anniversary <3
Yesterday was our anniversary. It’s hard to believe that 6 years ago, totally unfamiliar with the military lifestyle, I was entering into a new life filled with so much uncertainty.
Where would we live?
Would I be able to find work?
What about deployments?
Would it be hard to make new friends everywhere we went?
Where would our babies be born?
The uncertainties never got to me, because I’d never been so sure of anything in my life.
Being married is really easy… it’s also lot of hard work.
My great aunt and uncle have a wonderful way of explaining the balance of marriage, which they say isn’t 50-50. (They’ve been married for 50+ years.)
“Sometimes, it can’t be 50-50, and you know when you need to do extra and pick up the slack. A great marriage fluctuates, and sometimes it’s 60-40, or 80-20. You work together as partners to help each other out, even when the other person might not be able do as much.”
It’s something I’ve seen in our own marriage, like when the Pilot was deployed and I took care of the house (and everything that went wrong) while he was away, and when Livi was a newborn. I was still healing from the birth and he’d stay up to sway and bounce with her so I could get a little sleep.
The Pilot and I have been together through quite a bit:
Moving, deployments, our first house, our first baby, really beautiful amazing times, and some challenging times, too. We’re not perfect, we still argue and fight about little things, we drive each other bonkers sometimes, but we make a great team.
I’m thankful for him every day. For being the extra 10, 20, 30 percent when I need it, for taking such incredible care of his girls and for sharing a family and life with me.
Excited to see what the next 5 and 50 years bring <3
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Congratulations to you and the pilot! Love the wedding pics!
Love this. 🙂 Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! Liv is so blessed to have such wonderful parents to love and care for her!
Happy anniversary, lovebirds! Have a great day 🙂
So sweet, and what a great why to describe marriage! I couldn’t agree more 🙂
Happy Anniversary!
Love this post! You guys are adorable!
Congratulations on 6 years Happy Anniversary! My husband and I got married at the same place a couple years ago. Such a beautiful place!
I love everything about this post! 🙂
Congratulations!!
What a beautiful post….
Happy Anniversary! Our 6 year wedding anniversary was yesterday too…good day to get married, I guess 🙂
Happy anniversary to you two crazy love birds!! <3 You guys are too darn cute. Wishing you many, many years of happiness!
Happy Anniversary to the both of you!
Hope you have a lovely celebration<3
Such a lovely post!
Happy anniversary to you both!!! Hope you had a wonderful day together.
this post made me smile 🙂 congrats on 6 years of marriage…and wishing you many, many more!! <3
What a beautiful post! The photo of you 2 dancing reminds me of something from the 1920s…carefree and classic. Happy Anniversary! <3
You guys look so happy together! Happy Anniversary! 🙂
Every time you post about the Pilot and your love for him, it moves me to tears. I hope some day I can find my own Pilot. <3
Happy Anniversary!! 🙂
Aww happy anniversary!! xoxo
Love this post 🙂 Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary!!
Happy Anniversary! Beautifully written and a perfect philosophy on marriage! <3
Adorable. It’s nice to reflect back on the years and memories (good and bad). I like how you say thank you for sharing a life and family with me – so true and so sweet. Happy 6 years to you two!
Awww sweet post! Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! I love the idea of marriage NOT being 50/50. I have never thought of it this way, but it’s so true.
Luv!!! Happy Anniversary to our two favorite people!!! Wish you all the best 🙂 love you!
Aw Happy Anniversary!
Happy, Happy Anniversary =) Your marriage sounds like my own, a lot. I love being a team with my husband as I know you enjoy being a team with Tom – Team H 😉
Glad you two had a nice day!
I love that analogy! It’s so true and sometimes is hard to stop yourself from expecting so much and just be selfless. Happy Anniversary and thanks for the reminder!
This is such a beautiful post, I could have cried! I’ve been with my sweetheart for 7 years, and we are finally tying the knot next September! (We dated through college, masters, getting established, etc).
AND
I know it is silly to be so influenced by blogs, but it is so nice to read about a successful marriage when another one of my favorite blogs, hungry runner girl, is going through such a hard time. My heart aches for her, and I hope that she finds someone to have a marriage like yours, and that mine is like yours as well <3
happy anny <3 !!! cheers to the next 50:-D
Happy Anniversary. My husband and I celebrate 15 years married this Thursday.
Happy Anniversary! May you have another 50+
Happy anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Harney! and many more to come!
Happy Anniversary! Hopefully you are able to celebrate a little!
Aww that was so sweet- happy anniversary! Great advice from your great aunt and uncle. I’m a newlywed myself and it was just very…insightful to hear.
What a sweet post! Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! 🙂
Congratulations!! You two look very much in love.. I just recently started following your blog, (which I love) and was reading about your move to Az. I see you used pods do you recall how much they were? We are looking to move from Pa to Nm.
it depends on the distance. it was expensive, but worth it for the convenience since we needed to store our stuff for a while before moving it
Happy 6th Anniversary, Gina and Pilot!!! I have a feeling your best years are still to come 🙂
Happy Anniversary to you and the Pilot! You have such a beautiful family! Enjoy!
Btw my husband & I have been married 22 years and still going strong! Your great aunt and uncle are very wise indeed. I agree wholeheartedly!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary to you both! As someone who’s currently in a relationship with a military man, it’s always inspiring to hear stories of successful military relationships 🙂
5 years is awesome! I really like how you did this post too. Very reflective and different than a lot of other anniversary recaps that I’ve read. That 50-50 comment makes so much sense too. I think I need to keep that in mind for all relationships in life. Sometimes I’ll need to give more and sometimes the other person will have to put in the extra effort. A balancing act for sure 🙂
Happy Anniversary to you an the Pilot! You have the most beautiful family, and I LOVE the dancing picture where he is dipping you. So cute!
Such a sweet post!! <3 Congrats & happy anniversary!
Beautiful post! Happy anniversary!
Congratulations! Happy Anniversary!
Aww! I love you guys! Happy Anniversary!
This is a beautiful post. Congratulations on 6 years.