5 years of Honeymooning

I thought I was marrying him for his good looks but it turns out he is absolutely amazing and I'm head over heels. Just kidding...I think we said I love you week 2 of dating and a handsome smile can't make you do that. :)

Anniversaries are sacred and I love spending them reminiscing and gushing over each other.  Courtesy of our sweet parents, we enjoyed a yummy dinner, drinks, and desserts at J. Alexander's (one of our favorites).  It's something special when you can tell each other these have been the best 5 years even through lots of moves, everyday stresses, significant risks, handfuls of life changes, and growing up and truly mean it.  

Mountain Getaway

There are a couple perks to being a teacher and one of the giant perks is the breaks.  The breaks are so necessary. So. Necessary.  While I wish every profession had these breaks because of the mending and healing it does for our health our world would be a mess.  I'm so glad to have a few days here and there as I do need breaks from hearing "Mrs. Cousin" repeated...45 times in a row... from 17 children...all at one time...:).  A couple weeks ago Will and I came to the conclusion that we needed a getaway.  Really, Winter getaways take on a new meaning when you live in Florida.  Normally people want to take beach vacations to find relief from cabin fever in February but we needed a change of scenery and pace so we chose the beautiful scenery of the mountains in Denver.  We had a great time simply relaxing. We both left our computers at home and I saw my husband RELAX. :) We spent our days reading, EATING (constantly), shopping, sipping tea and hot-totties, and exploring the downtown and mountains of Denver.  We both agreed that Denver was a taste of Minneapolis and I felt a little more at home surrounded by Subarus and Northface rather than Ferrari's and Gucci.  It's amazing how US cities have their own little culture and fun to explore each one.  

Valentine's dinner . 

Yeah, I did squeeze in an afternoon at the beach with the girls :).  From the ocean to the mountains- what a beautiful world God gave us to look at. 

Rest

Will and I are pretty unexciting weekenders. Sometimes I think we should be doing more to indulge in life and the freedom of twenty- somethings (ok, will's 30) but most weekends by Friday we are tired and reason that life is more fun when you take time to recuperate.  Oh, and Bentley thinks so too.