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7 years down, many more to go


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Seven years ago a young 19 year old girl and 22 year old boy were relaxing on the beaches of Hawaii (and looking for as many LOST filming locations as possible) on the days following our September 7th wedding. So much has changed over these past 7 years–maybe it has something to do with 4 kids who rely on us to love and take care of them everyday. But it is amazing to see how much our love grows each year.
Maybe we can’t agree on what kind of chocolate is the best (milk chocolate, definitely) or which kind of crust to get with our pizzas (say no to thin crusts!) But marriage is a sanctification process. We have grown a lot in the past 7 years. I like the way this is heading 🙂
 
On Sunday, we were very blessed to be able to go out for the first time in over 6 years–just the two of us–over night. I pulled Maggi out of a meeting at church and forced her to snap a few pictures. Thanks Maggi 🙂
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husband and wife

 

7 year anniversary

 

We stayed in the master suite of Seven Gables Inn–a huge suite, king size bed, Jacuzzi tub!
seven gables inn

 

it had an older, charming feel to the room
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but I just wanted to jump on the bed
black and white photography

 

For dinner, we had some great Mexican food from Rosalita’s in Downtown. The next day we had some burgers from Stacked Burger Bar off of Loughborough. They have buy one get one half off on Monday–definitely check them out! The burgers were fantastic (in my opinion.) And for dessert, we picked up some shakes from Ginny’s. Throw in a day of thrifting and that was how we celebrated our 7th anniversary. I’m looking forward to many, many more years with my husband, getting better each year. And maybe another trip back to Hawaii 🙂
 
On the days leading up to our wedding, I remember a friend telling us to rethink getting married. “You are so young.” “It won’t last.” I told him I would prove him wrong. He said “good, prove me wrong. I WANT you to prove me wrong.” So a shout out to him 7 years later—We’ve made it this far and don’t ever plan to give up!
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Happy Anniversary!


Last Saturday was double special to me. Not only did Tim and Stef get married that day, but that was mine and Don’s 6 year anniversary. When Stef first told me the days they were considering for the wedding, I immediately voted for September 7th. I thought it would be neat to share an anniversary. But secretly, I just knew that we’d be dressed up and there would be nice cameras present, so I could get a good anniversary picture of us 😉

Kidding! But, that did happen 🙂 Mayci was very sweet to take a picture for us.
married couple
I think it turned out well! Thanks Mayci!
We weren’t sure where we wanted to go for dinner that night. But I knew one thing–I wanted to try a new (to us) burger place. So I asked my Facebook friends their favorite place. We narrowed it down to Christy’s, Bailey’s Range, and It’s A Better Burger. We ultimately decided on It’s a Better Burger. They have a charbroiled burger AND a pretzel bun. So off we went, with all 4 kids in tow.
its a better burger
ordering food
mom and baby
These two pictures cracked me up!
cute baby
funny baby girl
eating cheeseburgers

So, how was it? Amazing!! The charbroiled taste hit the spot! And I’m digging the pretzel bun trend that some places are getting into. I rate it high on the burger scale! I can’t wait to go again.

I’m not going to turn this into a lovey dovey post. But I will say that I love my handsome husband! A lot has changed in the past 6 years and I love him more each year!