Michael and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary on June 14! (Well, we actually celebrated on the 13th, due to a church event on the 14th.) We had a delightful evening going to dinner at Outback and then strolling around downtown Spartanburg. (For those of you who know Spartanburg, downtown is getting better. Really.) Thanks, Nana and Papa, for babysitting Viviane! (We know how big of a sacrifice it was for you. Tee hee :-) )
Here we are 5 years ago:
Our friend Donna Bixby accompanied us for a 24-hour-getaway at Mom and Dad Coles' in Charlotte the weekend after the Fun Fest. We got to swim, have a delicious pot roast that was cooked over the open fire, sit by the fire at night and enjoy S'mores, popcorn, and hot chocolate, and just plain RELAX (Oh, and I can't leave out shooting BB guns! Donna was quite the sharp shooter). It was wonderful. Thanks, Mom and Dad! We love you!
The following week, we enjoyed a picnic/strategic missions planning meeting with our coworkers, Tim and Ruth Bixby. I caught Tim and Michael in deep discussion:
July 4 was a great time of celebration with some dear friends from church. We were going to eat outdoors, but it started pouring rain, so we moved to the Bixbys' porch. By the time we ate, it was sunny again. We enjoyed a great meal, delightful fellowship, and a time of singing and a devotional. There was also a surprise birthday celebration for Tim and me (who both turn 30 this month--Tim is actually the big 3-0 TODAY!) complete with decorated and delicious carrot cake made by Ruth. The evening culminated with fabulous fireworks shot off by Tim. A great time was had by all!
And, last but definitely not least, Michael successfully defended his dissertation this past Monday!!! Here are a couple of pictures we took with the Bixbys after the defense:
There you have it, folks! A month of our lives in a not-so-small-nutshell.
4 comments:
And quite the month it was, too! We're glad we got to be nearby for so many of these landmark occasions. A la prochaine!
So exciting!! I'm glad you finally got around to blogging. I take the computer issues are recovering? It was a great month. So sad I missed the biggest event of the defense, but, hey, the celebration is yet to come, right?! Great post and thanks for the 24 hour vacation--it was great!
Thanks for catching us up. There were definitely some exciting things happening in June -- nice to see some pictures from the various events. So glad you're back to blogging. :-)
Good to see the updates! I faithfully check for them and was thrilled to have some pictures and news.
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