5 years!

This past Friday, Mark and I celebrated 5 years of marriage (12 years since our 1st date!). To say that this past year of marriage has been the best would be a huge understatement. God has been beyond good to our family always, but His grace and love have poured out on us in big ways in the past year.

For Christmas, my dad gifted us with a weekend in Fredericksburg. We figured our anniversary would be a great time to take our trip. The girlies stayed with their Papa & Nonnie for the weekend, and had a great time!

On Friday afternoon, we drove down. We arrived at our cabin (about 10 miles outside of town), and were so excited about staying there. The view was great, and there were so many sweet, personal touches. We even had a fireplace and a stocked kitchen!

For dinner, we went to a cute little restaurant in town to celebrate! We had some great drinks, and a delicious German appetizer. We enjoyed steak and duck as well.  For dessert, we hit up the local HEB for some Blue Bell & Ben & Jerrys to enjoy by a fire.

On Saturday morning, we headed out to the airpot to eat brunch. (We definitely slept in that day!) There is a hotel and diner at the airport.

We were able to eat while we watched planes land and take off.

We enjoyed walking around town and just enjoying the beautiful day.  We found a gem of a bistro (Vaudville) for lunch, where we enjoyed homemade lasagna and a venison Reuben.

We spent the afternoon driving around to local wineries, doing some wine tastings, and people watching/listening to music.

I told Mark this box of chocolates could count as my Valentine's present :)

This man is just as crazy as he was the day I met him….

We spent the rest of Saturday napping and eating take-out Chinese while watching the Olympics!

On Sunday, we were able to meet up with our besties for lunch!! It was great to catch up with them before heading home.

Speaking of heading home….these 2 sweet girls were beyond excited to see their mama and daddy when we got back! They are such a joy!!

While we were gone, they got plenty of attention.

 They played and played,

enjoyed a fun trip to Cabelas,

and slept and ate pretty good too :)

Thanks again for the trip, Dad & Lianna, and for watching our sweet babes while we were gone!!