Tuesday, March 18, 2014

20 Week Challenge

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
I love when I am given challenges.

Most of the time, I get irritated when someone says I can't do something.  
(Don't even get me started on the "men can do it better than women; girls are weak" crap)
So when I have a chance to prove myself, I will gladly do so.  

I also love photography.  
I have been practicing a lot lately on manual mode and though I am improving, there is
still so much to learn.  It is ridiculous. 

I've have been practicing though:








I have accepted a challenge I saw on Pinterest today. 



If you'd like to see what I come up with, check back every week!



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

One Year Down, Eternity To Go

Wednesday, March 12, 2014
On Sunday March 9th, Mark and I celebrated our
1 year wedding anniversary

It is crazy to think it has been one year since we promised to love, take care of, annoy, support, and 
tease each other for eternity!

We had a fantastic day

Mark and I decided to spend the 60 degree weather at the park for a few hours after 9am church.


We brought Lily and had a picnic while we basked in free vitamin D.  

I feel like she knew we were heading to the park





We played with Lily, laughed, enjoyed the weather, and read about our current
 favorite character and set of stories.





When we planned on exchanging gifts, we did not want to spend much money, if not any.  


Let's just say Mark is more creative than he leads on to be. 

I woke up in the morning to a card and this....


The kid I call my husband is a crafting genius!!

It is a Memory Jar. 

His plan was for us to get more popsicle sticks, and when we have another great memory, 
write it down and replace it with one in the jar. 

There is no way I will throw any of them away though. 
He worked on decorating this for hours and hours, and filled it with almost 200 popsicle sticks with memories of our first year of marriage written on them.

....showoff



He bought the beads
Picked out the burlap
Put a key on it, because he knows how much I love them
AND....


he freaking picked out colored string, which matched our wedding colors!

I feel so blessed to have such a caring and thoughtful husband. 
I sure love that guy to death.

I have so much to be thankful for.

One year down, and eternity to go!

Keys to My Sanity © 2014