5 years of anniversaries & 11 years with the husband!

We don’t really celebrate our “dating anniversary” anymore, but we did for so long that the date January 10th will always be remembered. On that day in 2003 (our senior year of high school), Steve and I went on our first date. He picked me up with a beautiful bouquet of purple snapdragons and we went to a nice Italian restaurant.

After that summer of fun, we headed to separate colleges… he went to Iowa State and I went to University of Iowa. We were two hours apart. We did our best to see

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wordless wednesday: love

Valentine’s Day gift and food ideas

I <3 Valentine’s Day and I’ve been sitting here wondering if I’ll really get to celebrate it this year! Will I have a newborn? Will I be in labor? Will I be miserable? Haha. Either way, I’m planning for it just in case! And as always, Pinterest is my go-to place. LOVE these food and little gift ideas. Click through the photo for credit or more info.

What are you doing for Valentine’s Day?

A balloon for each year you’ve celebrated Valentine’s Day together and a

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Happy anniversary!

I don’t know if I’ve ever written about how Steve and I met. We were in our junior year of high school, but we went to different schools. We went to the same youth group every Wednesday night, each with our own group of friends. One day, I get an email from him… he told me that I was beautiful and he wanted to get to know me. Then at the end he put “PS. cute feet.”

I had NO IDEA who he was. Steve? Steve who?! We didn’t start dating for another 9

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