We celebrated six years of marriage this past weekend! I was working on a scrapbook the past week for a present for Jordan (still a working progress). It contains letters before we started courting and hopefully letters during our courtship and engagement. Wow, we wrote long letters! It was fun reading through the letters. Something caught my eyes when I read a letter I wrote to God on All Saints Day of 2008 asking for some kind of direction in my life. It was also the day Jordan shot the big deer we have mounted on our wall. It was the same deer that led to our first conversation via facebook.
Nothing really happened in the early messages. It was more, "She said, she said.....then he said.....then she said, she said." It wasn't until our first conversation over the phone the weekend after our birthdays. If you didn't know, we share the same birthday. Then things took off after that.
It was fun to see the look on Jordan's face when he saw the letters and saw the first picture of us together in 2006. There's a picture a mutual friend sent of us on the Young Adult Gathering in Estes Park, Colorado. The whole group had a square dancing night, and there is a picture of us touching hands as we are square dancing.
Good memories.
Jordan created a surprise getaway this past weekend. We stayed overnight in Winona, Minnesota. We attend Mass twice a month at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, MN. Jordan arranged for us to attend Holy Mass the morning of our anniversary. Holy Mass is the unbloody re-enactment of Our Lord Jesus Christ's sacrifice on Calvary. The Holy Sacrament of Matrimony is also a sacrifice as both Husband and Wife are to imitate Jesus Christ in all that they do. Each day we renew the promises made on our marriage day six years ago. We ask for the graces to fulfill our marriage vows; to imitate Christ, forgetting ourselves and putting the well being (spiritual, emotional and physical) of our spouse and children above our own. Many days we FAIL in our attempts, but each failure provides an opportunity to learn from mistakes and continue to PERSEVERE in our resolutions.
If we forget ourselves a little bit each day, we will soon learn to truly love one another as Christ so LOVES us.
FAITH.....HOPE.....CHARITY
While at Mass, we were able to see Fr. Abbet, the priest who joined us as Husband and Wife in the Sacrament of Matrimony, six years ago. Jordan's best man in our wedding, his twin brother Josh, served Mass and he also held the paten during Holy Communion. In addition, Fr. Dean, the priest who baptized Theodore, distributed communion. It was a very special and emotional moment for us. Remembering the promise we made to God and to each other. I found myself thinking of all the loved ones who helped shape who we are today, and after Mass, I went to the candle area and almost every candle was lit for someone in our families.
Mom and Dad took me to a place called Golden China, but all I see is BIG RED DRAGON
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| Wow, I get a Peach Banana pouch and they get Crab Rangoons and Shrimp. Huh..... what a deal. |
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| Do I look like a Happy Baby? Peach Banana Pouch anyone? |
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| A queen size bed is just right for me! |
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| Tobias and Philomena's favorite breakfast "Tiger Pancakes" I chose a House Omelet, while my more adventurous wife chose a Greek Omelet with sizsheeky or tisqueaky sauce? Basically it's lamb meat with white sauce? |
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| I Love my Mom and she loves my PENGUIN VEST |
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| Hash browns...Ya..Ya...YAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! |
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| Most of the hash browns went in my mouth our in my blanket. A few got stuck on my face and ears. YAAAAAAA!!!!! |
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| Uncle Josh's favorite doughnut shop. It DID NOT disappoint!!! |
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| Why do I look so serious. It looks like our FIRST kiss on our wedding day. I'm still not comfortable yet. |
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| Dad's idea, not mine. |
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| Hey Girl....Like my SWIRL??? |
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| Tobias would be proud. I just wrangled a snapping turtle |
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Even after six year of marriage Christina gives me chances to sweep her off her feet. I look forward to spending the rest of our lives together.
Thank you, Jordan, that was very sweet of you to say that. I think coming home to hold and spend time with our little blessings was the icing on the cake. They were excited to see their doughnuts and Mommy's wedding dress. Later that night, I looked through some of the cards we were given on our wedding day. They were so touching and sweet. One stands out in my mind from my sisters. It was the most beautifully written card I have ever read.
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