Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!

Last Saturday, October 18th, my parents celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary!!

 Sorry about the glare on your face mom!!  

Words cannot express what y'all mean to me!!

Love you!!

Happy Birthday Lou!!

I'm a day late posting about Lou's Birthday, but better late than never!!

There are so many things I love about Lou, it's hard to put them all down, but here are a few...that rhymes.

Lou is an amazing cook.  

I like to blame his cooking on the reason I can't/won't lose weight.  

He puts hot sauce on EVERYTHING. 

And not just hot sauce, Dave's Insanity Sauce.

He is a wonderful dad to Jake.

He cares so much for him and wants nothing but the best and will stop at nothing to give Jake what he needs.  He works hard to instill values, morals, and general things that kids should know.  It's not always easy, but he never quits.

He is a wonderful husband.

He puts up with me, so he has to be.  

We agree to disagree on things and he respects my opinions and differences. 

There is never a dull moment and he is always texting or saying something funny.

Sometimes I would like for him to be serious, and he is when he needs to be, but he likes to laugh.

He likes to go to hockey games and loves to go hiking and camping.

He is definitely an outdoorsman!  And I like hockey also, so it's a good fit!

I do stay home when he goes camping.  No bathrooms, no thank you.

He can quote Star Wars like I can quote Steel Magnolias and Dumb and Dumber.

He says he met his soul mate once I started quoting Dumb and Dumber.

What can I say, I got a good one :)

Happy Birthday Lou!!

Liz and Lou Said I Do...One Year Ago

October 12, 2014 was our FIRST Wedding Anniversary!!

What a year it has been!  It has flown by!!

Now it hasn't been all rainbows and butterflies, but I know we are stronger and better and have learned A LOT from this first year.

In true Liz and Lou fashion, we celebrated on Saturday by going to our favorite Mexican restaurant and then heading to a hockey game!!  It was so much fun and the game was awesome!

We slept in on Sunday and went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  (That's what we did the Sunday after we got married, so we thought we would start a tradition.)

Our cake topper was at my parent's house, so my mom brought it over and we took a bite.  It still smelled so sweet, and if we had let it thaw a little longer, it would have probably been pretty good, but one year old cake ain't gonna be fresh.

People say the first year of marriage is the hardest, and if you can get through the first year, you can make it through anything.  It was hard.  It was hard to take two very independent, strong willed, stubborn, bull headed individuals and mash them together.  We did not live together before getting married, so it was truly a learning experience.

Who takes out the trash?  Who does the dishes?  Who cleans the toilets?

I know everyone has expectations of how they want their marriage to be, and I know I had my thoughts and ideas, but it is nothing like I thought it would be.  And not in a bad way.  Sure we had our days, but who doesn't? 

We laugh all the time.  He snores all the time.  We both need our time to be by ourselves, and we have learned to respect that time and tell each other when we need it.

I bug him about certain things and I know there are things that I do that get on his everlasting nerve, but we have learned to just look past those little things and enjoy the time we have. 

It's been a really good year, and I hope that every year after this first one is even better.