OurFamily4HisGlory: Twenty Wonderful Years!

Celebrating twenty years of marriage...

October 5, 2010

What a special and wonderful day that was when we pledged our love and our lives to each other and entered into the covenant of marriage before God and many witnesses...And what a beautiful journey we've enjoyed together since that day!

Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one~

"There's a miracle called Friendship That dwells within the heart;

And you don't know how it happens Or when it gets its start...

But the happiness it brings to you Always gives a special lift;

And you realize that friendship Is a most precious gift."

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Happiness is being married to your very best friend...

Thanks for being that friend to me, Honey Bun!:o)

(We have this little poem hanging on our wall, a gift to me from

Nathan before we were married...it's even truer now than then!)

"Love withstands the test of time."
Nathan & Krista
Forever...

We also have this hanging on our wall, a gift to Nathan from me.
The day before our sixteenth anniversary we got the call that
Nathan's Mom had passed away at only sixty years old,
after a sad illness that left her getting more and more helpless.
Nathan left quickly for California to be with his family so we didn't see each other
at all on the day of our anniversary. But much sadder than that,
was the sweet marriage that was cut short between Nathan's parents.
Their marriage is an inspiration and blessing to us yet!
So this was the inspiration behind the words above~
Even with all the help and care she needed because of her illness
she remained her dear, sweet self and Nathan's Dad so lovingly
and devotedly cared for her to the end...
not like he had to, but like it was his privilege!
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To celebrate our anniversary we took a little trip to Eureka Springs, Arkansas

On the way there we took a trip down memory lane as well...

We stopped at Jolly Mill where we had our engagement pictures taken~

Then...

And now...

Oops! Wrong girl! No, actually we each
posed with Kaiti-:o)

At our cabin in Eureka Springs

We got a nice two-bedroom w/kitchen and living room cabin in the Ozarks where we stayed a couple nights~ Believe it or not, it was decorated in CATS!
(To make us feel at home, I guess:o)

Yes, we took our little ones with us!:o)
Never been too big on babysitters...

We strolled/shopped around the quaint little town

of Eureka Springs and enjoyed the beautiful gardens

It's impressive how this town has been built into the hills and hollers of the Ozark mountains and how it's streets snake and curve around through the hills and the buildings are built into the sides of them like some insect nest or hive.