the great adventure: Honduras

Friday, January 30, 2009

~ My Husband Rocks! ~ The moment I knew . . .

Good morning and happy Friday, everyone! :)

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Prompt/Theme for Friday, January 30, 2009
. . . the moment or the circumstances that led to you knowing that you were going to marry the man who became your husband . . .

I have posted this entire story here if you'd like to hear the whole thing, but I'll put an excerpt here:

Austin has an amazing sense of adventure, and he is very spontaneous! I remember one evening when we were in college, we were sitting in one of the common areas with Florence, a girl in our class who was from Honduras. We were chatting about our summer plans, and she said, "You should come visit me!" Thinking, I'm sure, that it was a rather remote chance that we would actually take her up on the offer. Austin loved the idea, and immediately went to his dorm room for his laptop computer. He started right away researching plane tickets and planning a way to make this dream trip a reality.

I believe that this was the moment that I knew without a doubt that I would spend the rest of my life with him. You see, I have always been a huge dreamer/planner . . . but they never really left the dreaming stage.

So, when Austin came up with one of these (seemingly) hairbrained ideas, and then made it happen, (Yes, we actually spent 14 days in Honduras the summer after our college graduation!) I was absolutely hooked!

This story is a great lead in to why my hubby rocks this week! In addition to being a supportive, hard-working, loving individual, he has decided that we are going on a fantabulous vacation in the month of March!!! I'm so excited I could bust!!! We don't have all the details nailed down yet, but I can say for sure that it is going to be tropical, and there is definitely a beach involved!!! More details as they become available!

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Just in case you missed the challenges from yesterday:

This week I have three challenges for you. You can pick one, or do all three, or not do any of them. But these are going to be the things that I’m focusing on this week.

The first two kind of go hand in hand.

1. Be patient. As the Love Dare book puts it “Resolve to say nothing negative to your spouse.” Our words have the power to build up or tear down in an instant, and unfortunately the destructive possibility is much easier, and quicker than the re-constructive. Let’s be very careful with the tings we say to our spouses this week (well, always, but we’ll really focus on it this week).

2. Tell your hubby how much you appreciate him. I know that there have been weeks when I have gushed all over him on here, but I’m afraid what he has heard from me has been nagging and negativity. Don’t just tell the world how great your hubby is, be sure that you are building him up to his face, not just behind his back : )

and last, but not least

3. If you haven’t seen the movie Fireproof, or even if you have, have a date night this weekend and rent or buy a copy for yourselves! I cannot express how wonderful this movie is. Everyone who is married, or who may ever be married should see this movie! To hear an interview with the star, Kirk Cameron, click here!

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As always, on Fridays From*me Tees 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 From*me Tees!

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

Friday, July 11, 2008

~ My Husband Rocks! ~

Wow! It's Friday already! Although I'm not quite sure where this week done got off to, I'm really glad that the weekend is almost here!

Thank y'all for tuning in for another fabulous ~My Husband Rocks!~ Friday! I'm so excited to see what everyone has to say this week! I hope that everyone who participates in this little "carnival" not only posts their thoughts on Fridays, but makes sure let their husbands know that we think they rock, not just on Fridays, but every day! A wife's respect for her husband can truly energize a marriage!

Austin has an amazing sense of adventure, and he is very spontaneous! I remember one evening when we were in college, we were sitting in one of the common areas with Florence, a girl in our class who was from Honduras. We were chatting about our summer plans, and she said, "You should come visit me!" Thinking, I'm sure, that it was a rather remote chance that we would actually take her up on the offer. Austin loved the idea, and immediately went to his dorm room for his laptop computer. He started right away researching plane tickets and planning a way to make this dream trip a reality.

I believe that this was the moment that I knew without a doubt that I would spend the rest of my life with him. You see, I have always been a huge dreamer/planner. When I was about 12, I wanted a horse, so I worked out an entire savings plan for how I would get the money, researched a place where I could board it, read all of the books the library had on horse care and showing, and when it got to actually putting the plan into action - nothing. I also LOVE to travel, so when we were younger, my sister, Kelli, and I would pull out the big atlas, open it randomly and drop our finger on a spot then plan an entire trip to the location our finger landed upon. Granted, we were just kids when we made these plans, but they never really left the dreaming stage. (But, Kelli, I would LOVE to make this dream a reality!)

So, when Austin came up with one of these (seemingly) hairbrained ideas, and then made it happen, (Yes, we actually spent 14 days in Honduras the summer after our college graduation!) I was absolutely hooked!

This picture was not taken in Honduras (actually, we cannot find any of the pictures we took in Honduras, the memory card was either completely erased, or jumped out of the camera somewehre between San Pedro Sula, Miami, and Chicago). This was actually at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. We were visiting my family the summer before our wedding, and they were letting people hold a python to get donations to save the hippos. (I know, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but hey - we got to hold a python!) This picture just screams "adventure" to me, and since we don't have any Honduras pics, I thought I'd include it in my "adventurous/spontaneous" post :)

Austin can match me step for step with big dreams, and crazy plans, and he actually has the gumption to make it happen! He so totally rocks! :)

Thanks for reading everybody! Be sure to check in with all the ladies in the list to the right to hear about more husbands who rock!

And remember, on Fridays From*me Tees 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 From*me Tees!

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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!

Have a great weekend!