~ My Husband Rocks! ~ Reflecting on Two Great Years <3

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As I blogged earlier this week, Austin and I celebrated our second anniversary on Tuesday, September 22. We have been through a lot in those two years, and in the three years that we dated before the wedding, and I love the opportunity to do a little reminiscing.

Thinking back over the past two years, many wonderful memories come to mind but the thing that I keep coming back to today is how blatantly obvious it is to me that Austin is the person on this earth that God had in mind for me to marry, and how no one else in the world could fill that roll better or more completely than he does. He is my match beyond a shadow of a doubt, and I feel so blessed and humbled to watch the intricacies of that unfold in our lives.



Why does your husband rock?
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<3 <3 <3 Two years ago today . . .

. . . we said "I do!"



I can't believe that it has already been two years, and at the same time it seems crazy that it has only been two years.



I love you hunny bear! Thank you for being my husband!

<3 Je t'aime plus d'hier et moins de demain . . . <3

~ My Husband Rocks! ~ Joy in the Journey :) ETA

Edited to Add: Nicole over at Taulman Times posted a VERY important clarification to today's prompt! Even if you don't read my post, be sure to go here to read hers! :) Thanks Nicole!


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Austin is definitely much at fulfilling the joy-giver role in my life than I am in his. He is just a delightful human being and he has an excellent sense of humor, so it seems that I am always laughing in his presence :) and he always makes a concerted effort to get me smiling when I start out in a frustrated or angry frame of mind.


Because he is such a naturally observant person, he is good at recognizing what brings me joy, and when I need a boost the most! He also thinks things through far more thoroughly than anyone I've ever met, so every decision he makes is based on his knowledge both of what I want and like, and what would be best for our family - that alone brings me more joy than I will ever be able to fully express!


We seem to spend a lot of time in a vehicle. Between road trips to Colorado, weekend trips around the state, our Shopper route (ahhh, memories), and countless jaunts to various home-improvement emporiums, we have logged many driving hours together. Some of my favorite memories of times together are during those hours. We are each others' captive audiences, and a lot of the time we have to keep each other awake, so a lot of silliness ensues :)


I thank the Lord every day for one more day to spend with the love of my life! He is definitely a blessing and is an expert at being my chief joy-giver :)

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Challenge
. . . make your life-goal to become the primary joy-giver in your spouse's world.

This is a doozy, I know, but how amazing would it be if this was truly our life-goal? This is definitely going in my prayer journal!

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If you're not a blogger, but still want the world to know about your amazing husband (or wife, or husband to be, or wife to be, etc.) leave a shout-out in the form of a comment! If you're unable to comment, e-mail me at katylinvw [at] yahoo [dot] com and I'll add your shout out to this post!

As always, on Fridays Union 28 will refund your shipping on any order of two or more items if you mention the great adventure and ~my husband rocks! Fridays~ in the "how did you hear about us?" section of your order form, so run on over there and check them out, too! Thank you Union 28!

Hope you all have a fantastic Friday, and a wonderful weekend!

MHR Inspiration #16 ~ Joy in the Journey

Okay, three things I know:

1) It has been a loooooong time since I did a prompt for MHR.
2) It is pretty late on a Thursday to be posting a prompt for tomorrow.
3) You NEED to read this article, so read it - even if you don't write to the prompt tomorrow, lol.

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Joy in the Journey by John & Nancy Ortberg

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Prompt/Theme for Friday, September 11, 2009
What are some of the ways that your rocking hubby adds joy to your life? What are some of your favorite joy-filled moments that immediately spring to mind? Do you have any rituals that are joy-inspiring?

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Challenge
. . . make your life-goal to become the primary joy-giver in your spouse's world.

This is a doozy, I know, but how amazing would it be if this was truly our life-goal? This is definitely going in my prayer journal!

Thanks for reading everybody! Have a joyful evening!

I'm just sayin' . . . .

~ My Husband Rocks! ~ reminders . . .

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This week has definitely reinforced for me many of the qualities that I absolutely adore about my husband!

~ We finished our deck, which turned out beautifully: I love that he is such a talented carpenter, and that he takes such pride in his work.
~ He has had a particularly rough week at work, but he has maintained such a great attitude: I am so grateful that he works so hard, even when he does not get the respect he deserves there.
~ I have been somewhat discouraged about some of the hold-ups we've run up against this week regarding BBI, but he is more confident than ever that this is God's will for our lives: I love that he has such strong faith and that he is strong in his convictions and encouraging when I find myself doubting.
~ We began gutting our basement last night, and he was soooo excited! : I adore that he is excited about finishing the very last unfinished portion of our huge re-construction project! One of the reasons he is so excited is that finishing it gets us that much closer to launching BBI, and that brings me so much joy!

Lots of fun reasons why my husband rocked my socks off this week! How about yours?
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I am the only person who has the ability to add blogs to the MHR blogroll. If you are a MHR blogger, and have not been added to the blogroll, plase comment or e-mail me at katylinvw{at}yahoo{dot}com and I will gladly add you to our little group!!!

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If you're not a blogger, but still want the world to know about your amazing husband (or wife, or husband to be, or wife to be, etc.) leave a shout-out in the form of a comment! If you're unable to comment, e-mail me at katylinvw [at] yahoo [dot] com and I'll add your shout out to this post!

As always, on Fridays Union 28 will refund your shipping on any order of two or more items if you mention the great adventure and ~my husband rocks! Fridays~ in the "how did you hear about us?" section of your order form, so run on over there and check them out, too! Thank you Union 28!

Hope you all have a fantastic Friday, and a wonderful weekend!