Toy Story 3

2 thumbs up! Toy Story 3 lived up to my expectations! I have always been a Toy Story fan so I was naturally excited when I heard they were making another movie! It was such a great family film! We saw it in 3D which made it even more fun! I would encourage everyone to see it!

Home Coming :)

Ethan has been at the Southern Baptist Convention since Sunday as a messenger for our church. We were excited about this opportunity for him to go and be apart of the Pastors Conference as well as the meetings. He is coming home today and I am beyond thrilled. I have missed him so much! I am excited to hear about everything that went on while he was there! But I am most excited about having him home :)

Don't you dare

Those are the words I said to Ethan after cutting our cake to keep him from smashing it into my face :) He was sweet and kept my wishes! I absolutely loved out wedding cake! I thought it was perfect and it turned out more beautiful than I could have dreamed! It was also supper good! When we planned our menu for the reception I wanted to make sure that we didn't have too many sweets because I wanted our whole cake to be gone. Our plan worked and my parents only had 7 slices to take home!

*The photos above where taken by our Photographer, Pam Saxon. Check out her blog at www.hekeepsmesinging.blogspot.com

Last Sunday, June 6th, Ethan and I pulled out our cake top. I was praying that it tasted like I remembered and sure enough both Ethan and I thought it was good! It tasted just like it did on our wedding day! My mom and brother did a great job wrapping it up! I would have eaten more, but I though it was weird to eat a cake that was a year old :)

One Year

It feels like just yesterday....I remember seeing him before, but I had never talked to him. It was October 2003 and I was so nervous about going on my first youth trip. He was bummed because his friend had gotten sick and wasn't able to go. Little did we know :) As we began to talk we realized that we knew more about each other than we first thought. My brother and his sister where best friends. My dad had taken him turkey hunting before. I knew I had a crush on him right from the start. The trip was over and we went our separate ways. Our friendship continued to grow as we got to know each other more and more on Sunday's and Wednesdays at church. I thought he was just about the coolest person ever. As the years went by the feelings grew.

2 years later-We spent lots of our time e-mailing and chanting on myspace. We enjoyed being involved in the same youth actives. We were on our youth ski trip at the time. I knew I had strong feelings for him, but didn't understand why he wouldn't tell me how he felt. Little did I know that he was building the courage to tell me.Finally, one night after skiing we were riding on the bus back to the hotel and we were listening to our friend IPod. Ethan looked across the seats at me and told me that this song told how he felt about me and that it reminded him of me. It was the sweetest song about a guy who liked a girl :) I couldn't believe it! You would have thought I had won a million dollars! After that we began "dating". We spend all of our time with our families because we couldn't drive..haha. We were so young.

Time went by and as we got older our relationship began to grow. I knew I was falling in love with him and was patently waiting to hear him tell me that he loved me. It was a year later when he finally said those special words. I knew that I loved and was thrilled to hear that he felt the same way. As we began to grow older we were faced with different challenges. As hard as it felt at the time, I knew it was all part of God's plan and that whatever happened was His will for both of our lives.

After making it through a few rough patches God had draw us closer to each other. And through God's grace and mercy He grew our love for each other stronger. As high school graduation drew near and we began to make plans for our lives God continued to lead us in His will. He continued to open doors and show us things to confirm His will. God had placed a call on both of our lives to go into full time ministry without us knowing that the other was feeling the same way. I remember when he told me that he was feeling God call him into the ministry. I know for a fact that was God once again confirming that this was His will.

We we both dead set on going to Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky. Everything was set and off we went. God really used our time at Boyce to mature us. We knew that we wanted to be married and that this was what God had called us to. We decided to move back home to save money and prepare for marriage. As hard as it was to leave so many friends that we loved we felt that it was the best decision for us.

Less than a month after moving home he asked me to marry him! I was in heaven! I was going to marry my very best friend! As the wedding plans, showers,and engagement pictures rolled by it became more and more real!

Finally, June 6th 2009 - It was here! 6 months of planning and excitement has gone by. 3 1/2 years of dating and 6 years of being best friends. I was going to become his wife! It was a fairytale wedding. Everything was perfect!

It's hard to believe that was a year ago. What an amazing year! God has blessed Ethan and I and grown Ethan and I in more ways then I could have ever imagined. My love for Ethan grows each day and I am honored to serve him, love him, and be his wife.

We look forward to all that God has in store for us, our future ministry and our future family. We are praying that the Lord would continue to lead us to were He would have us go. And we knew that He will because He always has. We are humbled to serve the God who has graciously brought us to Him. Our God is faithful, all powerful, all knowing and merciful. There is no way that we could ever repay Him for all that He has done. What a honor it is to serve Him.

Ethan, I love you more than anything in the world. You are my best friend. I am honored to be your wife and I look forward to whatever and where ever God takes us. Thank you for loving me, serving me, and leading me. I love you!

Flash Back

My intention was to share this post before mine and Ethan's one year anniversary, but as you know I failed at that. Better late than never I say! There are somewhere around 23 photos with this post going back a few years to when Ethan and I were 15/16 years old up to our engagement. I wish I could share some photos from when we were even younger but those where not taken with a digital camera and therefore I only have the original photos in my photo albums. I laughed as I looked back at these photos, and I hope you do as well!

I am so blessed to have married my best friend/high school sweet heart and I can't believe that it has been almost 7 years since we met!

Ethan's 16th bday
Go tell camp

2007

My 16th birthday

At Shannon's college graduation

Christmas 2007

Easter 2008

Church graduation dinner

my graduation party

Ethan's graduation

Summer 2008

Fall 2008

Shannon and Thad's wedding

The night we got engaged

A Wonderful Surprise

Yesterday my super sweet husband sent be these beautiful flowers for our One Year Anniversary that is this Sunday! I can't believe it has almost been a year! This time last year we were running around like crazy getting everything into place! I am so thankful for Ethan and for our marriage! God has truly blessed! My plan is to work on a post with lots of pictures from our "younger years" to share. Hopefully I will be able to get that done tonight :)

He picked out my favorite flower!!

Disney Recap-May 2010

It was another successful trip to Disney! We had a blast as we always do! I am already ready to go back :) I am pretty sure I could live there and be perfectly content :) Here are some photos from our trip!

Ethan, his Mom, and his Dad

My Sister-In-Law Shannon, myself, and nephew Mason!

Ethan was thrilled :)

Eating lunch at Tony's on Main street in the Magic Kingdom! So yummy!

Before breakfast at the Animal Kingdom Lodge! Again...so yummy!

Ethan and his nephew Mason

Ethan at Animal Kingdom