5.

it's hard to describe 5 years in one post, but here i go...

7 years ago-- A girl saw a guy standing in the front rows of her church. She had never seen him before, but a voice in her head said that she was going to marry him one day. After a summer of Starbucks dates, late night text messaging and conversation until you fall asleep with the phone in your hand (and wake up with it there too), the guy left to go back to school with a new girlfriend. For the next year, they would remain long distance, falling in love with each other- all the time knowing that one day, they would be married.

6 years ago-- The guy graduates from college and moves to the girl's hometown.

5.5 years ago-- The couple gets engaged on the beach in Perdido Key, Alabama under the moon, with the waves crashing against the sand.

September 5, 2009-- The couple stands before God, family, and friends to become one and a new chapter of "Mr. and Mrs." begins.

Today-- I'm in awe of our last 5 years together. The joy, the laughter, the trials, the tears, but knowing that I could do this for at least 50 more years.

I love you, Sam. Happy 5 years. 

snow days

i was looking through my phone and realized that i had completely forgotten to post pictures of the massive snowstorm we had a couple of weeks ago. i've been so focused on my finishing my work for grad school this term, that i seem to be running out of hours in the day.

hope you enjoy the photos from the storm. i think i measured at 9", once the snow stopped falling. north carolina hardly ever gets snow and storms like this happen every 10 years or so. the only thing we didn't do was build a snowman, which would have been perfect for little xander to experience. oh, well...they are saying we might get one more storm and a little more snow this time. we shall see.

with the lack of normal snow here, everything shuts down at even the mention of snow or ice. in fact, they cancelled school 24 hours before anything happened. you will also notice the lack of appropriate clothing. my husband and i snowboard but had loaned our things to my sister and brother-in-law for their first trip and hadn't gotten them back yet. so rainboots and plastic bags for the win!