Rewarded for Putting Up With Each Other for 10 years

Last week Matt and I had the opportunity to leave for a few days to celebrate 10 years of marriage. (Our anniversary was Dec 18.) Matt's mom flew out here and stayed with the kids for us, which was wonderful because we had no doubt that they would be well taken care of. (Matter of fact, I have no doubt that they were spoiled rotten!) We left on Monday, the 25th, and drove to Massanutten Resort. It's a beautiful four seasons resort in north-west Virginia. The resort is in the middle of the Shenandoah Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The big draw for Matt was that it's a ski resort. Unfortunately, there wasn't any real snow on the ground while we were there, but the resort makes it's snow, so we were able to hit the slopes anyway.

After skiing on Tuesday, we decided we’d try out the tubing hill.

Here I gooooooooooooooooo…

View from the top

We both enjoyed the skiing and tubing on Tuesday, but by Wednesday I had had enough of the cold, wind, and man-made snow. I sent Matt back up the mountain and took a little time for myself. Wouldn't you know though that the sun popped out and it was a little warmer. Oh well, shopping and relaxing were on the agenda for the day and I managed both. Plus, I still had more fun spending money than I would have on the slopes. :O) On Wednesday night, we went to a Murder Mystery Dinner that was a lot of fun. Neither of us had done anything like that before, and we both really enjoyed it. I think if a career change is needed anytime soon, detective work might be an option for either of us. Matt also took our camera up the lifts to take a few pictures of the valley below earlier in the day. Beautiful!

The resort also has an indoor water park. So on Thursday we checked it out. I wish I would have taken some other pictures of the slides and stuff, but I only brought out my camera when Matt tried his luck at the indoor surf.

Wipe Out!

Too bad I put away my camera before he actually got the hang of it. He really did get better and could do barrel rolls, 360s, and get up on his knees. I never attempted it for fear of losing my bathing suit!

Here are a few more pictures we took of the amazing views. They don’t really do it justice though.

This is the view from our condo.

It really was an amazing week. The resort was wonderful and we had a lot of fun. However, I really don’t think it would have mattered where we went. What made it amazing was being able to spend the week with my best friend.

The last 10 years have truly been beyond compare. It’s been full of joy, laughter, tears, amazing blessings in the form of our 3 beautiful children, new adventures with each assignment we’ve been given, some tough times and wonderful times, and through it all, God has continued to bless us with an unconditional love for each other that never wavers. I thank Him every day for making this man for me and I look forward with anticipation to the many years and adventures that lay ahead of us.

“Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Matthew 19:4-6