David and I just celebrated our second wedding anniversary this week.
The past two years have been nothing short of amazing. Every step we've made together has been wonderful.
Now I'm not gonna lie; marriage is definitely a challenge. It's a big change from being single.
...But there's no one else I could see myself going through trials with. There's no one else I'd rather go through life with.
There's no one else that could ever make me this happy!
And that step we made two years ago--those vows we made to eachother that day--lead to such great things, like...
...Our beautiful baby...
...and our family getting sealed for time and all eternity last year.
If I could go back and do it all over again... I would do it in a heartbeat. Love is a glimpse of heaven; it's an eternal treasure. I'm so lucky to have that "glimpse" on a regular basis.
I find it so hard to believe that in 2 weeks, my baby is going to have her first birthday! It seems like just yesterday David and I were at the hospital, in awe at the blessing we had just received. My, how time is just flying by!
Keaka is fortunate to have her luau on her actual birthday, since it falls on a Saturday this year. We're getting excited! We're having friends and family coming from out of town to help us celebrate. We have all the fine details ironed out (I think...), so hopefully everything runs as planned! Aunty Nani was so nice to make Keaka her fairy princess dress, which she is wearing in the picture above, for the invitations and for her party. It is SO cute! We have the centerpieces figured out, all the decorations... I'm excited to see how it all plays out.
We've been teaching Keaka how to blow out candles, and have been really practicing it the past few weeks. She can do it, but we'll see how she does under pressure, infront of a large crowd! haha!
For those of you who see this post, and would like to come, we'd love to have you. We're having FULL ON Hawaiian grinds (if you'd like a small glimps at the menu line-up: kalua pig, chicken long rice, lomi salmon, squid luau...), as well as Mexican (enchiladas, spanish rice...)! We're having live entertainment (as expected), games/prizes... It'll be a day to remember. Hope to see you there!
A few weeks ago, Dad came home with a coupon from a friend at work... She had participated in a fundraiser by purchasing a $10 certificate, good for a free 10x13 photo, done in this antique style. She unfortunately had no one to use the coupon on (it was good for children up to age 16), and gave it to Dad so that I could use it. How nice of her, huh?!
Mom and I took Keaka to get the pictures done-- I was somewhat worried about how she'd do; she had fallen asleep on the way there, but thankfully she woke up in a very happy mood! :)
The Antiquities fundraising company had the costumes there for the pictures, and she looked so cute! The dress we chose was pink (can't tell from the pictures), and very lacey. Wish I could have kept it! hehe...
As you can tell, Keaka did great in the session. The photographer even said she did better than most babies she's photographed. For the longest while, she didn't want to let go of the pearls that the photographer put on her. It was pretty funny. She was a little shy in the beginning, but....
...Once she stood up for this pose, she started dancing! ...Yes, I said dancing. There wasn't even any music playing, but this girl does not care. She dances to the song in her heart. :)
So, to top off the whole experience...
We went back last night to pick up the pictures. The photographer we saw and her husband lay out all the poses, and allow you to pick and choose which ones you'd like to purchase, along with the free 10x13. They offered different packages, depending on the amount of poses you wanted. Each pose came with 1-8x10, 1-5x7, and 4-wallets. The lowest package was like $120 or $130, but only came with two poses. I went with the intention of buying the next package up, which was four poses for $149. They also sold the pictures by the sheet at $40 each, which was a rip-off in comparison to the packages. I knew I'd want all the pictures, but I figured I could settle for only four of them.
As you can see, I got more than four of them, LOL! I took the longest time deciding which pictures I wanted. Mom and I both couldn't decide which four were the best of the bunch. We were supposed to be there for 12 minutes, but that quickly turned into at least 20 minutes, haha. We ended up being the last ones there. The photographer told us all the pictures on the table were $200, or she'd give me the 4-pose package, plus all the proofs, for $150. I gladly agreed to the $150 package she offered. As she made her way to our table, her husband quickly said something to her. She said, "Okay!" and started collecting all the pictures. I was confused, since I hadn't told her which pictures I had chosen, but before I could ask about it, she stated, "He said to just give you all the pictures." I was in shock! I was like, "Are you serious?! No way, are you sure? Are you serious?!" She said, "Yep! It's only a $50 difference, and all your pictures are so cute. Sometimes it just pays to be the last customer!" I was so grateful, although I'm sure they were just trying to get me outta there! Haha! So, thanks to them, I have all the pictures!
...Our beautiful baby...
...and our family getting sealed for time and all eternity last year.
