8 Years

Yesterday Chris and I celebrated 8 years of marriage. Our 8 years have been richly blessed with great adventures, both at home and in travel. Our greatest adventure has definitely been the growth of our family with 3 amazing kids. I used to think of God as a list of rules to obey but thankfully He has grown my understanding to see Him as the author of our great adventures. He has incredible plans for each individual, if we would just seek Him and His dreams for us - what a great ride He desires to bless us with!

In explaining what it means to have a wedding anniversary to our children, Lily's first response was to ask if I was going to wear my wedding dress. Of course I had to take a spin in it but here is what happened next:

Oh man...I could write a novel about these pictures.

Thanks (a huge thanks!) to my sister, Leslie, Chris and I enjoyed a rare evening out alone. It was a slice of heaven. I will leave it at that!

Strawberry Pickin'

We went with our neighborhood playgroup to pick strawberries last week at Sweetberry Farm. It's one of our favorite outings - they let you pick strawberries in the spring, blackberries in the summer and pumpkins in the fall. Plus they have goats, donkeys and horses in pens you can get up close to. However, Claire was not impressed with the volume of the goats.