4 1/2 years late

Tim and I have been married for 4 1/2 years.  4 1/2 years ago we hired an amazing photographer to capture our special day forever.  We got the most amazing wedding album of our day and ordered a few prints to hang in our home and we were happy and in love.  There was one thing that I have always regretted...we didn't have the money to purchase the digital cd of our images with the copyright release. 

It was just too expensive at the time...

So, 4 1/2 years later I called up my amazing photographer and inquired as to how much it would be now, and to my surprise the price had decreased significantly!  I guess it was good to be patient all these years!

So, here are a few of my favorites from that day 4 1/2 years ago.  A day that changed my life forever, but for the best! 

June 20, 2009

For those of you who know Tim and I, you know we met at UC where Tim was a percussionist and I was the field commander/Flute player.  I spent hours of our dating relationship sitting in a practice room watching him practice marimba.

 

This pretty much sums up my brother and I.

My beautiful parents.

I am so lucky to have in-laws that have accepted me into the family and treat me as their own.

I can say that each of these girls are still my best and closets friends.  God has surrounded us with wonderful people to call "Family" outside of our actual family.  I count my blessings every time I pick up the phone to chat with any of these girls.

Our beautiful flower girl.  She was seriously adorable!  There is one picture where she is giving her mom a "thumbs up" because she was doing what she was suppose to be doing.  I love it!

How can you not adore this!  It captures all of our closets friends.

She was an angel!

This is my mother-in-law.  I'm not sure what was happening when this picture was taken, but I love her face.  That is what pure joy looks like!  I'm just glad she has the look of joy and not the look of, "OMG!  I can't believe he's marrying that creep!"  :)  Like I said, I am one lucky girl!

Thankful

I think it is important to be thankful.  I don't think you should only be thankful around the holidays, but I do believe this is a time where we tend to think about being thankful more than other times of the year.  So tonight I want to make a list of the things I am thankful for.  I'm not sure what my magic number will be...maybe ten and maybe one hundred.  We'll see!

1. My faith and where it has brought me in life.
2. My husband who I am convinced God dropped out of the sky just for me.
3. My parents who are two of the strongest people I know!
4. My brother who is also one of the strongest people I know!
5. My nana who has taught me more about life than anyone else.
5. My in-laws who love me like their own.
6. My cats both past and present.  They are the best friends a person can have.
7.  The friends that we have.  Specifically Kaci,and Nate and their precious Silas.  My Roomie and Heather whom I never see but are still my two closest companions that I trust my life with.
8.  Our home.  Buying our home was one of the greatest accomplishments of my life.  It has brought so much calm to our lives.
9.  My new vehicle because it doesn't fall apart, or rattle, or blow tires, or need a new transmission, or any other thing that was wrong with my old car.
10. The beautiful children that I teach everyday.  They have so little but they bring so much joy to my life.
11. The career that I have.  Teaching isn't just a "job", it is a passion.
12.  My niece.  God made an angel when she was born.
13.  Cokes in glass bottles.  Who needs alcohol when you have that!
14. UK Basketball.  Gosh I love my  boys in blue!
15.  The ocean...any ocean.  I could listen to that sound for the rest of my life and never get bored.
16.  A good praise and worship set.  It is just my way of connecting with God. 
17.  The women's bible study group I just joined.  It is kicking my butt in a good way.
18.  Sunflowers
19. Fall colors in general.
20.  A house decorated for Christmas.
21.  Snow.  The world is so beautiful and so pure when there is a blanket of snow on the ground.
22.  Shows like Big Bang and Friends and my friends who like to talk about them.
23.  Pictures and good cameras.
24.  Sharing a good meal with family and friends.
25.  Being my my 20's.  This time next year I won't be able to say that.  :(
26.  Warm sunny days where I can sit outside and read.
27.  The flowers that I planted and kept alive all summer.
28.  Getting real mail.
29.  The rocking chair that was given to me this summer that was my great-great-grandma's and was in our house when it was the "little cabin".
30.  Cooking with my husband.


And although I could keep going I will stop for now.  Happy Thanksgiving.  Be thankful for all the blessings that you have!