10 Years Together....an Eternity More!

I'm a day late getting this on here...but yesterday was our 10th wedding anniversary! I hope that when the 25th rolls around we'll both still feel so young and in love as we do today. It seriously doesn't feel like 10 years. Except...that there are those four children running around our house who call us "mom" and "dad"...and we're both a few sizes bigger than we used to be...but other than that we still feel like newlyweds! Hey, we're still in school and in debt up to our eyebrows!

This is one of my favorite pictures from our wedding day. It was actually a snapshot my Aunt Debbie took of us in the bride's garden at the Idaho Falls Temple. We were waiting for the professional photographer to reload his camera...and she caught us in this candid moment. I just love it because the look on both of our faces says it all. Thanks Aunt Debbie! (click on the photo to enlarge it)

A few things we've learned about ourselves from 10 years of marriage:

1. We were told that after we were married we'd start going to bed at 10:00. Nope. We still stay up way too late and frequently past midnight. I think we're "night owls."

2. Andy doesn't like putting socks into the hamper...even if it's open...even if there's a basketball hoop over it for motivation.

3. Sherrie doesn't like filling cars up with gas. She is extremely talented at running them as low as they'll go without running completely out and then coordinating their expected run out time to when Andy is driving so he'll fill it up for her.

4. Sherrie is the family finance officer. It just works better that way. Period.

5. Andy still has flashbacks from youth when his mom would fix meals with Spam, so for some weird reason, Spam keeps finding it's way onto the food storage shelves. Sherrie once had a bad experience with Spam, and just the thought of it makes her queasy.

6. Sherrie's favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

7. Andy's favorite time to eat cereal is between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.

8. When we're both in the vehicle, Andy usually drives...unless Sherrie is doing a quick pick-up on Cedar, Mayfield, or Euclid Hts... in which case she quickly puts on the flashers, swerves to the sidewalk and Andy jumps in the passenger seat. We are very talented at quick pick-ups. Sherrie is also very skilled now at spotting Andy in his blue scrubs walking up the sidewalk..the kids think she has super-powers.

9. Andy is a snowboarder at heart.

10. Sherrie prefers the finesse of skiing.

11. Both Sherrie and Andy love mountain biking. Sherrie is better at going up the hills...she beats Andy at endurance. Andy is better at Sherrie when speeding down the hills, jumping rocks, and splashing through creeks. He is a blurr. Sherrie once tried to keep up with "the blurr"...a very painful accident and a few scars later, she doesn't even think about it.

12. Sherrie prefers cooking extravagant meals to cooking sweets...and Andy is very talented at making sweets. So...our kids don't complain much about food.

13. If given time to relax...Andy would choose to watch a movie...Sherrie would choose to read a book.

14. Someday Andy and Sherrie are going to own 5-10 acres of land. Why? Because privacy and space are extremely important to us.

15. Andy enjoys watching Jane Austen movies with Sherrie...and Sherrie enjoys watching The Lord of the Rings Trilogy with Andy.

16. We don't do "girls" or "guys" nights...if there's actually a time when we could be together...that's what we choose to do.

17. Andy is distantly related to Paul Bunyan. He can freqently be found out in the field trimming the golf course trees with his chain saw or hatchet. Yes. He has a hatchet. It's really cute and has a belt carrying case and everything. Maybe he's part Comanche too. It could look like a tomahawk. I think.

So...there are a million more things I could say...but there ya go. We're both quirky people, and have a lot of fun being all quirky and such. We've actually had a person tell us that they don't get our relationship at all. (laughing right now! Can you believe the things people say?) That's one of the beautiful things about a marriage...nobody needs to "get it" except for the two that are married.

Hey honey...I'm so glad we "get it." Happy 10th!

p.s. After having been married for 10 years...Andy and Sherrie decided that there are a few items they would like to have. Please feel free to browse their online wishlist at Target.com...the link is below. (ahem...you think we're kidding don't you.)

http://www.target.com/lists/21ZUUCS7RPRUI