Okay, so, being Jehovah's Witnesses, my husband and I don't vote, therefore, we rarely pay attention to props and whatnot coming up on the ballot. But apparently, Arizona has a few hot-button ones this year, and one is getting a lot of attention. Prop 102 is a marriage proposition.

Now, what really bugs me about it are the pro-102 radio ads. They start off well enough, with a happy (sappy) reminiscing about marriage days, or proposals, or advice a man gave his sons about marriage, but here's where it bugs me: "Marriage is a husband, a wife, a _family._"

So...does that mean that couples who can't or won't have children aren't living up to the definition of marriage?

This is something that's bugged me for a while. In fact, one of the sisters, a good friend of mine, had even made the comment, "Well, if you don't plan on ever having children, why get married?"

To which my response should have been 1 Corinthians 7:8,9 -- Now I say to the unmarried persons and the widows, it is well for them that they remain even as I am. But if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to be inflamed [with passion].

See? Paul mentions nothing about kids, just keeping passions within marriage bonds. So that's our reasoning. :-P

Whee! As of today, Matt & I've been married for four years. We went away Fri night through Sunday, and today, I get to celebrate by having an upper GI test and an abdominal ultrasound, for the pain I've been having just under my ribs for the last week. :-P

We went to Northern AZ and took in some of the amazingness there. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, the Wupatki ruins, Petrified Forest National Park, and some of the Painted Desert National Park. Drove through Winslow, but didn't get a chance to stop. Lots of pictures and commentary after I go drink the barium. :-P

Two years ago, Matt and I joined our fates, spoke our vows, exchanged rings, and for better or worse, decided to make a life together.

Today, we celebrated that union by pretty much just spending the day together. We didn't do anything too out of the ordinary. Didn't go out for dinner (we went to Qdoba for lunch and we're still not hungry!), didn't make special plans or anything. Just hung out and enjoyed each other's company.

He works tomorrow from 4 am to 8 am, then has class until 1 pm. I work 2 pm to 9:30ish pm. So we won't see each other much tomorrow. So it's good we got to just hang out today.

Two years down, a zillion more to go. :)