Little Fam Shout out to the Paulinos!

Dear Kristi, Jonah, Levi and Jason:
Hope you know how much we miss you! We drove up to the cousins house and it felt weird that you weren't with us! Hope that you like the pictures and videos!

Sure did miss you this weekend! We went up to the cousin's house where we saw Maggie in the parade! I tried to take a video of her but it didn't work! She was on top of a JEEP waving at everyone it was sooo cute! I ran up and gave her some flowers! The parade was so cute and they were throwing out candy and your cousins were all trying to grab it and fill their bag! I made some videos for you and wanted you to know that we missed you so much! Love you!

Opposites that have Similarities!

I am so thankful for Danny. yup. Still love that guy even after 46 days of marriage! We are going strong! We are complete opposites in many ways but we have found so many bonds and similarities in different things:

• We both adore the beach
• We have found a sweet connection in our love for canoeing! We get to the water every chance we can!
• We work together in the kitchen....although I make most of the meals, Danny always helps clean up! And sometimes on Saturdays he delivers a tasty breakfast in bed!
• We have the same schedule for renovating! (I am probably a bit more pushy) but we aren't stressing or working OVERLY hard to get every single little project done THIS summer! We are doing things we want to do like: Painting, We made shelves for furnace room for my *MANY* plastic containers, We got our closet organizer up (no more boxes, yay!!) and a ceiling fan installed and we have our lamps! But...we have TONS of projects we have not yet tackled, but we are happy to do it in our own timing!
• We love video games! I never EVER imagined marrying a GAMER! But I am enjoying playing a few games with Dan and I am getting better! We love lots of activities and this is just one that doesn't take TONS of our time but is a fun little break for a few minutes! (I definitely don't have his STAMINA...but I don't need it! I am just having a little fun!)
• We value church. I love walking hand in hand into church with my man.
• We love Harry Potter! (just finished watching the entire series this month!!)
• We love our families! We are both loyal to the death to our fams, and we are learning alot about this these days! But I am so thankful that we have good strong relationships with the people who love us most!
• We really are nice to each other! I really really appreciate the things Dan does for me like talking, listening, and spending TIME with me! And I know Dan loves that I make him yummy suppers and take care of house stuff and play vids with him and spend time with him too! We are learning so much about marriage and I look forward to seeing our love grow deeper and stronger! 

Beautiful Book: The Power of a Praying Wife

When you get married, there is a lot of overwhelming things that happen in a really condensed period of time. Visits from your favorite people, Planning the biggest dinner party of your life for all your wedding guests, the lists, the calls, the bills!!! And then you also receive love like you never have before. I was completely blessed with 3 showers before my wedding. The first was with Danny's family (cousins and aunts and my mom and sister and DANNY!) and we received the most beautiful and practical gifts that we use every day! I love thinking of the person who gave it to us when I use it and I am trying to make sure I can remember those things by writing them all out in a little journal that I can look back in years to come. Then my mom held the sweetest tea party for me at her house with so many women I love and admire! I was so happy to be in that room that day and was again completely OVERWHELMED by the generous and thoughtful things I got!  And then one of my favorite nights was my (tame) Bachelorette and all my favorite girls were in attendance (minus 2 bridesmaids) and that was really special too! One gift that I received in the mail from a dear Prairie friend/blogger (http://thisgraciouslife.blogspot.ca/) is this book below.  I have been really excited to use it in the mornings! I still need a bit better time management to get it done every day, but even just a paragraph is great to get my mind in the right mode for the day! 

I love to pray as I drive to work and even though its not that long of a drive, its the perfect way for me to start my day. I am trying to be faithful to pray for my husband every day, but this book takes it to a WHOLE new level! Its the perfect book to read for me right now and is definitely a humbling book to read as you realize the HUGE gift it is to be a wife and I have a HUGE desire to be a GREAT not just a good wife to Danny! Anyways. I definitely recommend this book and would love to hear feedback of other great books that are inspiring my readers (I think there are a grand total of 3 now! hahaha)