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• I say: I don't know where to go for our anniversary. He says: Pick out the most beautiful place on the internet and I'll take you there.
• I say: I'm so stressed and upset! He says: Everything will be alright. No one is dying.
• I say: I look ugly in this. My hair looks terrible! He says: You look beautiful and I love you.
• I say: I don't know if I cooked this right. He says: I think it's really good. 
• I say: I can't keep running. I need to stop. He says: Keep going. I know you can do it. 
• I say: What's the plan? He says: Go with the flow. 
• I say: I feel frumpy. He says: You're the hottest mom I know. 
• I say: What if LilliAnn's hair doesn't grow? He says: Her hair is pretty and perfect.
• I say: I'm worried about Reid's ears sticking out. He says: I absolutely LOVE them. They give him character.
• I say: Do you think we should have another baby? He says: Kelli Ann, these two are everything we ever wanted.
• I say: I don't feel good. He says: I'll take care of you. 
• I say: That person gets on my nerves. He says: [Insert positive comment here.]
• I say: But what will they think? He says: Don't worry about what other people think.
• I say: I'm worried about the details. He says: Just enjoy the journey. 
• I say: I love you. He says: I love you more. 

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He is the peanut butter to my jelly...the yin to my yang...the gravy to my mashed potatoes...the music to my ears...the beat to my heart...the cherry to my limeade...the rock in my roll...the main in my squeeze...my soulmate. You know. He's all of that. And more. He stole my heart and I stole his last name. He makes me smile when I want to frown...laugh when I want to cry...and holds me tight when I want to run away. He keeps me grounded. He keeps me positive. He keeps me sane. He balances out my overbearing personality. He calms me nerves. He shows me that the glass is half full instead of half empty. He shows me the positive in every situation and the good in every person. And he pushes me to be a better wife...a better mother...a better person...a better Christian. I have never met anyone who didn't like Jeb Rollins. I LOVE Jeb Rollins - more than I ever knew that you could love someone. And I thank God every day for unanswered prayers and for that blonde haired boy who asked me to be his girlfriend at junior prom. 

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five years. two kids. (and a couple of rabbits!). and I couldn't be happier.

It has been 5 years since I married this man - the man of my dreams, the father of my children, the love of my life. I am not being cheesy (nor am I lying) when I say that I love this guy more and more every single day. Every day I find something new that I love about him, or that I appreciate. Each time I see him interact with our children I love him more. With each new stage that they go through, as they grown and learn, I see how involved their daddy is in their lives...how much he loves them...just how into them that he is...and I love him more. People say that you go through that "honeymoon" stage the first couple of years of marriage and then that sort of "high" eventually ends. Honestly, I am more in love and happier in my marriage that I was the day I said "I do." I still get giddy when I see Jeb after being away from him all day. I still can't wait to cuddle with him at night. And I would rather hang out with Jeb over any kind of girls' night. When we are together we have FUN! I feel safe. I feel comfortable. I feel loved. I feel beautiful. I feel completely happy. I think that is what God intended marriage to feel like. EVERY single part of our marriage has gotten better over the past five years...and that is how I know that we were meant to be together. No doubt about it.

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Love is that condition in which the happiness 
of another person is essential to your own.
~ Robert Heinlein ~

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There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company 
than a good marriage. 

~ Martin Luther ~

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                    Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.

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Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~

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Whatever our souls are made up, his and mine are the same~ Emily Bronte ~

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Thank you, Lord, for giving me this wonderful man to spend my life with. Thank you for blessing us with two gorgeous, extraordinary children. My prayer for Jeb and I is that you will continue to bless our marriage. Help us to honor you in all that we do and to glorify your name. Guide as as parents to be the right kind of examples for our children. Let your love shine through us and touch everyone that we meet. Use our marriage as an example of your unchanging, everlasting, unfailing love...a union of man and wife with Christ as the foundation. We love you and we praise you always. 

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Sometimes I do wake up in the mornings and feel like I've just had the most incredible dream. 
I've just dreamt my life~ Richard Branson ~

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Thank you, Jeb Walter Rollins, for FIVE amazing, fantastic, wonderful, awesome, terrific, beautiful, exciting, stellar years! This is just the beginning...