I decided to post some of my favorite wedding pictures on here to honor our four year wedding anniversary and if you want to see them bigger, click on them!
This picture is one of my favorites...James got our wedding cake on me and just when I was about to get him, he dodged it and of course the photographer caught it just in time.
Out of all of the pictures that James and I took that day, this by far is my favorite. When this picture was taken, I felt (don't know about James) that no one else was even around; just James and I looking at each other's eyes. I love the way the background looks and everything else. The way James is looking at me, I can tell that he loved me then and still loves me. When James looks at me the way he is in this picture, I am always reassured that everything will be OK no matter what the circumstance is. I guess in this picture, we were getting a little ancy and wanted to go to the reception area by limo but James wanted to make sure that this picture ended up perfectly and it did.
This picture wasn't taken by a professional photographer, but by my Uncle. This is a nice picture because we always have our heads touching. Go figure! :)
This picture was taken my maid of honor Toni (Meyer) Buttner. James and I have this blown up to an 8x10 or something like that. We even made wallet sizes to send to our friends and family in our Christmas cards we sent out as our first Christmas as Husband and Wife (notice our heads our touching once again).
This is also one of my favorites. You can see how long my wedding dress train is and not to mention you can see the front door of the chapel where we got married. Our heads are touching again...There are more pictures that the photographer took, but I am not sure if I want to post them but then again, never mind. Maybe when we are married for ten years. Wait, I never did put pictures of James with the bridesmaids and me with the groomsmen. OK, here's James with the bridesmaids: 
Here am I with the groomsmen (minus one): 
James with the groomsmen (minus one): 
Myself with the bridesmaids: 
and lastly, James and myself with our parents minus his mom: 
When James and I got married, we had no idea that we would have his brother stay with us for a while let alone have my sister stay too (separate times of course). That was a huge test for us. I know that God was watching over us because I really do think that God was testing us to see if we can have family stay with us no matter what the circumstance was and fortunately, we passed! Although when my little sister stayed, she had to pay while she was with us and James' brother didn't have to. I felt that it was unfair, but back then I didn't. Conor wanted to save up money so he can live on his own and Roxy seemed like she wanted to stay there for as long as she could. Wow! Just when I thought that I really couldn't do it anymore, but again, God has taught me about patience and it paid off. She moved out within a few months.
The day after James and I got married, we moved to Ithaca. Actually, we moved to Odessa to live with his parents until we found a job and an apartment in Ithaca. Luckily, it didn't take that long for James to find us an apartment in Ithaca. The only problem was finding a job but then again, I did find one within a month so that wasn't really that bad. I guess the problem was money. We did have enough money to move in, but we didn't have enough money to buy food or anything like that so James had to pawn his guitar and our DVDs. We also had to ask his Aunt and my Mom for money. We paid them back as soon as we could. That was the worse thing that we ever had to do but again, God has taught us about material things and we realized that that stuff wasn't really important (not to mention that in due time we would be getting that stuff back soon).
When James and I left for New York, I didn't realize that I didn't pack most of my clothes in my big black suitcase. BIG MISTAKE!!! I called my Mom and asked her to send some of my clothes to Odessa. She was mad at me and it was clearly justified. We also realized that we didn't take our wedding gifts with us either. It was until we lived in Illinois six months ago that we finally got our wedding gifts and we are still waiting for the rest of them.
Throughout our four year marriage, we have only fought twice. Yes, you read that right twice. The first time was when we were in Illinois and the second time was when I was in Kansas visiting my Mom. Both of them were blown way out of proportion. I like to overreact and James knows this and if I wasn't such a brat about things, we wouldn't have fought at all. James and I talk about everything and I do mean everything. From how our day went to what is bothering us, we talk about it and it's such a good thing because it relieves stress and it makes me feel that I know I can go to him no matter what the situation entails.
I think that I have blabbed or blogged enough about my wedding anniverary and about my marriage to James. I do want to mention one thing though. What we did on our anniverary. We didn't get to spend the whole day together because I had to work, but he did surprise me with my favorite dinner that he makes: burritos!! His burritos are really good! Now that we are trying for a child, I feel that this is the next step in our marriage and I am looking forward to becoming a Mom. I know I will make a good Mom and James will make a fantastic Father! So I just want to say in closing..
I can't believe that I have been married to you James for this long, but I am ready for many many more years to come!