Thursday, July 26, 2007

10th Anniversary

Finally got to upload some pictures from our wedding day for those interested. It was a really fun day made very special by a LOT of friends who came a great distance to celebrate with us. Rev. Thomas McCall Sr. and Dr. Whitaker offficiated. We were married in a United Methodist Church in my hometown that my family had grown up attending on Christmas Eve. I had always dreamed of getting married in this church as a young girl. This day was a fairytale day for me in the sense I got my prince; a holy day in the sense we made a lasting covenant; a poignantly sweet memory remembering how proud and happy my Dad was on that day.

Thanks so much to all my friends and family who made this day so special. What a great cloud of witnesses to stand behind us!















"I have now been married ten years. I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest--blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine...To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude, as gay as in company. We talk, I believe, all day long: to talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking. All my confidence is bestowed on him, all his confidence is devoted to me; we are precisely suited in character--perfect concord is the result."

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Chapter 38)

20 comments:

Tara said...

What a BEAUTIFUL, FITTING quote to share on your 10th anniversary! I think there's something very special about the ten year mark. We had our 10th last year. It's just a great place to stop, look back, evaluate, and renew. And in today's world, it's actually quite an accomplishment.

So I wish you and Tom a very HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, and I hope you're able to celebrate in a way that is meaningful to the both of you.

Blessings!

The Pastor of a Small Rural Church said...

Happy 10th Anniversary!!! Isn't it amazing how time flies when you're having fun!!!

Julie

Kimberly said...

How beautiful...and how "you" to use this quote! Many, many congrats. and hugs to a wonderful couple!!
(and your wedding remains one of my all-time favorites!)

JenLo said...

Congrats! What a great milesone

julie f said...

Happy Anniversary to a couple truly met for each other! I love the way you compliment each other.

I pray the next ten years will be even better than the last!

Much love to you!

The Dickinsons said...

Congrats to you both! Doesn't marriage just get better each year?! I loved the new family picture too!

Happy Anniversary! Trust y'all have many more...

Love, Heather =)

Mary Ellen said...

I'm happy to say I was there that day, it was so great to be able to attend the wedding of a couple you just knew were meant to be together!!!

We had always said for our 10th anniversary we'd do another cruise (like we did for our honeymoon) but we had our fourth child instead, just about two weeks before the 10 year mark...which was fine. We can always go on a cruise but we can't always have a baby. "-)

Tara said...

p.s. So.....are we gonna get any wedding photos?!? I wasn't there, and I would LOVE to see what I know must have been a beautiful wedding.

Anonymous said...

"to make conversation, to share a joke, to perform mutual acts of kindness, to share in trifling and in serious matters, to disagree though without animosity -- just as a person debates with himself -- and in the very rarity of disagreement to find the salt of normal harmony, to teach each other something or to learn from one another, to long with impatience for those absent, to welcome them with gladness on their arrival" (Augustine on Friendship, Confessions IV.viii.13).

Ten years with my best friend. I am, of all men, most blessed.

Your Tom

cheriepasbjerg said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! May the next 10, 20 and 50 years be just as blessed for you both!!

Shaun said...

Happy Anniversary! When we were with Sonja in Fl a couple of weeks ago she told me that you were blogging and it was so good to see pictures of you and your beautiful family on your site. I remember the wedding well and am so glad that you have been blessed with a fabulous marriage. We will be ten next year and feel the same way!! Please tell your mom that we say hi if you think of it!! Love to you - Shaun Witter

Vonnie said...

Happy Anniversary!!!

SheilaDy said...

Happy Anniversary!

I pray that God blesses both you and Tom with many wonderful years together!

You are a match made in Heaven!

Blessings,
Sheila

Anonymous said...

Happy, Happy Anniversary! I agree with Kimberly that your wedding is among my favorite memories. Have enjoyed the new pictures and updates.

Many Blessings!

laura k said...

Happy Anniversary (a bit late now)!! Your marriage has been such an example and inspiration to me (and I'm sure many others)!! You and Tom are so blessed!

I enjoyed seeing the new pictures - thanks for sharing! I can hardly believe it's been two years since I've seen the kids!

Many hugs & prayers ~Laura

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! I can still remember when I started seeing the two of you hanging around as a couple at HSBC.

Kimberly said...

Hey....where are the Tx pics:)?
Miss Ya!

Vonnie said...

Nice pictures!!!

The Pastor of a Small Rural Church said...

Jenny, I just got to see your pictures. For some reason we/I (my family) were not at your wedding but it looks like it was beautiful!!! I see that Trisha was in your wedding. Hard to believe that she will be getting married herself in a few weeks.

Julie

Making Memories 1999 said...

Beautiful post!!