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Friday, August 4, 2017

Eight Favorite Experiences in Eight Years of Marriage

Chris and I celebrated eight years of marriage while we were in Maine, and I love using our anniversary to reminisce on all the special moments we’ve had throughout the years. Today, I thought it would be fun to share eight of our favorite experiences in our years of marriage. These are off the top of my head and in no particular order.


Celebrating Our 21st Birthdays and One Year Anniversary in Las Vegas
We had so much fun on our first trip to Vegas together! We saw Cirque du Soleil’s LOVE and KA and ate at so many amazing places. Vegas is still one of our favorite places if we only have time to get away for a few days.


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Studying Abroad in Europe
There’s something special about being married and getting to study abroad in Europe together. We went with a group of about 40 other students from Baylor and were definitely the “mom and dad” of the group, but we had the best time! Our study abroad program was heavily focused on travel (Fridays off and lots of holidays), and we took advantage of it by seeing 16 different countries. I’m so glad we were able to do something like this before the craziness of medical school.


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Discovering a Love for Cruising
I hadn’t been on a cruise in the United States (we did a month long cruise from Russia throughout Europe when we lived there) until we got married, but we’ve done six together since then! (two to Alaska, one Southern Caribbean cruise from Puerto Rico, one Eastern Caribbean cruise, one Western Caribbean cruise, and one fall color cruise). We haven’t been on one in almost three years mostly due to Zika, but I am definitely planning on going again when the baby is old enough!


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Graduating Baylor
Baylor will always be a special part of our story: we met on our first day on campus, spent that first semester falling in love, and got married the summer after our sophomore year at a gorgeous spot on campus. All of that made graduating together from the university we love even more wonderful. We were in different colleges, so we got to watch each other’s ceremonies. It was such a great day!


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Watching Chris Become a Doctor
I’ve never been one to sugarcoat medical school. It’s not easy (though it’s a cake walk compared to residency). Still, there was nothing better than watching my love fulfill his dream during those four years. I was so proud as he crossed that stage and officially became a doctor in 2015. Now we’re making our way through residency, and it’s hard to believe that day was over two years ago!


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Celebrating the End of Medical School with a California Road Trip
We’ve been blessed to visit many amazing places in our eight years of marriage, both in the United States and abroad, but our California road trip ranks as one of our favorite trips. We were celebrating such a big occasion in a place full of incredible views and so many fun things to do. I loved visiting La Jolla and the San Diego Zoo for the first time, and our drive up Highway 1 was absolutely incredible. Someday I’ll get around to finishing up my recaps of that trip, but it’s definitely a trip I will always treasure.


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Our Year in Chicago
Y’all know the story by now: I moved to Chicago kicking and screaming…and then I fell in love on basically the first day. Intern year was hard, but living in Chicago made it so much better. That year ended up being one of my favorites of our marriage so far. I loved exploring a new area of the United States with my love, and you better believe I left Chicago with tears in my eyes when the year was over.


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Our Journey to Parenthood
Of course, I had to include the last few months in my favorite marriage experiences. We have been so excited since finding out we’re going to be parents, and it’s hard to believe we’ll be mommy and daddy in just three short months! As much as I have loved all of our adventures, I know this one will be the best one yet!


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Monday, December 5, 2016

A Waco Weekend

Waco will always be special to me. Chris and I met on our first day at Baylor, got married in Waco, and lived in the city for our first two years on marriage. For most people, Chip and Joanna Gaines from Fixer Upper put Waco on the map, and it’s so fun to see what they have done for our little college town. This weekend, Chris and I headed to Waco with my in-laws for a short visit to see what’s new and watch a Baylor basketball game.


As I mentioned on Friday, we hadn’t been to Waco in two years, so we had to stop by one of our favorite Tex-Mex restaurants in town—Ninfa’s. We have celebrated so many big life events at Ninfa’s, and it was always one of our favorite places for date night while in college. They make their own tortillas, which seriously makes such a huge difference. Chris and I shared the fajitas and finished off the meal with some amazing sopapillas.


Waco has so many great boutiques, which is why I love Spice Village. Spice Village is a collection of over 90 shops in an adorable space. It’s full of adorable clothes and lots of fun Texas trinkets. My favorite was this adorable Paris display. It made me want to book a ticket to Paris right away!


Of course, the highlight of our short trip to Waco was the Baylor basketball game. Although we’ve been back for football games, Chris and I haven’t managed to go to a Baylor basketball since we graduated from college. When we found out Baylor was having a Cyber Monday deal where tickets were $5 for a top 10 matchup and Chris wasn’t working that weekend, we knew we had to go.


The game was so much fun. Baylor has been playing well so far this year, which made it even more fun to watch. Bill Murray was at the game, which was super random until we discovered his son is an assistant coach for Xavier. The game was really close until the middle of the second half when Baylor really started to dominate. We had a blast being part of all the Baylor traditions again and celebrating a win!

Linking up with Biana for Weekending.     

Have you ever been to a college basketball game?