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25 Years of Love

5/21/2015

This Tuesday, my parents celebrated their silver wedding anniversary!
I so appreciate their example of a healthy and beautiful marriage. Through the years, I have seen them serve each other and take the time to meet each other's need. It is so refreshing to look to them as a pattern of godliness and selflessness.

Due to the fact that I am using a new computer without many pictures on it, I couldn't get a recent shot of just Mom and Dad. So please just try to ignore Tanya!

Now, I don't have any digital copies of their wedding pictures. But right before we left for our vacation, I grabbed Mom's camera and took some pictures of the hard copies in their wedding album. Please excuse the poor quality! After all, it's hard to get a nice picture of a picture!

Sorry for the slightly askew picture! Like I said, we were leaving in a matter of hours and I was in a bit of a rush.

On Tuesday, we older ones watched Tanya and William for most of the afternoon and evening so that they could go out to dinner and have some time for themselves. For my Dad, getting to have fresh seafood was a real treat (Mom not so much!). It was a privilege to be able to spoil them a little bit on that special day. No one deserved it more.
Love you, Mom and Dad!

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Tidbits from the Beach (AKA Tale of the Squashed Kiwi)

5/18/2015

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Ah, we're finally here on the beach. Actually, we've been here for a couple of days now, but blogging just wasn't going to happen until now- the spirit was willing but time and ambition were in short supply. Since Saturday was a travel day plus my birthday, and Sunday was mostly spent around church, I didn't want to even think about typing ANYTHING.
But now I am here.
Yes, I am now officially nineteen! I think I'm still young enough to enjoy the thrill of being a year older. I know it won't last too much longer.
Our trip down here was quite normal - the kids were tired and cranky at times, we got lost somewhere in Maryland (MapQuest messed up), and we were extremely thankful to be out of the van. We spent Friday night at a hotel in Maryland, and I was delighted to discover that we were situated right next to a MALL, of all places. Wonder of wonders, Dad actually suggested that some of us ladies go shopping that evening. He thought I might like to pick out something for my birthday. Well, maybe you all don't know my Dad well enough, but he usually barely tolerates shopping expeditions. So to have him actually encouraging me to go to the mall would be like Mom telling William to go ahead and smear applesauce all over the living room couch.
Anyway, Mom and I ended up spending the evening at Macy's. We had a WONDERFUL time, trying on tons of clothes and having the endless "Does this look nice on me/is this color flattering/is the fit right/do you think I should get this" conversations. We both ended up getting some nice things. It was a wonderful birthday treat. Really, the fun part was getting to do it with Mom. She is normally too busy to do any shopping other than grocery, so it was really special.
Are you wondering yet where the squished kiwi comes in? Well, being the health-conscious person that I am, I tossed a ripe kiwi in my overnight bag just before we left the house. After a day of being tossed around in the car (and probably sat on by multiple people) the kiwi was in a sad state. When I opened my overnight bag that evening, I was horrified to find green goop all over the bottom of my bag. My Streams in the Desert devotional book was ruined, and several other items had to be washed off thoroughly. It was a pretty horrific experience, and I think I might have developed an anti-kiwi complex.
We spent most of Saturday sitting in the car. Enough said. However, since it was my birthday, we got some Duck Donuts as soon as we arrived on the Outer Banks. For those of you who may be slightly confused, these doughnuts were not made out of ducks - the company is called Duck Donuts.
Ever since I first tasted a warm, freshly made Duck Donut, I have firmly believed that they are the best tasting thing on this planet. Period. This year, I had mine chocolate-glazed with shredded coconut on top.
We had our first beach excursion that night. Mom was able to get a few pictures!

I'll be sure to post again soon with more pictures!

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Impromptu Photo Shoot

5/6/2015

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My mom LOVES her camera. Look for her at any church event and you'll likely see her posing shots and snapping away. She has taken some really, really nice pictures over the years, including Hannah and Andrew's engagement photos. So she happily agreed to my request one evening to have some pictures of myself taken.
Here are some of the results. Note: I didn't take much time to pull myself together, hence the rather casual look. I did don the necklace and flower just for the shoot; I don't normally wear that many accessories around the house!

I added the special effects here!

Ugh, the background is awful. Mom was cringing even as she was taking this picture, but I insisted. Doesn't it look like I am superimposed?

Uh-oh, that sepia look is back! William paid the price for walking into my photo shoot by getting kisses from his big sis!

William agrees to return the favor!

These are some of my favorites! Mom and I had a great time posing shots and keeping William out of the background. Oh, and Mom enjoyed laughing at some of the photos that did NOT make their way onto this post!
What a fun way to spend a beautiful spring evening!

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We Needed Your Help-and Got It!

5/2/2015

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Thanks to your overwhelming support, Mom is currently in the TOP 8!!!!! Yahoo!
She still needs more votes, though. If you haven't already, could you please hop over and do so?
The Top 8 contestants were in this week's paper, and it was so fun to show it to Mom! The look on her face was priceless. So, so worth it. I wish you all could have seen it. Once again, thank you so much. Without you all, we wouldn't be at this point.
Even if she doesn't take the grand prize, she says she feels so loved. From my perspective, she has already won.
THANK YOU! And please keep getting the word out. And FYI, anyone with their own email address can vote (so multiple members of a family are eligible).
My Mom is the bomb, but you all are too!

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25 Years of Love

Tidbits from the Beach (AKA Tale of the Squashed Kiwi)

Impromptu Photo Shoot

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