Reflections on our first year

Wally and I recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary on June 27th....WOW! We decided we would go to the hill country and have a little time away together to celebrate. We found a wonderful bed and breakfast called the "Walden Plantation" about 13 miles outside of Llano. It was hilarious driving there because it was literally in the middle of nowhere. We took a bunch of country roads about 13 miles outside of Llano (Wally was getting kind of worried the further we went, he was asking me if I was sure this was the right direction haha)...and all of the sudden a beautiful hacienda style plantation appeared, with the Llano river running right behind it. We had a blast during our stay....we went into Fredericksburg on Friday night for some amazing mexican food at Mamacitas and wonderful homeade ice cream for dessert at Clear River. On Saturday morning, after a delicious Belgian waffle breakfast, we went kayaking (thanks to our friends Brad and Tara loaning us their kayak for the weekend) and renting one at the plantation. We swam at the pool, watched the USA World Cup game, and just relaxed. We highly recommend this place for sure! Sunday, our real anniversary day, I woke up early and decided to go grab some coffee and sit out on the porch overlooking the river (a gorgeous view)....as I was sitting, reading my bible, I had one of those moments where you just encounter God's presence and he overwhelms you. It was the coolest thing for Him to open my eyes and reflect on how much He has truly blessed me, and how thankful I am for this past year, the most wonderful year of my life. Its been so cool that God has allowed me to be joined in marriage to my best friend, and how amazing it is that He allows us to represent Christ and the Church and share His gospel as husband and wife. He has been so gracious, and grows, challenges, and sanctifies us daily to become more like Christ in how we love, serve, honor, and respect one another. I think of Phil. 2 when I think about God's design for marriage, and how it's not always the most fun thing, but how we are pushed and challenged to continually look to the needs of others and love God and others before ourselves....Wally has been such a wonderful husband in making me feel so loved each day, encouraging me, and filling each day with joy and adventure! I am truly blessed and thankful God gave me the best husband in the world!

Walden Plantation and Llano River front

Dinner at Mamacita's in Fredericksburg

YUMMY!