Almost through the summer!

I have been having so much fun dating you lately! We got to go out on THREE dates during our trip to Cali.  and we got to go on another date last night! We went out to Red Robin for your birthday lunch, we went to In'n'Out (we are sooo healthy!) for a lunch date, and we walked to the hot tub and went swimming one night....granted you did step on a bee... but we had so much fun! Last night, we went to ComedySportz! They give out free tickets for birthdays, so we invited the Naefs to join us and your sister came over to babysit.  We are so lucky to have people in our lives who can help babysit so we can go enjoy each other! We laughed so hard- I am really glad you enjoyed it :) This summer has been hard on our marriage.  We have been so busy! Our house (especially the outside) has been a disaster, we haven't found a time to go to church, we are feeling disconnected from our friends, I have been leaving a few evenings a week to go work once you get home and baby goes to sleep, I had been using your day off to go to work, you were working a ton, we had a demanding infant.... the list could keep going. It has been a challenge to prioritize each other and enjoy our time together knowing how much is needing to get done around our house, etc.  Now that the season is winding down and Johanna is getting more independent, we can finally breathe again.  I am so lucky to have you by my side during those hard seasons.  You are my rock! You have really helped me become a person who enjoys life...I don't know that i really took pleasure in life before I met you. I was always accomplishing things, but I never slowed down enough to have fun.  We are such a perfect balance! You really do balance me out and make me a better person.  I thank God for you and for our marriage! Thank you for being my biggest supporter, my best friend, my comforter... you are so good to me! I hope that I can be as good to you as you are to me. I strive to serve you, but I know I fall short in so many ways.  I am so lucky to get to grow in selflessness with you and learn together how to serve each other and continually put each other first. Thank you for learning along with me.  and thank you for choosing every day to love me and serve me and grow our marriage.  Jesus, I love you! I don't even have words right now to express my love for you, I just want you to know that I am incredibly thankful for you and I treasure the time that we have together.