Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Our Day of Love

Valentine's Day is referred to as the Day of Love. And for us, it truly is.  Four years ago today Eric took me out on our first date. I never expected that one date to become my forever, but oh how thankful I am that it did.    It is crazy to think that we have spent four years together. And I know as each new year is added to the count, it will continue to feel this way. But for now, I am going to mini freak out about four years. We have been through so much- good and bad, happy and sad. The journey it took to become husband and wife was a challenge alone. But countless blessings have came from that challenge.  Relationships have been strengthened and personally, I grew a lot as an individual, as a woman, as a wife.  The transition in every step of our relationship has taught me so much about love, compassion, and compromise.  


Eric took me on our first date, and he never had to fear me rejecting a second date. I knew then that there was something special about this man.  Call me crazy, but three weeks later when I first told Eric I loved him, I knew he would be my husband.  Our love began at Belle Arti over a fancy, expensive dinner that I hardly ate because I was too picky.  Nine months later, I stood in the same place and promised to be his forever.




Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Hello, world!

Creating a blog might be the most confusing thing I do this week. But, it is created. It is not good, or great, or perfect, but it is created.  Slowly but surely, right? I'm not sure what I will write about (or how often I will write) but when the urge hits me, I now have a place to go.  
Quick update on where we are in life, and how we got here. Eric and I met at Ouachita Baptist University.  It was the spring of his freshmen year and my junior year.  9 months later we were engaged, and 16 months later we were married.





  I had just graduated from Ouachita, and Eric still had 2 years left of school.  (We got married young, but we do not regret it one. single. bit.) About a month before our wedding, I began working at Ouachita in the admission office.  I have been here ever since (and I l.o.v.e. it). Eric graduated from Ouachita this past May, and is now in seminary through B.H. Carroll and working part time at our church as the ministry assistant (and working part time at Gamestop, and doing some tutoring, whew). We bought a house May 2010 that we absolutely LOVE. It's is really old and has so much character. I have a hard time imagining loving another house as much as I love this one :)




  We also have the cutest dog ever, Bailey. 


And that is very brief story of us, and where we are today.  We love Arkadelphia. We love our jobs. We love our house. And I'm slowly learning to love our kitchen.  


Slowly but surely, right?