Sweetest Day Every Day

I have been in the business of love for a long time. It seems my career has always revolved around weddings in some way or another. I see a lot of couples each year begin their lives together, and I am one of the lucky wedding photographers who has a zero divorce rate among her clients. I take a lot of pride in not having repeat customers that way. {Don't get me wrong, I love seeing all my clients again and working with them on other projects.}

Often times when Tyler assists me at work, I get comments on how great we are together. People say that we are very in tune and can anticipate the others next move. I've heard more times than I count that we are the "perfect" couple. It's a really sweet compliment, and one I do enjoy hearing, but I'm going to share a little truth with all of you on this Hallmark holiday...

Our marriage is far from perfect! {No marriage is.} Although, I do believe ours comes close to it. I love him more today than I ever thought possible the day I became his wife. We work at our relationship every day, though. We don't take each other or the life we share for granted. Tyler and I choose to love each other, put our marriage first, and give the best of ourselves to each other before anyone or anything else. I have zero doubt in my mind that my husband is my perfect match...my absolute better half. I have often heard him tell others this same thing about me. I think his exact quote is, "I have no doubt that without her, I'd be dead in a gutter somewhere, She's the best thing ever!" {He has a way with words, eh? LOL!}


Even after all these years, I still get butterflies in my stomach when he walks through the door each night, and he is still my favorite person in all the world. No one knows me better than him. He is the one I turn to first to share my joys and sorrows, successes and failures, and everything in between...he is the best friend I have ever had. Sappy, isn't it?

We spend A LOT of time together! We live together. We parent together. We sometimes work together. We go to school together. We sleep together. We travel together. Throughout our whole relationship, we've only spent 5 nights apart from one another, and never more than one at a time. My mom often asks me if I ever get sick of him...and I honestly don't. I can't imagine a time when he wasn't beside me, and I hope that day never comes. Tyler and I are just so in sync with each other. I often wonder what I ever did to get so lucky to have a partner in life like him.

We share a very similar sense of humor; he is more quick witted than me, but I am sillier. We are always laughing at something so hard one of us ends up crying. We also like a lot of the same things and share identical points of view on things like politics, religion, movies, TV, photography...other than sports and music. He LOVES all things Badgers, Brewers, or Packers. I have learned to just make him a spread of snacks, stock the fridge with beer, and head out on a shopping adventure to avoid his "passion" for the game. Tyler, in turn, has learned to tune out all the top 40 pop, Woodstock era, and TimeLife Collection music I sing loudly along to in the car or randomly at inappropriate times. I cook all his favorite meals, even ones I hate, and sneak into his office to stock his desk drawers with treats. Tyler brings me coffee in bed each morning and folds all the laundry, because he knows I won't.

He and I still make a weekly date...sometimes it's just Wings Over Madison 'n' fries and vodka tonics in bed, while watching reruns of Big Bang Theory or Father Ted; other times it's a fancy night out on the town or a concert. Lately, it's been lunch together on Thursdays between our morning and afternoon classes. We even manage to squeeze in at least two trips away, just the two of us, each year.



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