Today, Nate and I celebrate six short years of marriage. It really doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. But we’ve accomplished much in those six years. Here’s just a short recap:

• nearly set the church on fire during our wedding ceremony
• Nate told me on our honeymoon that he’d tried to get us tickets to a Cubs game (in November!)
• lived in apartment for a year
• he got sworn in at our local police department
• we became pregnant with our first child
• I started doing minimal graphic design work for our church
• bought a house
• had that first child, Andy at home — a waterbirth!
• Nate got his helicopter pilot’s license
• had two more boys, Brady, then Connor, (two more waterbirths at home)
• Nate became a canine officer 
• have had three dogs
• miscarried “Baby D” (either Dominic Ryne or Dayna Hope)
• we have a full-fledged graphic design business, catering mostly to the needs of missionaries, churches, etc.
• had planned a hospital for Evan’s birth, and after a complicated pregnancy (four different complications!) and a helicopter flight to get to the Chicago hospital, we spent a month driving to the NICU
• Nate has become a flight instructor at two different helicopter schools — at one, he’s the chief flight instructor!
• we now are expecting “Baby F”
• Nate now knows pretty much as much as I do about the Cubs — including the fact that even a really good season ends in October.

We’re very blessed and we continue to see God provide in ways only He can. We see miracles of every size every day.

I love you, Honey. You’re the best! I can’t wait until we’re celebrating 60 years.

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