The Gift of Marriage

Marriage is a gift of our GREAT God, and by His grace Daniel and I have been able to celebrate 12 years of it.  This year was especially WONDERFUL because my mother graciously took the boys for THREE days.  After tutoring on Thursday, we hopped in the car and headed down to UCLA for the LA Tennis Tournament.  We sat Center Court, four rows up.  It was INCREDIBLE to observe professional tennis from that angle.  It was also SO COOL to be seated up close because we were able to walk underneath the stadium and share the same entrance as the players.  That's how we met Andy Roddick last year!!!  

That night, we headed to Newport Beach and checked in to the Hyatt off of PCH.  Would you believe that we watched almost two and half hours of the Biography channel (The History Behind the Band: Guns and Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Nirvana) before going to sleep? The next morning, we rode our bikes along Newport's Back Bay and had breakfast.  Then, we were off to the South Coast Plaza for lunch at Nordstrom (OUR FAVORITE!!!) and to do some shopping.  

At 4, we checked in to our 2nd home (or so I like to call it) in Laguna Beach and planted ourselves there for two days.  It was COMPLETE BLISS!!!  We relaxed, rode the free trolley around town, perused a few art galleries, drank lots of tea, took walks on the beach, played in the pool, ate lots of soup, and rode bikes along Crystal Cove State Park (Look this up!  It's incredible!!!).  

IT WAS SOOOOOO REFRESHING!   And the GREATEST part was just BEING WITH DANIEL.

I AM HIS AND HE IS MINE!  AND AFTER 12 YEARS OF MARRIAGE I COULD NOT DESIRE TO BE WITH DANIEL ANYMORE!   HE IS MY VERY BEST FRIEND AND THEE GREATEST EARTHLY BLESSING.