Mickey and our Anniversary

Today Matt and I celebrate our second anniversary!! It is so hard to believe it has been 2 years since we said our vows. It really has flown by!

We have gotten to experience so much in these past two years, buying a house, getting our dog Macie, several trips, too many weddings to count, and an awesome small group!

I can't wait to see what God has in store as we enter into our third year of marriage!

On that note, in honor of our anniversary we are leaving tomorrow for Disney!!

I am so excited! I have only been once and I was about 3-4 years old, so the only thing I vaguely remember is, "It's a small world"

We are leaving tomorrow and will come back next Monday.

Matt's parents are dogsitting/housesitting, for us, so that is so nice, so we don't have to board Macie and someone is there keeping an eye on our house.

Milestones

So, since I left off last week I wanted to pick back up on the milestone part of the post.

July is a busy month for milestones.

Last Monday,June 30th was the one year mark of Matt and I closing on our house. What an awesome day, and also the most "grown up" thing we had both ever done, at the same time

It was a great feeling and I still feel so blessed each day to have our house.

Yesterday, July 7th, was one year mark of when Matt and I moved in. With lots of help from our awesome small group friends and our families, we moved into our first home. It was such a busy day, but a great day.

This year was much different on July 7th, as we were coming home from the beach, but that's for another post.

Tomorrow, July 9th, is the one year mark of when we got our baby, well not literally, but it's one year ago that we got our puppy Macie. Althought now she isn't much of a puppy, she's about 50 lb., but she is such a sweet girl.

We love her so much and I wouldn't trade anything for her, through everything she has been through in this first year, being so sick and a ton of vet bills, we would do it all again because we know she was meant to be with us.

And last but most importantly, July 22, we will celebrate our second anniversary! I can't believe it has been almost two years since we got married, it sounds cliche,. but it has gone by so fast!

We have grown so much together and gotten to experience so much in these past two years, I look forward to see what the next year has in store.

Missed post, milestones, and Mickey Mouse!

Missed Post:

So, beyond missing the Father's Day post I haven't posted in quite a while, to give updates with what is going on in our lives.

The beginning of June we got to enjoy an awesome weekend at the lake, wiht some of our Small Groups friends. We really missed those that weren't able to come and I hope we can do it again with the whole group.

We went in honor of Ryan's 30 b'day and it was a suprise to him, which was fun.

We stayed at his parent's house, on Lake Thurmond, just over the S.C border. Also my first time in S.C., hard to believe, I know. :)

We had a great time hanging out, swimming, spending time on the boat, skiing, wakeboarding ,etc. We all left a little crispy and worn out, but it was so much fun.

Here are some pics of from the weekend, courtesy of Nicole.

Happy Belated Father's Day!

So, I just realized I haven't posted in almost a month. I don't really know why, b/c generally I have some free time throughtout hte day and I sit at a computer all day.

but nontheless, I have been slacking. I missed posting for Father's Day.

So I want to say a Happy Belated Father's Day to my dad, also to Matt's dad as well.

We spent Father's Day with Matt's Dad, b/c we spent Mother's Day with my family.

But I did send my dad a card and giftcard, so he would get it by Father's Day.

He is such a great dad, I have never met anyone so dedicated to his work and staying late and doing extra things at work, just to make sure the job gets done.

He has always been a great handyman and can fix and build just about anything.

One thing that comes to mind alot is something he did for my wedding.

He made these awesome, "structures", as we called them, for my wedding reception, I will post a pic for you to see what they are.

He spent so many hours putting these together for the big day, and they turned out wonderful.

I could go on and on about how great a dad he is.

Dad, you're the best!

Here are two shots, one with the lights and one with the lights off, to see the full effect.

These were huge PVC pipes for the circular base, with strings of Christmas lights running up to the top, and all meeting together attached to a giant ring, there was a huge one that hung over the food table and little ones hanging over the smaller tables.

We also wrapped the base in tulle, to cover the pipes.

The pictures don't do justice, they were so much prettier in person.