43 Years...43 Reasons... Thank You For You... ♥

Yes, as you can tell, MaKayla has been doing much updating to the blog. I'm a simple kinda person who isn't bent on fixing something that isn't broken but she loves to create & spruce up a bit so when she asked if she could, I said, "Go for it." :) I love what she's done & am so thankful for her time, energy, effort & diligence.

It's been a great week of doing life with those I love most...
*Bible reading/study...
*Cleaning a little here...
*Cleaning a little there...
*Watering...
*Watering...
*Watering...

It's also been a week of learning & growing in Christ through the instruction of God's Word & the counsel of the Holy Spirit. Many times I wonder if I will ever "get it" & then God reminds me that I have much tutelage to undergo until He wills my time on earth to be over. This excites me as I love being stretched spiritually & I am beyond fulfilled when I gain understanding regarding something that has before been "hidden".

Tuesday was Kyle's birthday & although he typically doesn't take off of work for celebration of his special day, this year he decided to. MaKayla, Mal & I were beyond thrilled. ♥ We did most of our food prep the day before & I am so thankful that we did in order for us to fully enjoy our family day together.

Here's some snippets...

Pops & his girls...♥

Doughnuts just for him...♥

And on plan...

Gluten, grain, dairy & refined sugar-free...

Me & my love...♥

New instrumental guitar CD...

Delish...

Breakfast on the patio...♥

And a game of Yahtzee...♥

Love her...♥

A little sibling fun...♥

The one my heart loves...♥

A little relaxing...♥

Gifts...♥

We asked what he wanted to do with his afternoon...♥

Teaching moments...♥

Learning moments...♥

Alone moments...♥

Score #1...♥

Maybe a little technique to the process...♥

Score #2...♥

Not so sure...♥

Finally getting it...♥

Score #3...♥

I sat in the back of the truck & read my Bible...

And journaled...

And captured pictures of God's beautiful handiwork...

And watched those I love...♥

Yep, there's something over there...♥

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

My treasures...♥

My forever love...♥

Lettuce wraps for lunch...

Guac for supper...

And homemade chips...

43 years...♥

43 reasons...♥

A game of Phase 10...♥

Mexican was his request...♥

The lighting of the candles...♥

Love this...♥

So much to celebrate...♥

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Rich fibers in the tapestry of my heart...♥

New shirt #1...♥

New shirt #2...♥

Radiant joy...♥

New Fiesta...♥

Just his...♥

color...♥

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New racquetball racket...♥

And goggles...♥

And racquetballs...♥

P.J. pants...♥

(We LOVE pj's in this home...)

Mal thought he needed minion boxers...♥

:)

Plus the Ice Age movies that we didn't have...♥

Kyle letting MaKayla know that a button is NEEDED...♥

:)

A picture-perfect day...♥

Ended with a delish on-plan dessert...♥

Black Bottom Banana Pie...♥

43 years...

43 Reasons...

♥Your gentle touch...

♥ Your love for music...

♥ Your longing for my presence...

♥ Your desire for order...

♥ And structure...

♥Your dislike of clutter...

♥ Your tender heart...

♥ Your knowledge of things I know nothing of...

♥ That you've never allowed either of us to sleep on the couch...

♥ Your infatuation with deodorant...

♥ And moving air...

♥ And the warm glow of lamps...

♥ The way worship melodies move you...

♥That you learned to love coffee...

♥ Black...♥

♥ That angry words make you uneasy...

♥ The way you leave scattered coffee granules on the counter...

♥ That you tolerate hormones...

♥ And the women they affect...♥

♥ Your creative mind...

♥ The way your hands move on your guitar...

♥ And the melodies they generate...

♥ Your giving spirit...

♥ That you enjoy painting (since I don't)...

♥ Your artistic abilities...

♥ That you have no fear of driving in snow or ice...

♥ Your love for shopping...

♥ And new clothes...

♥ That you treat me with fragility...

♥ Your passion for purity in MaKayla & Mal...

♥ That you work beside me in the kitchen...

♥ That divorce has never been an option for you...

♥ Your love for Bibles...

♥ That you calm my fears...

♥ Soothe my anxieties...

♥ And quiet my racing thoughts...

♥ Your patience...

♥ And grace...

♥ That you named our children...

♥ And changed their first diapers (since I couldn't)...

♥ Your desire to see me succeed in whatever I am doing...

♥ That you always want to be wherever I am...

♥ Your unconditional love for me...

And an uncountable number more...♥

You are my Jesus-in-the-flesh & I am beyond thankful that since from the beginning of time, 

God knew you would be mine...

And I would be yours...

You are more than I ever could have dreamed of...

Hoped for...

Desired...

Kyle~

Thank you for you...

For ever...

For always...

~Your Mendi

I belong to my lover,

and his desire is for me.

~Song of Solomon 7:10