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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

7 days of LOVE

Facebook will probably not even be a "thing" once Cade and Caelin read this, but I wanted to have it documented so that they do know how special their Daddy is.  So... I was challenged on FB to post daily for 7 days of why I love your Daddy and here they are!

Day 1: This picture was from June 2004 right after we got Baylor. My childhood dog Yogi is also pictured. Ps- we did NOT plan our outfits and yes, Charles has amazing hair.
Day 2 of the love your spouse challenge: This was from fall of 2014 at a Baylor game. I thought it was fitting since we met at Baylor University and we do love our Baylor Bears!
Day 3 of the love your spouse challenge: This pic is where we got engaged. It is a small fishing hole behind a dam in Grapeland, TX. My parents, Charles' parents and Charles' Grandparents all helped with the surprise. We were dressed up to go to dinner and Charles drove me down here saying he left some fishing stuff from earlier. When we got there, the entire walk down to this bench was lined with candles and rose petals. He read a Bible verse and asked me to marry him. The rest is history!
Day 4 of the love your spouse challenge: These are just some of the countless memories of Charles with our kiddos. Not only is he the perfect husband that God made for me, but he is an amazing Father as well. There is no greater gift that makes my heart smile than to see him love on our children.
Day 5 of the love your spouse challenge: We just finished a great family reunion on Charles' side in Gruene, TX. I adore how much Charles values family and the importance of always putting family first.
Day 6 of the love your spouse challenge: This is probably the best trait about Charles. He is a selfless and does acts of service with a grateful heart. So far this morning, he has helped my Mom by doing hours of yard work, cutting trees away from the house, fixing stuff on her list of "to-do" and so much more. I love how he loves my Mom and helps her! This is a pic of the tree he cut away from the house today.
Day 7 of the love your spouse challenge! This is long and mushy, so here is your warning!
To wrap up the week, here is a pic from our wedding where our married journey began. I love this man more than anything on Earth. God knew what he was doing when he made Charles and our story has been pure serendipity from the day we first met as strangers in the street outside my Mom and Dad's house. He was on a mission trip from Baylor to my home church in Round Rock and was doing yardwork for our elderly neighbor. I was home from Baylor for the weekend and they called needing garbage bags and supplies. My Dad and I walked out some supplies and we noticed each other because I had a Baylor FB shirt on (Charles played FB) and he was wearing an AXO shirt (my sorority). We talked briefly in driveway and then as we walked away, my Dad said, "You need to dump that bozo you are with and get a guy like that". Ha...Daddy always did know best! Fast forward about a year later and we wound up in the same class in the education dept with the best teacher ever, Pat Arredondo.  The rest is history! I pray everyone who reads this has a love for their spouse like I do.

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