Hello there! How was Monday for ya? I know mine was probably one of the better Monday’s I’ve ever had 🙂 I made sure to start it off right with an almond milk, banana, cocoa, and peanut butter smoothie 🙂
Work chugged right along, and before I knew it, it was time for lunch! I made something special yesterday…Jenna’s Lentil Dahl! This was my first time making Indian food, and I think I am now in love.
Nate, however, is not in love with the smell in the house.
I think he will have to learn to love it 🙂
This was INCREDIBLE, but I will say that I totally forgot that we had ground coriander and used the whole coriander seed instead. I didn’t love the tough crunchy bits from that, but in my next batch I’ll definitely use the ground version. The flavor was great, but like I said, I didn’t love that texture.
Dinner was on the run from a Southern icon:
Y’all, I love Chick-fil-A. Don’t judge me…what could be better than chicken brined in pickle juice and then fried to crispy, salty, juicy perfection?
Nothing could be better.
Nothing at all.
Except for kisses from Nate 🙂 I mean Growler…I mean Nate. Nate is Growler:
No, really though…that’s his kickball name! Well, and his homebrew name 🙂 So yes, dinner was on the run because I was going to watch Nate in his kickball double-header last night.
I thought it would be important to share with y’all what he had for dinner: “A meal that is 40% carbs, 50% protein, and 10% ass-kicking juice.” No, we’re not competitive at all!
This wasn’t a home-run kick, but it did let him take a base!
It was such a gorgeous night, and I was so glad to watch him do well in kickball. Even though it’s not a certified “real” sport, I think it’s just fun to see Nate in a team atmosphere again!
My Wedding Vows
So I’m not sure why, but today I just felt really convicted to share my wedding vows with you guys. Nate and I wrote our own, but also said the traditional ones. We just felt that we had things to say that weren’t in the traditional vows, but there’s just something incredibly romantic about saying the same vows that millions have said from generation to generation! So, without further ado:
“When I was in the 6th grade, my mom gave me a ring and I promised to wear it as long as I remained pure for my husband. As time went on this ring began to mean so much more, and the word ‘purity’ began to mean my heart and my mind, as well as my physical body. I promised the Lord that I would never stop wearing this ring until the day I united with my husband. Today I will be giving you two rings: one to promise you things and actions that a wife should do for her husband. But this second ring I give to you as a symbol of everything that is yours: my heart, my love, and my body. I can’t believe I get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend. I love you; I promise to give you my all and to never divorce you, all the days of my life.”
Nate, I love you so much, and those words have never been more true than every day that I’ve been blessed to spend with you in the past 5 years. I love you more than ever and absolutely cannot wait to grow old together, fight together, make up together, raise children (and fur babies) together, and to explore this thing called life together. You are my best friend, and I love you!
How sweet! My fur babies Kobe and Kiki say hi to your fur babies. 🙂
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Tears!!!!!! Love it when you speak so highly of your man and your love for him 🙂
AND—I love it that he’s playing a “team sport” again–I’ve always said that he would play competitive badmitten if they had it! lol—
You are as gorgeous today as the day you two got married!–Love you!
WOW literally had chills reading this! OH MY GOODNESS!!! I have a ring too!! A purity ring 🙂 my boyfriend and I are both virgins and intend to stay that way!
Thank you so much for sharing! I agree with Tina, I would like to use the ring idea with my daughter. I, too, wish I would have been pure for my husband but…God is so good and we just celebrated 10 wonderfully happy years of marriage!
So sweet!!! Thanks for sharing that 🙂
How do you make that bomb peanut butter smoothie???
how sweet <3
Your vow is beautiful. And you have such a gorgeous figure. I love curves and love seeing other girls with them too!
Aww so sweet! And OMG you look BEAU-TEE-FUL 🙂 No judgment here on the Chick-Fil-A. I went to college in South Carolina, and ate more CFA in those four (and a half!) years than anyone needs to in a lifetime!
so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Awwwwwwww…. I am crying! Beautiful!
so sweet! First of all, I love lentils…eat them 1-2 times/week. Yum! I also used to play on a co-ed kickball team and we have SO MUCH FUN. My fiance and I are writing our own vows and I love to hear when other people have done the same! 🙂
I have loved this blog from the beginning and didn’t think it could get much better…until you mentioned Chick Fil-a and wedding vows, in the same post!
Swoon.
Thanks for sharing those, absolutely beautiful!
Oh my gosh, those vows were truly amazing. Honestly, I got a little teary. Great wedding photo too!
This is beautiful – thanks for sharing! It especially made me smile since I just celebrated my 2-year anniversary yesterday! 🙂
They have just started building a Chick Fil A in my town and I am so excited! A lot of my friends had known about it before me and they all rave about it!
First off, I am stealing what your mom did and giving a ring to M when she gets older! LOL That is so incredibly special. I really wish I had waited until marriage, but sadly a lot of misjudgments happened before. It really does make that bond so special. Good for you! I loved reading that.
And Chick Fil A is awesome. I’m so bummed though that I hate it now while I’m pregnant. I don’t want a big hunk of chicken. Sad. 🙁
Beautiful wedding photo!! How long have you guys been married?
The vows are so heartfelt and inspiring.
We wrote our own vows, also.
Hubby and I saved ourselves for each other, also, and had our first kiss on the lips when the pastor said, ” You may now kiss the bride.” 🙂
He had been married before and had a son, and I didn’t submit to the Lord until I was 22, so we didn’t completely save ourselves for each other. But, once we were saved, we kept ourselves pure for each other until united in marriage.
Marriage is such an awesome covenant 🙂
I loved ya’lls wedding….haha you know I was crying the entire time 🙂 I love you both so much!!!!
What beautiful wedding vows…Nate is a lucky man! 🙂
I am seriously tearing up here. I want to have another wedding and make our own vows now.
Oh kickball! I didn’t know those leagues existed until my friends in St. Louis joined one! Of course, theirs is less competitive and more “social”, but it looks like it’d be so much fun!
Your vows are beautiful. Reading this post seriously put a huge smile on my face – it’s a nice morning boost!
I don’t judge you for eating CFA. i judge those who don’t eat CFA! haha. i need my chicken fix regularly! 🙂
love your wedding vows! and you were beautiful in your wedding dress!
Aw your vow was beautiful. It is so wonderful to see a married couple who is still so much in love. It seems to be a lost art to being married and still be in complete bliss. But I strongly believe that having God as the head of your marriage will help keep it that way. I’m blessed also to have married such an amazing man, and it only gets better. How wonderful it is to be in a great marriage! 🙂
I don’t comment often on your blog (although I always read!) but I really liked this post. Your vows and beautiful! I also like when you are happy and positive in your posts!! You are much to special to let life get you down too much 🙂 we love u here!!
Love your vows. They are beautiful. And so is your dress. 🙂
The banana cocoa looks delicious!
I love going out to watch sports…any kind. I like to play too, but when it is your husband, it is just fun to pack a cooler full of drinks and goodies and sit back and relax…especially when the weather is warm.
I love your vows Heather…spoken from the heart. I had a hard time picking “just the right words”, but Lars and I also wrote our own. I looked up a couple of vows and then tweaked them. Well, here they are:
“Today, Lars, I join my life to yours in the eyes of God, not merely as your wife, but as your best friend, your lover, and your confidant. Let me be the shoulder you lean on, the rock on which you rest, the companion of your life. With you I will walk my path from this day forward with God as the head of our household. May God watch over you to keep you safe and help you to guide our family with love, faith and hope. I am blessed God has brought us together and know he will shower our marriage with blessings. I love you and give you my heart forever”.
Many blessings to you on your marriage!