Our 8th Wedding Anniversary

Eight years ago, we began our journey as husband and wife. ❤️

Through many ups and downs, gains and losses, adventures and ordinary days, we are so thankful for God’s protection, guidance, wisdom, and grace through it all.

Eight years has given us quite a collection of little traditions and memories. We used to spend our weekends watching Live PD. We’ve explored nine Alabama State Parks together. We’re currently on our third “Three Year Question a Day” book (highly recommend!), and we’re making our way through our Alphabet Date Nights—we’ve made it all the way to the letter U!

Links for:
​Book one
Book two
Book three
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Early on we divided up the household chores in a way that works well for us. Chris does the laundry, takes care of the trash, and cleans the kitchen after dinner. I clean the bathrooms, meal plan, and cook. And we do most of the grocery shopping together.

One of my favorite traditions started on our honeymoon cruise. We had crème brûlée, and somehow it became our anniversary tradition. So every year, we make sure to have crème brûlée to celebrate another year together. 

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And then there’s the Christmas decor situation. We both absolutely love fall… but somehow we each entered this marriage with a large amount of Christmas decorations. So now we have approximately enough Christmas decor to decorate a small village. 

Eight years later, I’m still thankful that God chose us for each other. We’ve grown, changed, learned, laughed, struggled, celebrated, and built a life together—and I wouldn’t want to do it with anyone else.