girl, so this was oh-so perfect for me.

Our kiddo entourage. My sweet little princess cousins and nieces. (And one handsome little red-headed boy who looks amazingly like my own red-headed boy. They must be cousins.)

We had two receptions. One that my parents put on (seen above), and one that was hosted by my husband's parents in Idaho. Both were lovely. One of the best thing about getting married to someone from Burley, Idaho is that you are required to register at Ace Hardware. (No, really. You totally read that right. ACE HARDWARE.) I remember telling my future father-in-law that I didn't really want to register there and he said, "Well, that's fine, but no one is going to give you any presents." So, we did. When we arrived at the reception, before it began, there was a table of matching-presents already waiting for us. Ace delivers! Oh, it was the highlight of my day. We have had a few too many laughs over that.

We're going to be celebrating all weekend. (Our actual anniversary is Sunday, but we like to drag out the festivities.) Will be back Monday with some of our final organization tips and maybe an announcement.