6 Years

Well - here we are on our wedding day. That picture was taken six years ago. Yesterday, Evan and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary. I cannot believe it. I feel like just the other day I was saying it was our fifth anniversary and even the wedding seems like it was just yesterday.

We have been through quite a bit together. We have had ups and downs. Job loss. Financial issues. Loss of loved ones. Miscarriage. Having a baby. Getting a dog. Moving several times and finding a place to live. Fights. We have gone through it all...together.

Yesterday we went out together for the first time in a long time. We are quite the homebodies! :) Our friends graciously watched Liliana and off we went. It started off well because Evan surprised me with flowers AND a card. (Cards are a big deal to me!) Then we went to a seafood restaurant. Oh my goodness, we are not use to nicer restaurants! The waiter went through the menu with us. We got a crab cake appetizer - one crab cake...$13.99. It was about the size of a dinner roll. The other appetizer we got was Lobster cocktail. Both were very good, we obviously shared them. We had to laugh because when we think appetizers, we think enough for a few people - these were like individual appetizers. I am not sure what Evan ordered for dinner...something stuffed haddock, it was ok. He liked it, it was not my style. I ordered Lobster Thermidor. First of all, I thought I have had lobster before - I was mistaken, I have had crab and like crab - so needless to say I was a little disappointed with my meal. It was also very difficult to eat something that looked like they had just slayed it in the kitchen, cut it in half and laid it on my plate. I just got the shivers thinking about it. Then they brought out this piece of very chocolatey cake on a plate with a candle and the plate says Congratulations, that was very nice. We then went to Starbucks to pass some time and then snuck our coffee into the movie. We saw My Life in Ruins - very cute movie. :) Hilarious lines in there. We had a nice evening out!

We see the Lord bless us on a continual basis, even in the tough times. The Lord constantly and is forever providing for us in so many ways. I am so thankful for His love for us - His unconditional love. Each day I desire more to be like Him, to seek His will for my life - especially now. My decisions do not just change my life, they change Evan's...and now Liliana's. I need to be an example to Liliana of what it looks like to be a Godly woman, a Godly wife, and a Godly mother. That is a loaded plate for sure! Which is why I need to seek Him all the time because there is always something to learn, and always an area I can be working on.

And here is our family from Easter this year, of which I am so thankful for my family.