tonight was a date night for us! we caught a movie (the proposal...pretty funny!), went to medi park for a picnic and then went by the seals' house to congratulate them on ridge's arrival!
the theater and park is very close to our first apartment, our first home in amarillo! ahhh...that life seems so simple to us now...no yard, no kids, no mortgage, sunday afternoon naps, staying up really late and sleeping in...but also a very quiet life. that old apartment was a good place for me. i broke away from always depending on my parents for things and clung to my bradley and most importantly, my jesus! the quietness of that apartment was were i studied VERY hard and passed my CPA exam while bradley also began his master's program at WBU. it was were i cooked my first meal as a married woman and the place where i truly thought i survived a tornado and it was really only hail (see picture below). it was a place where both bliss and forgiveness existed and we're still building on that! as we drove past that apartment tonight, the tree outside our window actually provided some shade but all the rest appeared very much the same. the difference, we weren't there and that chapter in our lives is closed! we don't drive out that way very often so it was kinda fun to think back on such things!
once we walked in the door to our house, we heard the pitter patter of little feet and upon first glance of tater he laughed out loud! i now hear "mmmmoooommmmaaaaa" at 10pm...parker wants me to "sleep for a minute" which totally warms my heart. ahhh...life! it's wonderful right where we are and while i'm thankful for where we've been, i am also glad God has placed us in this very spot for such a time as this...there's no other place i'd rather be!
on a really funny note...for some reason we drove by that old apartment while my parents were here for graduation. parker stated very bluntly to my parents..."that's where mommy and daddy lived before they were making me". the birds and the bees discussion has already begun....yikes!
our front porch...pictures of the apartment were taken with 35 mm film...gotta dig that stuff out!the theater and park is very close to our first apartment, our first home in amarillo! ahhh...that life seems so simple to us now...no yard, no kids, no mortgage, sunday afternoon naps, staying up really late and sleeping in...but also a very quiet life. that old apartment was a good place for me. i broke away from always depending on my parents for things and clung to my bradley and most importantly, my jesus! the quietness of that apartment was were i studied VERY hard and passed my CPA exam while bradley also began his master's program at WBU. it was were i cooked my first meal as a married woman and the place where i truly thought i survived a tornado and it was really only hail (see picture below). it was a place where both bliss and forgiveness existed and we're still building on that! as we drove past that apartment tonight, the tree outside our window actually provided some shade but all the rest appeared very much the same. the difference, we weren't there and that chapter in our lives is closed! we don't drive out that way very often so it was kinda fun to think back on such things!
once we walked in the door to our house, we heard the pitter patter of little feet and upon first glance of tater he laughed out loud! i now hear "mmmmoooommmmaaaaa" at 10pm...parker wants me to "sleep for a minute" which totally warms my heart. ahhh...life! it's wonderful right where we are and while i'm thankful for where we've been, i am also glad God has placed us in this very spot for such a time as this...there's no other place i'd rather be!
on a really funny note...for some reason we drove by that old apartment while my parents were here for graduation. parker stated very bluntly to my parents..."that's where mommy and daddy lived before they were making me". the birds and the bees discussion has already begun....yikes!
the hail that destroyed that apartment (windows, furniture, carpet, etc)...thank goodness we were already building our house!
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Too funny...1st place when married. You left out 1st place you entertained people as a couple, 1st place you unpacked wedding gifts, 1st place you had to clean up after a boy...too bad with 3 in the house it will be a while before they will do that one on their own.
Thank you for your sweet words the other day
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