One Year

On Sunday Paul and I will celebrate our first year of marriage. WOW! Sometimes I still can't believe God would bless me with someone as wonderful as Paul. It is very humbling. Only because of God's grace and blessing of marriage counseling, marriage prep classes and a newlywed Bible Fellowship class at church, we have really had an easy first year of marriage. I don't and won't ever claim that our marriage is perfect, but I do think that if you put God above each other, and each other above yourself, marriage can be one of the biggest blessings we will ever receive. Paul is my very best friend. I love being around him. I love talking and laughing with him. I love going through life with him by my side, whether good or bad. I love him for the amazing husband he already is. I love him for the father I know he'll be one day. We have grown so much closer in this first year that it is hard to fathom growing even closer and loving him more than I already do. So thank you God for giving me Paul, to be my husband as long as we both shall live.

Back to reality....sort of

We got back from the beach last night. It was the best feeling in the world to know there was nothing I HAD to get up for today and the only reality I had to face was not waking up to a view of the beach. Although my very hard working hubby was up bright and early at 6:00 for workouts with his high school soccer team...to be followed by coaching at a baseball camp, to be followed by doing a soccer camp this evening. To all you people reading this from work, don't worry-I think I'll skip the pool for today and be really productive myself...you know like update my blog, catch up on Facebook, upload pictures, maybe do a few loads of laundry, stuff like that.

My family always goes to the beach together for a week but with my mom and I going to Kenya this summer, we were going to have to skip the beach trip this year. Paul's aunt and uncle have a house at the beach and they had a long weekend that no one was renting it and my family got to come down for the weekend. It was such a blessing and even though it was a quick trip for them, they were grateful to get to come at all. The beach was amazing, as it always is. As many times as I've been, I am still in awe of how peaceful and beautiful it is. The only thing I had to stress about was whether to listen to my ipod or listen to the waves crashing while I lay there soaking up the sun in between fishing, swimming in the ocean and walking on the beach.





We took Sophie to the beach for the first time. I can't believe I've had her almost 5years and have never taken her to my most favorite place. She wasn't big on the water, but she loved the sand and loved being there with us. She is absolutely exhausted and has barely moved yet today.



Ok y'all, I guess I really better get to work on my to-do list for today. After all, I do have to get up at 7:00 tomorrow morning to take Soph to get a hair cut before my day with Mason.

Upcoming happenings

Welp, we are officially done with another school year. It's one of the best feelings to know I have 8 weeks of relaxation-AND 8 weeks off with my husband :) Between the long hours put in and the pretty sad paycheck that we make as teachers, there probably wouldn't be very many teachers if we didn't have summer breaks. Don't get me wrong, I am very grateful for my time off, I'm just saying I think we deserve it ;) This summer is going to be here and gone so fast this year. We are heading out to the beach today, leaving for Williamsburg with Paul's family next week-then July will already be here-I leave for Kenya the end of July and when I get back, summer will be over already. In between all of that Paul will be doing several soccer camps and we get to spend every Tuesday with our favorite 3 year old in the world. Yesterday was our first Tuesday with sweet Mason.






Alright y'all , the beach and the sand are calling my name. Hittin the road to paradise...

Weekend Recap

Paul and I had an extra special weekend. My cousin Ashley and her husband Craig recently had a baby boy, Cole Henry, and Paul and I were asked to be his Godparents. This is such an honor to us and something we plan to take very seriously. We will pray for Cole daily and hope to make a positive impact on his spiritual life as he grows and matures. This past weekend we got to go down to meet him for the first time. They live in Kingsland, Georgia, which is where Craig has been stationed in the Navy for about 4 years now. We had such a wonderful time visiting with family and loving on precious Cole. He was such a sweet, content baby and I was so proud of how well Ashley and Craig are doing as first time parents.

He is perfect from his head...


To his toes


Such a sweet little blessing


And we love him so much already


Us with the proud parents