"Four"ever Young

Today, Lawrence and I have been married 4 years!

Lawrence proposed on June 20, 2007 at Ponca Bible Camp , where we met in 2004.

They have been the best years of my life!

We got married on September 29, 2007, at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston, Kansas.

We honeymooned in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.

Before Coralyn was born, we took a vacation to South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado.

This is Jenny Lake, in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming.

Exactly one week after our 2nd anniversary, on October 6, 2009, we welcomed Coralyn Ruth into the world! She has blessed our lives in so many ways!

Coralyn's one-year/our family picture in the fall of 2010.

Our annual "trip" to Ponca to serve at camp during June/July. Summer 2011

Our next family picture will have one more person in it!

We look forward to welcoming Baby Young #2 this December, the best Christmas present we could ever ask for!

This past year has been somewhat rough as we have experienced various trials and difficulties, but through them all we have grown even stronger and closer together. Of course, we have enjoyed many wonderful times as well. No matter what the journey holds, though, I am so blessed to have such an amazing partner and traveling companion. When we got married, we ended the ceremony with a prayer from Psalm 48:14, "This is our God. He will be our guide, even until the end." While I hope the end is far, far, far off, I am so thankful that God has certainly been leading us every step of the way as we seek to follow hard after Him. We have gone both uphill and down, seen majestic sights and wondered when we would ever see light again, laughed, cried, and everything in between. Yet, we know that God has been by our side the entire way. We have no idea what lies ahead, but we are confident that God has gone before us to prepare the path, and that He will make sure we arrive at our intended destination. Pretty sure we will learn a few more things along the way as well! :)

So here's to another four, or fourteen, or forty, or forty-four years of walking (running, limping, crawling, or whatever we have to do to get where God is taking us) side by side, hand in hand with my best friend!