My husband – my best friend – my confidante – my love – my Jared. Thursday night Jared and I celebrated FOUR years of marriage. Friday night we went to dinner and a movie to celebrate. His favorite restaurant – in Wellsboro – is The Dumpling House. He got his normal – curry chicken – and I got the steamed veggies with white rice. Dinner was great – the food, the company, and the conversation. Wall.E came out Friday night so that is what we decided to go see. We both loved it. So much so, that we went and saw it again with some friends Sunday night. Saturday we slept in and then he took me to my acupuncture appt. in Wellsboro – the rest of the evening was spent doing NOTHING – which drives me crazy but I need it at the same time. Sunday we went to church and watched a few movies. We haven’t had a weekend like that in a LONG time – and won’t have one for a LONG time to come. Jared is truly the love of my life and I know that God placed him with me for a reason. He is my shoulder to cry on – the one who reminds me that God loves me when I am discouraged – the one whose smile makes me smile – the one who I want to have babies with and grow old with – I love you Jared.

The next series of pictures documents each year of Jared and Danielle …

This was us getting ready to go to dinner and a movie Friday night.

This was us near our anniversary last year – thanks kt b.

This was us near my birthday in 2006 – I can’t seem to find one from June of the two of us.

Our first anniversary in 2005.

Our wedding night …

This last picture is a picture of the shale in front of our fireplace. For those of you who don’t know – we live in Jared’s grandparents house. A house that is full of life, promise, memories, and prayers. The first time we had dinner with his grandparents at this house – when we were just dating – I noticed this slate.

The last four digits of my parent’s phone number is 2667 – and has been for as long as I can remember. We don’t use the wood stove that sits on this shale – but I don’t expect it to ever come out.

Sometimes I wonder how I had to nerve to say that I loved this man when I married him. I can’t even compare that emotion to the love I have for him now. We are two different people it seems – we have grown together. The love I have for him right this moment far exceeds the love I had for him on our wedding day.

Mansfield is a beautiful place to live. I look forward to raising a family in this town.

I am amazed when I look at you,
I see you smiling back at me,
It’s like all my dreams come true.
I am afraid if I lost you,
I’d fall through the cracks and lose my track,
In this crazy, lonely world.

Sometimes it’s so hard to believe,
When my nights can be so long,
And faith gave me the strength,
It keeps me going on.

You are the love of my life,
And I’m so glad you found me,
You are the love of my life,
Baby put your arms around me,
I guess this is how it feels,
When you finally find something real.
My angel in the night, you’re my love…
The love of my life.

Now here you are,
With midnight closing in.
You take my hand as our shadows dance,
With moonlight on your skin.
I look in your eyes,
I’m lost inside your kiss.
I think if I’d never met you,
about all the things I’d missed.

Sometimes it’s so hard to believe,
When a love can be so strong,
And faith gives me the strength,
it keeps me going on.

You are the love of my life,
And I’m so glad you found me,
You are the love of my life,
Baby put your arms around me,
I guess this is how it feels,
When you finally find something real.
My angel in the night, you’re my love…
The love of my life.

You are the love of my life,
And I’m so glad you found me,
You are the love of my life,
Baby put your arms around me,
I guess this is how it feels,
When you finally find something real.
My angel in the night, you are my love…
My angel in the night, you are my love…
The love of my… life.

This was the song that Jared picked for our first dance. I had lots of corny, cheesy country ones. There were very few wedding details he really wanted – this was one of them.

Happy FOUR years Jared – you ARE the love of my life – and I am so glad you found me.

Derek emailed me today with a photography option he thought I should check out.

Here is the original photo – one you might recognize …

And here is upgraded version …

THANKS little brother – you’re the best.

I am going to have SO much fun with this …

I grew up watching television. As an adult I try and limit myself to the amount of television I watch. I usually only allow myself 3 shows at a time. This fall it was The Office, Scrubs, and CSI. Jared was a punk and threw in Pushing Daisies – so it became 4. There is a girl on Pushing Daisies called Charlotte Charles – lonely tourist Charlotte Charles to be exact. Her best friend from childhood called her Chuck. Jared and I love this – he got to calling me Chuck at random times. When we got the Jeep we decided to be those weird car owners that name their cars. It had to be Chuck. I love the concept of naming a baby girl Charlotte and calling her Chuck but Jared wasn’t much for that for a baby girl – so we thought why not the Jeep.

The Stratus started to get a little jealous – okay a LOT jealous – so we decided to name her after our second favorite girl on TV – Pamm.

They are learning to share – the driveway and bath time.