Exactly 7 years ago today I put on a beautiful borrowed white dress (thanks Christy), had approximately 83,000 bobby pins placed in various locations throughout my hair to keep it in place, gathered with some of my most favorite people in life, and exchanged a few life altering words with a strikingly handsome young man I met on the internet. Sort of. Recounting Josh's and my story is no small feat because of its unique nature and the fact that 7 years later we still marvel at the fact that we ever met and actually managed to get married. We joke that we got married so we could finally date, and also that we basically had an "arranged" marriage that we arranged ourselves...and then hoped for the best! Neither of us really could have imagined that one small church group outing would end up changing the rest of our lives. Both of us had our reasons for joining this random outing to Safeco Field to tour the stadium for a few dollars. It was shockingly not our ...
We figure there's no better way to wrap up a church planting conference on October 31st than to eat some Albertson's chicken, fill a bowl with tootsie rolls and smarties, and dress up in our stylish new Value Village purchases just in time to watch literally THOUSANDS of children flock to our front door to enjoy both the flavorful candy, and our impressive flare for creative costuming... Proof of our impeccable taste. Sidebar: A glimpse of what I would've looked like pregnant in the 70's. We started our evening off feeling strong, confident.... Both in our candy selection and impressive graphic design skills. What child can resist pumpkin clip art?? All children. Apparently all children can resist clip part as proven by the fact that our evening lingered on, yet our candy supply remained unchanged. Desperation. Rejection. Not even a perfectly formed hairdo can remedy the ...
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