Eight Wonderful Years!!!!!

Happy Anniversary Becca. These past eight years have been wonderful, exciting, awesome, unimaginable, crazy, beautiful, inspiring, and the BEST. I know our anniversary isn't until Monday, but seeing how I will be on an airplane for the next 24 hours I won't have the chance to write this blog about how wonderful you are.

I have added eight songs to the blog, one song for each year we have been married. These are some of the greatest love songs of all time, from all genres and they only seemed fitting seeing how we are the greatest love story of all time. Who would have thought that eight years ago when we were married and sealed to each other for eternity that we would be where we are now?

Some people may ask "Where are Tyler and Becca?" Well I will tell you where we are. We are in a state of bliss. Even though we lived (I guess I should make this past tense since as of tonight we no longer live in the Congo) for the last two years in Mercer's 207th out of 214 worse places for ex-patriots to live (Baghdad is 214), our love for each other not only got us through it, but allowed us to thrive in it. We are still madly in love. My heart still beats fast at even the thought of holding your hand.

The past eight years have been adventuresome and through it all you have stood by me, loved me, cared for me, supported me, helped me, scolded me when I have needed it, encouraged me to pursue my dreams, and put up with my mistakes. Here are just a few of the highlights over the last eight years that let me know how much you love me.
1. Put your schooling on hold, so I could start mine,
2. Moved five times in one year (we made it through those five years surprisingly well),
3. The birth of our son,
4. Allowing me to pursue a job that I love, even though it means being far from your family,
5. Moving to a third-world country, where you don't speak the language and staying here with me even though there were times (probably alot of times) when you wanted to be on the next plane out of here,
6. Moving with me to another third-world country, but at least we get rid of the not knowing the language part,
7. Trips to Hawaii, Paris, Brugge, Germany, Mount Saint Helen, Outerbanks, and front row seats to a Jazz game.
8. All the nights of staying home and watching a movie and eating popcorn.

We do not know what will happen in the next eight years, where we will be, what we will be doing, but what I do know is that you will be there with me, that you will love me, and even if trials and obstacles should befall us I know that we will overcome as we will be together, and together there is nothing that can stop our happiness, our love, our family. I love you Becca, and always will.
Tyler