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While we were away on our anniversary getaway, the kids stayed with their grandparents for a couple nights. We picked up Evangeline after the first night because I thought she would have missed me. Nope. She was having a great time without me. I think I missed them more than they missed me. We spent a couple hours out in my dad’s backyard, enjoying the cool summer night.
boy on swing

 

16 months old and finally walking more and more each day
cute baby

 

purple flowers
it’s always fun to watch the cows that come right up next to the fence
toddler boy watching cows

 

little boy on swing

 

toddler boy on swing
cute baby girl on slide
baby girl sliding
mom and baby

 

between the big moon and beautiful sunset, it was a wonderful evening to spend outside
birdhouse

 

orange moon
dad and baby
pretty sunset
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7 years down, many more to go


just married
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 🙂
married couple

 

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
clayton hotel rooms

 

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!