What. A. Life. Holy shit, WHAT A LIFE. It’s that time of year again, and as usual, I got all sappy (as I am prone to do) and decided to go through pictures and look back over the years at all the things. And what a life we’ve had over the last eighteen (twenty if you count the years we dated) years.

From climbing rocks on the (in)famous southeast sandstone, to standing on the tallest peaks in Colorado, from the beaches of Florida, Hawaii, , Costa Rica, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and back again… From the dream of moving to Colorado (and realizing it!) to dreams of living on a sailboat (or at least on an island somewhere)… What an incredible adventure it’s all been.

What an amazing life we have the opportunity to live. When I met that tall boy with the gorgeous green eyes all those years ago, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the life we’d build together. I’m pretty sure I became the luckiest girl in the world that day. Through ups, downs, and sideways-es, there’s no one I’d rather do life with. And I’m so incredibly grateful for it all.

We’ve taken road trips, cruises and a couple of big international trips. We’ve hiked, climbed, and biked, we’ve skied and we’ve camped. We’ve even taken some sailing lessons. We’ve done real life, too… We’ve done a kitchen remodel and taken down ceilings, not to mention a fireplace… We DO actually have jobs, a condo, and a mortgage…. Not to mention countless soccer and baseball games, and plain old boring life. It’s too hard to call out everything we’ve done over the years…

So. Here’s to the last twenty years. And here’s to the rest of our lives and the adventures to come.