Celebrating with my best friend, fun with the girls, and blessings!

Oct. 19th was our anniversary and we celebrated on Friday night. First, we went to the mall to pick up a few things. Going to the mall with no children was an experience. We got things done much faster! Aaron is not a shopper but neither am I really so it didn't take us long. We finished up and went to see Fireproof. It was really good and reminded me of how much work it is to be married but how rewarding it is to put a lot of effort in it and what can happen when we don't. The world tells us that marriage gets boring after a while, and when it gets tough just get out, or you just live unhappy. I am proud to say that our marriage is definitely not boring and I love him more now than ever before. Has it been tough? Yes! Is it a lot of work? Yes! Do we have problems sometimes? Yes! However, the more experience we get at this the more we learn to work through the problems and to put tons of time and effort into our marriage. It is far from perfect but it is worth every struggle!

Elleigh took this of us before we left for our date (in the minivan!) I think it is funny that he has a pen in his shirt pocket in this picture. He has always done this and it is probably the only thing he still does that drives me crazy (oh and leaving cabinets open!) I don't know what my deal is with the pen in the front pocket. Weird I know! I still love him though! Then we went to Texas de Brazil for dinner!!! YUMMMM!!! We should still be stuffed. It is great and a wonderful place to go on your anniversary. Sign up on-line and they send you something for your anniversary so that 2 dine for the price of 1 (you know I am all about a deal!). We are not sure if they always do this but also they gave us dessert free since it was our anniversary. I did not take this picture but it was on-line and this was the view from the table where we sat. We love Texas de Brazil!!!
We left there and walked around downtown for a while. We needed to walk a lot! We love downtown. It is such a neat, fun place. Then we headed to Starbucks! No date is complete for us without Starbucks. We were so full that we only wanted water. That is a first for us. I still can't believe it! But, we like to go in and unwind and talk and get geared up to head back to the girls. It was a wonderful night!!!


High School Musical 3 premiered this weekend so I took Elleigh and Sallie to see it. OK, I must admit, I really like it too. It was great to spend time with Elleigh and Sallie and A was able to spend time with Lizzie and Millie. It is hard but we try to spend time with them separated at times. One on one time is really difficult because of time issues but even dividing them 2 and 2 makes a big difference. They get to get a lot more individual attention. The movie was good. Sallie is so funny getting all into it!

This is what was waiting at the parsonage on Saturday. All of this, plus a big set of dishes, glasses, and silverware. It is a lot of stuff! We should be set there with staples for a while! They are so good to us! God is so good!

(Aaron took this with his phone so it is not a great picture but you get the idea)