Yesterday Tom and I celebrated our 13th anniversary. We had tossed around the idea of going out again on our own for a night during the weekend to celebrate a little early and ultimately decided to do what we love to do best and hang out together and cook at home.
Saturday we tackled a few chores. Grocery shopping in the morning, mowing the yard in the afternoon, etc. We spent a good deal of time playing in the yard and just hanging out before dinner.
That night Tom made some pretty tasty filets for dinner. We made some mashed potatoes and salad to go with them. This is one of our favorite meals. And minus the cleanup, it’s almost just as good as going out to dinner. Oh, and possibly the fact that at the ages of our kids, there may or may not be many completed conversations had at the dinner table.
There was supposed to be some homemade ice cream for our dessert. However, I forgot the half and half on the list at the grocery, not once, but twice. The boys were sad not to get to make it again. But we’ll make up for it again in the near future I’m certain.
After we put the boys to bed last night we sat and talked and reflected on these 13 years and what things we’re looking forward to, Lord willing, down the road. It’s so true time flies by and even more so it seems since we’ve had children. We are thankful for each other. It’s evident in most things we do that we need each other’s strengths to make us a better team. We tend to be alike in more areas than not and this helps us work better together. But yet we’re different in several ways too.
We’ve spent some time lately reflecting on our love languages. We’re guilty at times of not expressing each other’s language and have to remind each other. I can’t say enough about how invaluable knowing how those around you express love is, especially as we learn more about our children too.
It’s really hard to capture all that we’ve learned and how we’ve grown and changed over these 13 years. I’m thankful for who we’ve grown to be as a couple and as parents. And I pray we have many more years to celebrate!
