I’ve been relishing the gift of friendship this weekend as God brought two of my very good friends out to Arizona for another friend’s wedding. Both Ami and Rebekah stayed with us, and the entire visit was a continual conversation about God’s workings in our hearts, our burdens, our joys, our separate journeys of getting… Read More Friendships That Deepen
Congratulations to my cousin, Allison, and Mike who became Mr. and Mrs. Blankenship on November 5th! Allison chose a beautiful cranberry red for her wedding color. Her sister Laura was the matron of honor, and our cousin, Chris, was a junior bridesmaid. Stephen and I were honored to be a part of Allison’s wedding day… Read More Cranberry Wedding
October 3, 2001 I met Stephen Andrew for the very first time. {You can read the story of how we met here.} Ten things I’m in love with about my man: He’s mine. I’m stuck with him. That’s the best feeling in the world! I hated the dating roller coaster we rode for nearly 5… Read More 10 Years~10 Things
Sometimes life happens in nice, neat blog-post packages. It’s easy to have something to write about or have a topic around which to theme a post. Then there are other times. Times when life just happens. Times I’d like to remember, but times that are harder to record since they are the stuff everyday life… Read More Little Bits of Life
Ten years ago I met Stephen Andrew Moody. Five years ago today, I became Mrs. Stephen Andrew Moody. And so… Once upon a love story, in a land not so far away, there lived a man and wife and their darling baby girl. {wait. what? I thought this was about Stephen and Elisabeth? hang on!}… Read More Once Upon a Love Story
Five years ago yesterday–December 20, 2005–Stephen proposed. Stephen and I had dated since my freshman year at Bob Jones University (2001), so we had been together quite a while. Maybe someday I’ll write the story of how we “met,” but for now I’ll stick to the engagement story. I flew to Indiana from St. George,… Read More A Peppermint Date
August 4, 2006–it’s already been 2 years since I walked down the aisle and became the newest Mrs. Moody. 🙂 We decided to celebrate by heading to an artsy hotel in downtown Louisville, KY for the weekend. Stephen had made reservations at Morton’s Steakhouse, so we walked from our hotel room to the restaurant near… Read More Hoosier+Hillbilly=Happy
Back when we were dating Stephen told me that orange Tiger lilies grew wild along country roads in Indiana. One time, his dad stopped the car and picked Stephen’s mom a bouquet of flowers. How sweet! Well, … How romantic is that?
Stephen and I attended the first wedding we’ve been to since our own in 2006. We’re coming up on our second anniversary this August 4th. The rehearsal and wedding brought back many beautiful memories of our special day. The bride was a friend of ours, Brenda, who worked as church secretary at GBC this past… Read More On Weddings