about 50 more to go. On April 12 we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary! While my waist line may have changed quite a bit my love, respect, and admiration for Max Dixon has not. 10 years, 2 kids, some heartache, and 1 new business later I still love my Christian Slater look alike.
Who knew 10 years could fly by so fast.
We always thought we would go on another cruise for our 10 year anniversary like we did on our honeymoon when we went to St.Lucia, Bahamas, St. Martin, and Barbados, but we didn't realize that we would be at the end of our first year of starting a business and being self-employed and paying for private school at this time. So we enjoyed a lovely stay-cation. We stayed at the Marriott at the Shops of Legacy in Plano.
One of the companies Max's works with sent a bottle of champagn, Aggie candy, almonds, and a sweet note to our room!
We had a fancy dinner at the Season 52 then walked around the lake.
The next morning Max let me go shopping! We weren't able to buy each other gifts so we just decided to go shopping together. It was so fun to freely go shopping with him. Money has been so so tight since last March, and I've struggled adjusting, but the business is growing and we got a little tax break (which on a side note, the government hates self-employed people) so he turned me lose (a little). I just really loved spending the time with him. Our 10 year anniversary celebration wasn't what I had planned or pictured it being in my head, but then again neither was marriage...it was better.
The kids stayed with my parents. So they had to take Rhett to his blast ball game on Saturday along with my grandmother and brother. Then we met everyone for lunch afterwards at Nico's. It was a lovely quick little getaway, but it was just what we needed. The cruise will have to wait for our 15th.
I feel so lucky to still be in love after 10 years in this world where marriage is taken so lightly. It hasn't been the easiest 10 years, but it hasn't really been all that hard either. We are both first born, perfectionists. I the controller. He the people pleaser. According to The New Birth Order Book we are the worst match, but we've made through prayer, prayer, and more prayer and making a choice to love and not give up and understand that we aren't entitled to be happy all the time. But I am happy with him. I don't always like him and some of his quirks are like nails on a chalkboard to me, but I love him. And I know I drive him crazy. I'm not a sane, rational, calm person, but he accepts me for my insanity and calms me down some how and loves me even though he can never get me to be rational. I'm so glad I get to travel down this road of life with this man. I'm looking forward to what the next 10 years hold for us. I know it holds 2 teenagers for one thing. God help us!
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