Monday, May 9, 2011

it's our anniversary

today is our second wedding anniversary. it has been a wonderful and full two years. i am so thankful for our our quick courtship. we dated for only two months and were engaged for a long four months. ;) yes, we tried to get married sooner, but the church was booked! :) we talked about marriage less than a month after we dated. and no, God did not "tell" me Matthias was my husband. we just wanted to get married and felt completely at peace with that!
photo by Karen Lane

photo by Karen Lane


there was something about how he talked and what he valued the day we met. he talked about wanting a wife that would be home and homeschool his kids. i knew i wasn't crazy! he affirmed what i knew God had called me to do. i had no clue that night we'd end up together though!

fast forward a couple weeks later to a halloween party i met him and jon jenkins at, along with my pal jules, that i only went to cause i gave them my word i would...matthias and i ended up sitting next to each other and playing catch phrase. that was the night we both started liking each other... and our first picture together was taken. i was a jedi and he was a cricket player. a match made in heaven.

i highly recommend whirlwind romances.  once you're married, you're stuck anyway! ;) we didn't care about our wedding or having a house or anything...we just wanted to be together.

lake tahoe honeymoon

and i highly recommend leaving your "family planning" up to the Lord as well. doesn't it all make sense that way? get married, have (and adopt) babies...it's a natural progression, if you know what i mean. :) it has only made our marriage stronger, less superficial, and more wonderful.



i couldn't be happier with this man i married. he is so hardworking, so loving, so handsome, such a good husband and father. thank the Lord (no really) all my hundreds of crushes before matthias didn't work out. God really does know best.

happy birthday emerald pictures :)

 For Emerald's birthday we had a combined party with Matthias the day before Easter. All of our birthdays are in April: 15, 20, 23. That's a lot of birthdays in one week!
Emerald the Easter bunny!

Playing with her new tambourines.

In her new dress from M&M.

On the hunt with Grandma Easter morning.

Good job!!!!!!!!!!

Searching for kisses..

Easter egg hunt.

Found one!

Now stick it in the bag!

I think Daddy had the most fun.
Swinging! Wee!

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