Happy Half-iversary!!!!

Well, today (Dec, 12, 2004) Kyle and I are celebrating our 6 month anniversary!!! I wanted to take a moment and publicly thank everyone who has helped to support our relationship.

Deb inspired Kyle to write an article about the MRS Degree for the Red & Black. The day it was published, I happened to cut out the article because I thought it was so funny. The Ginas (Reese, Deb, Karyn, Beth, Kate, Brooke, Julie, and Betsy) were all there the night Kyle and I met (Jan. '01) and were the biggest fans of Kyle (even before I caught on to how great he was!) Brooke Wells will always get credit for being the final push for me to date Kyle (she had been on a study abroad with him and told me how wonderful, kind and sweet she thought he was.)

God definitely had a plan for us when it worked out that I wanted to go to Australia (before Kyle I might add) and the Wingfields happened to tell Kyle they wanted to send him to Australia for a graduation present. When Kyle approached me to see if I was still looking for a travel partner, it was definitely fate at hand.

The distance from Montgomery to Atlanta and so many other things all seemed to make sense when Kyle proposed on September 12, 2003. The people we most need to thank are our parents. Without their love and support for our relationship, their ability to be role models, and their encouragement for our growth and exploration, we would not be where we are today. It is incredible how many times we reference our parents in our own relationship when it comes to making important decisions.

I also want to thank both of our extended families who welcomed each of us with open arms. There are few things that warm my heart more than when Kyle so easily refers to my aunt or uncle, or a past Smith/Harney story, as if it were his own. I think I speak for both of us when I say that we feel so lucky to feel so comfortable with both families.

I would also like to thank all of the people that sweated through our wedding, to be able to take part in the festivities. It will always be a day to be remembered.

When people quesion God, I can only look at our relationship to know He is real. How else would so many, many things have taken place, in what seems like many chance accidents, and as an end result, Kyle and I would be where we are today?