Year Three: A Year of Bravery, We Cans + Fighting for Us

This has been some year. It was the best of times... It was not the worst of times. There were some hard times throughout the year though. There's been encouragement and hard conversations along the way. There's been moments when we grew up and tried on adult choices like trading pizza for salad and moments where we chose to play, where we chose rest. There have been tears, laughter, career changes and vacations. There's been conversations and dreaming of who we want to be in five years and how we'll become those people both together and individually. It's been some year. Today we hit our 3rd year anniversary. You could say we are at the finish line of the short sprint of a single year of marriage in a lifetime marathon of love, and I'm so glad we're surviving this race and running ahead to a new year hand in hand. I wouldn't want anyone else to run alongside than you, my Rick.

Our Favorites From Year Three

Games: Betrayal at House on the Hill // Villainous and it's two expansion packs (1+2) that Matthew brings over to let us play with (Thanks friend!) // Fetch + Keep Away with Scout // Mario Party

TV + Movies: Brooklyn 99 - We definitely binge watched it in the background 2 or 3 times over the summer while painting. // Kim’s Convenience // Royal Pains // The Good Place // I'll Have What Phil's Having // Somebody Feed Phil // To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before // Stranger Things // NCIS // Great British Baking Show // Raising Hope (still) // Crazy Rich Asians

Podcasts + Music: Popcast // Bible Binge // Red Sea Road by Ellie Holcomb // 80s Smash Hits Playlist on Spotify // Stuff You Should Know

Books: Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss

Food: Pinterest meal prepping // Chavez Mexican Restaurant // Everything Bagels from New York Deli and Coffee Shop // Making our own ice cream // Brother’s Pizzeria // Lomonte's Italian Restaurant + Bar // Brewing beers + ciders at our home

Miscellaneous: Our 1920's themed 30th birthday party - Goodbye to Our Roaring Twenties // Rick cheering on Ashley during her kidney stone removal journey // Ocean + Waterfront Views // Painting the downstairs of our house // Port Aransas Trip // Both of us having career changes // Cancun trip to celebrate Kurt + Nicole's wedding // Dad + Lindsey's wedding // Scout's 10th birthday // Rick getting back into disc golf // Rick volunteering on the Houston Livestock Show + Rodeo Cook Team + Ashley reaping the benefits of that