TWO year anniversary

 March 14th we celebrated our second year of marriage. We had a wonderful day together. We ended up in DFW area for our anniversary just like last year. I don't know what we are going to do if we end up in Lubbock for an anniversary...:) There are endless options in DFW and in Lbk...well not TONS to do.

Little blurry...but we were excited!

This years main event was going to the Dallas World Aquarium. If only you could see how my husband comes alive at places like this. I love all the furry animals (jaguar, monkeys, otters, sloth) and he took all pictures of fish, sharks, turtles, frogs etc). It was crazy busy (anni always will fall on spring break) but despite the crowds we had fun walking around and learning for almost three hours. 

HUGE manatee

After the aquarium we headed to lunch at Macaroni Grill. It was delicious! The waiter suggested that we get the mac-n-cheese bites tapas and oh my goodness were they good. If they would have given me a dozen of those babies I would have eaten them all. They were SOOOOO good. We had a gift card for this meal, so that was a nice way to have a nice lunch for free :)

Mac-n-cheese bites!!!

me @ lunch

Teddy @ lunch

 After lunch we headed to studio movie grill in Dallas. We saw Good Deeds (Tyler Perry movie). We also had purchased Groupon deal for this outing. We both enjoyed the movie, but not necessarily the movie theater. Our movie ended right at 5:00pm...not great timing to get from Dallas back to Keller...but we made it in about an hour and half. Not bad considering traffic could have been worse. :)

Over all we had a great day. We are excited about year three ahead of us.

Little reflection on this past year: 
My oh my what a year we had. If we were honest (which if you know me, this is very important) we would tell you that this year was harder then our first year. First year was easy breezy. I know that isn't the case for most marriages, but for whatever reason we adjusted really well during our first year. Our second year brought A LOT of big life transitions, which made it more difficult (makes sense).

Here is what last year consisted of:
-Moved all our stuff into storage (where it still sits) 
-Teddy quit his job as an EMT and we both joined full time staff with Campus Crusade (CRU)
-We lived in a dorm from June 10th-July 28th with other couples while joining staff
-We have spent over 11,000 miles on the road since June. Yes, in the car with just the two of us. Quality time galore!
-We have a packing plan down. Teddy packs the car while I do the last minute cleaning, thank you notes, making bed, etc. Then we hop in the car and head out.
-I turned 25 and Teddy turned 24
-I have not driven hardly ANY this year because Teddy does it.
-Spent Thanksgiving in Houston
-Spent Xmas day in Krum (but got to see all family in Lubbock and Wichita Falls too)
-My best friend (Kim) moved away to LSU, another best friend (Cotterface) moved over seas to Australia, another best friend (Dena) got engaged, another close friend (Reeders) got married and pregnant!
-We attended a stewardship/MPD conference in Estes Park and attended The Winter Conference in Fort Worth (@ The Omni)
-Car problems and more car problems. :)
-Wrote a popular post on remembering our financial struggle
-Met new couple friends from all over the country at our new staff training
-Practically been living out of suitcases since August traveling from Lubbock, Wichita Falls, Keller, Houston and back and forth and back and forth raising support.
-Started a weekly date night & have gone back and forth at being good at it. We have had to adjust it to our lifestyle currently.

It's been a ride. We are excited to be back into a "normal" life sooner than later once we are done raising support. Wouldn't want to do this life with anyone else. Teddy is the ultimate/best life partner to have. I'm blessed.

-Kelli