Traveling Light

What hope and life because of His sacrifice! 

Justin & I had such a wonderful time celebrating our Savior’s victory over sin on Sunday; it was a blessing to attend both the Good Friday and Sunday morning services at church.  We sang many great hymns of the faith as we reflected on Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.  Later in the day, Justin also played our keyboard at home and let me pick some of my favorite Easter hymns to sing.  It was a sweet time spent together. 

The weather was lovely and we cherished the opportunity to enjoy the afternoon with family. 

Justin and I were blessed to attend this year’s seminary banquet at The Ronald Regan Library with our friends, the Stewarts.  The amazing view of the city lights, wonderful food, laughing & talking with Paul and Molly, and listening to Fernando Ortega sing and play the piano were all highlights of the evening.

It’s always fun to get dressed up too :)

We’ve had a lovely end of the summer, and although I’m sad to see the days of flip-flops and smoothies end, it is exciting to have cooler weather and apple cider coming.

We enjoyed getting to attend the wedding of our friends Jimmy and Erin.  It was a neat time of celebrating all the Lord has done in their lives and how He has brought them together.

We’ve also been so blessed to be helping with Discovery at our church on Sunday nights.  It’s a program that has a teaching time, music, games and small groups at the end.  It’s a joy to be a part of the student’s lives, get to know them better through the small group times, and to share the truths of Scripture with them.

My sister Kate is playing soccer for The Master’s College.  Justin and I have been to one of her games and are looking forward to cheering on the Mustangs a couple more times in October.  It’s exciting to have athletic siblings :)

Happy birthday my love :) I’m so thankful the Lord for such a wonderful husband as you.  Each year with you is more of a blessing– beyond all I could have asked or imagined.

We had such a fabulous vacation!  I’m thankful for the sweet time away with my husband.  What made it most special, was celebrating how the Lord has so richly blessed us over these past two years since we committed our lives to each other. 

Our travels took us to Yosemite, Sequoia, and King’s Canyon National Parks– and then on to Carpinteria to soak up some sun, hand-in-hand.  Justin surprised me with each new destination of our trip, and did an excellent job of it… I didn’t have a clue. 

Being married to my best friend is truly a gift more than I could have ever asked, or even imagined.  The Lord is so gracious!  Lord willing, I look forward to many more years of growing closer to each other and our Savior.   

During the trip, someone asked Justin if we were on our honeymoon and he answered, “well our third one actually” (adding up our honeymoon + 2 anniversaries).  That summed up our time together quite well :)