5th Wedding Anniversary

We celebrated our 5th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday May 31st. We spent the day up at the lake. We began with breakfast, relaxed throughout the day, and worked in the afternoon on some pictures we are painting for Elias' room. We'll have pictures of those soon.

Saturday night we went out to eat at a place called Captain's Cabin - very delicious. I had a steak smothered in a cajun blue cheese sauce (doesn't that sound good) and natalie also had a steak. Hers was not smothered in blue cheese though - she is not supposed to eat soft cheeses while pregnant. Needless to say, she will be excited about eating what she wants again once Elias is born. It's worth it now to watch what she eats - easy for me to say!

We've been through quite a lot in five years of marriage. We can't imagine going through all the things we have been through without each other or with anyone but each other. Jobs, ministries, family situations, moving, ups, downs, faith, celebrations, disappointments, rejoicing, heartbreak - through all of it God has been faithful to us and has used all of these things to grow us closer to Him and to each other. For that we give him our thanks and praise.

We had a good time Saturday night remembering our honeymoon and our anniversaries over the past five years. Our honeymoon in Naples, Florida and South Carolina was such a reflection of how our life together would be. So many stories to laugh at and learn from. 

Our first anniversary was spent in Cancun, Mexico - definitely one of the best trips we have ever taken together. On our second anniversary I had a high school golf match, I was coaching golf at Keystone at the time, so we went out to eat over the weekend. Our third anniversary we stayed at the lake for a week - I believe we have a blog post in our archives about that. Our fourth anniversary last year we were dealing with the reality of facing a miscarriage with our first pregnancy. When I think about it long enough it still grips my heart and tears me up thinking of how painful that was. We are thankful that God has blessed us with another pregnancy though that has gone well. We look forward to Elias' birth in just a couple of months. 

Five years down, hopefully many many many more years to come. What an adventure it is with each other and with Jesus. We pray that he will continue to use us, to teach us, to grow us as we grow as a family in the future. 

Me with my yummy steak.

Natalie with her yummy steak.

The sunset at the end of the day.