4 Years

How is it possible that we have been married for 4 years already? Crazy! We now have equivalent to a standard undergraduate degree in marriage and each other :) To celebrate we went out to Outback Steakhouse in Goiania. It's pretty much our go-to place for birthdays and whatever excuse we can come up with, but it's special every time. We love it there because it feels like a quick trip to the States - minus the jet lag! Cranberry iced tea (with refills...wohoo...SO miss refills!), ribs, and a cinnamon oblivion for dessert. But more than the food, it's the cozy booths, carpeting, free bread, and good customer service that make me feel at home. It was wonderful!

Two things were different this year:

1. We are getting older and our metabolisms are slowing down. On our first anniversary here, we both ate our OWN rib dinners. If you know Outback, you know how HUGE that is!)

This time we split one and still were busting at the seams. I guess rather than thinking of us as getting older, I'm choosing to think of us as getting wiser. It probably was never a good idea to eat that much! (Of course even this time, the cinnamon dessert still managed to slide down somehow :)

2. We brought Elijah along. We had originally thought to leave him with a babysitter for the first time, but with nursing and the restaurant being an hour away, bringing him just was easier. He sat quietly the whole time which was great! I wasn't sure if he should be allowed in the official anniversary picture, but he was part of the memory, so we included him.

I just love my husband so much....the past years married to him have been the best of my life. And I can't even begin to imagine doing this life and all God has called us to here in Brazil without Jeyson next to me each step of the way.