10 year honeymoon

                              

We went on a 10 Year Honeymoon
Time spent as couples - no kids
My brother Will and His Wife Jill...Married 10 years 11.25.10

My brother Scott and his Wife Christine...married 20 years 11.24.10

DH and I...married 10 years 9.9.10

Drive thru the night

Play the radio scan/identify the artist game

{Jill always wins}

Stop for gas/bathrooms 3 times.

Arrive 10.5 hours later

good ol' southern IN to Okaloosa Island, FL

Adult conversation
Long hallway to our condo room at 5am
Breakfast at Waffle House
Straight out to the Beach

Skip Lunch
Afternoon naps by the pool
Forecast rain -Thankful for the endless sunshine
Dinner at Freds' Floyd's
Free Movies included-It's Complicated
{which becomes our tag line for the trip}
Sooooo tired, Early to bed. Not so early to rise
Walk on the beach
Few shells {bummer}
GORGEOUS silky white sand
Devotional - Wed Nite Small Group..good time with DH
Beach umbrella and chairs
Giggles from kids, miss ours
Found the 'adult' pool
deemed so because it has few water features that draw kids

Dinner at McGuires Irish Pub
Celebrate Scott's birthday
See 900K in one dollar bills stapled to ceiling
Big Green Drink
Souviner Christmas Ornaments
Thought about Piano Bar - $10 each -nah
Ended up back at condo
Wake again
Try out workout room, very nice
Uneventful morning at the beach
Some went shopping
Leftovers for lunch
Kicked out of pool in afternoon
Giggles and Stories bout this
Calls to our kids while driving
Stroll through HarborBay Village
Eat BBQ at The Shed
Game night -Ashley, big winner
Watch The 19th Wife
Vow to read the book
Watch the sunrise

and the Sunset

Time to reconnect with your mate

Talk endlessly about our 7 children who didn't make the trip
Time to read--Grisham, Kingsbury, Auto Trader {seriously}
Shoes optional

Buy souviners for the kiddos, book-19th wife

Drive beach side

Supper at Pompano Joe's

Messy hands from crab legs, Shocker

Anticipate Last Day

Soak up the ocean breeze

Steal some sun rays

and some sand {smile,wink}

Come inside the lastest we can

Dinner at AJs harbor side

Decide we will rent a boat next trip

Pack up

Leave at 4am so that we can make it home

for child #3's tennis match.

Call from home with 30 minutes to go...match cancelled.

Sweet reunion with kiddos.

You didn't think I left them this whole time empty-handed did you?

Nah, I decorated up an ice cream container filled with small treats

that they could pick from while we were gone

(chewies, hot wheels, Toy Story Cups, Cards}

So glad to be home.  Would do it again!

So sweet to have these sweet boys in my arms again.

DH and his buds did good picking out our condo

Was glad to see it

and stay in it...makes all the work he does for it worth it!

Cannot wait for the boys to see it, again and again.

Married 10 years.

Exactly 10 years ago today we were married. 
10 years ago.
We had already been together for 6 years at this point.
We were so excited, had many plans for how future would look.
Apprehensive?  No,we were certain that together we could conquer anything.
Had someone pulled me away that day and given me a glimpse of the family we have today,
I would have wished to push fast-forward.
Past the years of our marriage when we wished without end for children.
But God has a way of bringing things into our life in His own Season.
I cannot imagine what our snapshot will look 10 years from now
but I am certain that I want to weather it with DH.
I am grateful that we have a God that will see us through 'the for better or worse' that each year may bring.
And that He walks with us on our marriage journey.

Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Dear Hubby.

Preschool Year 2

PreSchool in back in session.

And this year, we were pros.

Sam had no time for pictures as we left the house this morning.

He was out the door in a FLASH.

He was glad to show cousin Ella the ropes.

And was super glad to see Drew's familiar face

and play with all the toys

He was proud to report that his letter was L

L for ladybug.