Last Sunday provided another reminder of why I think I have the best husband in the world! God has truly made us one...Case(s) in Point:
During our wedding ceremony we poured unity sand, and the little vase of sand became a prized possession and a reminder of our wedding and unity. During the first year of marriage, our sand got knocked off the mantel, shattering the glass vase and creating a giant sandy mess in our living room. I stood there and cried, but apparently it gave both of us an idea.
For our first anniversary we went to Banff, Canada and before we left, my parents sent us a beautiful glass vase and some sand for us to repour. But, sadly, the vase was broken on its way to Washington. Secretly I was actually relieved that it had broken because I had searched in every store in Seattle looking for the right vase and had a plan to repour the sand in Banff. So on the night of our anniversary we went out to dinner at the Lake Louise Lodge (if you have never been to Banff, you MUST go! It is incredibly beautiful!), and I was trekking around with my bag full of sand pouring supplies to pour in front of Lake Louise. Of course, it started to rain and plan A was foiled. I frantically tried to think of another place to do it, dreading the idea of just being in our hotel room.
Then...we got back in the car and instead of going back to the hotel, Jefff kept driving and we found ourselves winding up a road to the top of a mountain. The road took us to the side of a lake where he parked the car and told me to wait. As I waited, I was jumping with joy inside, thinking he had provided the perfect plan B for me. He came back and told me to follow him, and I insisted that I had to bring my bag with me. He relented, picking me up to carry me to his surprise. As we rounded the corner I saw a perfect scene with candles, flowers and...a vase and some sand. He had had the same idea!
We had a really special time of pouring our sand, reading our vows and again remembering the miracle that God does in making us one.
As soon as we finished I told him he had to see what was in my bag. We laughed and marveled at how our minds always seem to think so much alike.
This weekend, we had another fun reminder of the same truth.
As I mentioned in my last post, I made an advent calendar for Jefff with a fun Christmasy event for each day counting down to Christmas. We have made homemade hot chocolate, gone to a "Winter Festival" and opened "Christmas treats." Sunday's activity was to go get a Christmas tree and decorate it. I told him that he needed to set aside an hour or so of free time for our activity, thinking we would just go to a lot somewhere in town. On Saturday night, Jefff was asking for a hint so I simply said, "tradition." Somehow he knew and his face immediately changed as he said, "you keep taking my ideas!" He had already made plans to go out in the forest and cut down a tree.
We had the best time getting all bundled up to drive about an hour into the forest to find the perfect tree. We both concluded that our favorite dates are when we are just driving together-nothing to distract us and just the two of us for that time. We named our tree Peter and it's the cutest little Ponderosa Pine ever!
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