Happy 1st Anniversary!

Cole and I celebrated our first anniversary on June 28th. We kind of took a different approach to celebrating due to our crammed schedule (welcome to college ministry). Cole made me breakfast in bed on the Friday before our anniversary and announced he had cancelled all my meetings for the day (i.e. breakfast with a friend, lunch with another, and dinner w/ a couple from our church). We got in the car for the surprise trip and ended up in Sequoyah state park outside of Talequah, OK. The plan was to camp, but after a rather warm picnic in 100 degree temps, we decided maybe we should re-plan our trip. We found a hotel after a long search (apparently Talequah is the garden spot of Oklahoma) and had a great dinner at a place called Sam and Ella's chicken palace (say the name really fast to get the joke). We went to the hotel and sat in air conditioning and enjoyed being together. Sometimes its the simple things that mean the most. The next morning we packed up and went to the Illnois river with a group of students and got a little sunburned. On Sunday, we came home from church and went to go see "Up"; fantastic flick by the way! Then, we went home, made steak with all the fixins, and ate cake and ice cream to finish up the night. It was a great start to many more anniversaries. I'm so proud of the man I married, and how God uses both of us in the others life to be remade into the image of Christ daily.











Trying to figure out where we are headed

Still thinking.........And Cole giving me no hints.

Sequoyah State Park
At Sam and Ella'sOn our way to float the river. Happy Anniversary!