3 happy kids
from 3 different hospitals
2 basements and 2 houses
2 city to city moving trips
3 floor to floor moves in 1 house.
2 summer homes
3 wards, a whole mess o callings
5 jobs
2 degrees, 1 diploma, 1.5 years of residency
3 night classes
countless exams
4 TV's
5 Cell phones
9 Computers
102 gallons of aquarium space
4 frogs
Dozens of fish
2 mortgages
$ CENSORED in student loans and credit
funding 5 years of school
and 2 scrapbook rooms
1 flooded home
2 break and enters
2 buried grandparents
3 buried friends
4 vehicles
3 preschools
1 kindergarten
1 elementary school
5 seasons of soccer
2 seasons of dance
3 swimming pools of lessons
1 trip to Disneyland
2 flights to Vegas
1 van load to Utah
4 hotels
1 van load to Vancouver
3 campsites
Countless highway miles
6 hours with your head out the car window in a blizzard
2 years of med school interviews
2 years of residency match interviews
2 years in Lethbridge
but not all at once
7 years in Calgary
one year at a time
7 years of "we'll know where we'll be living next year soon..."
and at least 1 more to come
9 years of hard work, laughter and tears
9 years of love
tied up with 1 Winter Solstice lunar eclipse
with uncountable years yet to come
I love you- happy anniversary!
*(This was composed by Sean, and was totally 100% his idea. I in no way had anything to do with the writing in this post, including but not limited to putting the idea in his head, or telling him he had to do this. Ain't he great?! I did however add the pictures.)