Two Years +

Two years ago today, Ray and I were enjoying our first day as Mr. & Mrs. Guy at The Sanctuary.  We had a great time on our honeymoon!  Since then, we have made the most of our life together - going to our favorite country concerts, Atlanta Braves games, NC State games, family trips (including visiting Ray's parents when they lived in Philadelphia), NASCAR races, random road trips, and of course the seemingly occasional weekends just sitting around at home in Asheville.  When you get married, people throw lots of advice at you, but the one piece we use the most is to do a lot now--travel, explore, etc--while you don't have kids.  We know that eventually we'll have kids, but for now we aren't taking it for granted that it's just us.  :)

Kiawah Island, SC. Feb. 1, 2009 

The Sanctuary

Last year, for our first anniversary we had planned on going to Nashville, TN for a long weekend.  But, it snowed like crazy and we were stuck in Asheville!  It was still a fun weekend though. :)  

This year, I didn't get to take any time off from work and I actually had to go to school on Saturday (snow make-up day), so we were planning on celebrating last night because today is a teacher workday and I don't have to go.  Anyway, we were going to go to a nice seafood restaurant here, but... when I got home from work, Ray had gotten me flowers (a FIRST!) and had a suitcase packed.  He even successfully packed everything I needed.  We went to Cherokee and stayed at Harrah's Casino.  It was so much fun!  It was nice to get away and do something exciting - something new.  We each brought $60 cash to the casino and played the slot machines.  Ray wasn't so lucky - he ended up only using $15 anyway, but I actually left with $15 more than I came with! :)  We haven't stayed up that late in a long long time, so we're both a little pooped today.  Haha.  Plus, it's a cold, rainy day so it's the perfect day to cuddle up and watch a movie.  

I am so happy to be married to an amazing man who appreciates me and loves me for who I am! He knows how to make me smile and he supports me in everything I do. And because I'm not even going to try to get him to blog yet, I'll post something he wrote in his card to me:  

"I wake up every morning and thank God that he blessed me with you." 

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House update:  we didn't end up putting an offer on the house I last blogged about because the listing agent said there were already multiple offers.  But, we did find another house and made an offer yesterday.  We should hear soon!