If I could write a book about life, I would write about marriage. I would write about how communication is so important between a husband and wife. Luke and I have truly had our fair share of hardships in the last couple of years. I am thankful that our relationship only seems to become stronger. The only reason I believe that our relationship has become stronger is because of our communication. It is hard to talk about when you feel sad, hurt, mad and angry....but if your spouse knows how you feel it is a lot easier for them to understand you and what you are going through. My words don't always come out spoken softly and in a nice tone....but it's better for them to come out rather than not. I don't appreciate going through the difficult times, but what can ya do, right? I am just thankful that I have an amazing husband who loves me and is there for me.

I could tell you now about each frustration that we have had since June 12, 2004, but why bother. I can't dwell on the past and the unfortunate things we have had to go through. All I can do is pray that life gets better and that Luke and I go to each other for strength, but most of all to God. We were at church on Saturday night before our night out with my parents....the message was on Romans chapter 3. Romans is a difficult book to understand, but it is amazing how we see over and over in the Bible God's faithfulness to us. He will not leave us or forsake us. I am reminded again and again that we have a truly loving God.

It is funny, because lately I have been missing Luke during the day while I am at work. I can't wait to get home and be with him, make dinner for him and just be together. I feel like we are at a place in our relationship that we haven't been in a long time. We are really enjoying each other and finding joy in our marriage. It's a wonderful feeling. Now this doesn't mean that life is perfect with my hubby, of course we still argue, but all in all there is an understanding lately that no matter what, life will be ok.

Ok, sorry for my strange rambling about marriage.......but that is just how I feel.

The picture above is from the weekend. We went with my parents, Sari and Ryan to Kinkaid's in St. Paul for dinner and then a limo picked us up and took us around St. Paul to look at Christmas lights. We had a wonderful time! Here are a few pics :)