12 years and 5 kids later

On Dec. 30, Javier and I celebrated 12 years of marriage. We were talking how we could have never made it this far without Christ. It is only by God's grace and allowing God's word to be the final authority of our marriage, that we have made it this long. Believe me, not too many people thought it would last. I was 19 and he was 20. I was still going to college and he worked 2 jobs. Our backgrounds, both culturally and financially, were completely different, but the Lord knit our hearts together. We have the same convictions and ideals of how we want to raise our family and serve the Lord.

We went out to Outback Steakhouse with a gift card from my parents, while they watched our kids - it is our anniversary tradition :). He knows just how to embarass me. He is always telling the waiter or watress that it is our first date, then I always try to explain while I am red in the face. Javier said, "By far we have more fun now". That made me smile, because 12 years and 5 kids later, that is the way it should be.