Married Couples Retreat

Last weekend we were able to attend the Wesleyan Married Couples Retreat. It was a wonderful weekend! We were able to spend time with old friends and meet some really neat new couples. I (Amanda) was really excited for Kyle to meet our speakers, Brandon and Jennifer Bruce, who were also my youth pastors. They hit it off well and I am sure we will be making a visit to Lansing, MI sometime!!!

The committee planned some really neat activities. Kyle was able to play in a 3 on 3 basketball tournament with Brandon and couple other guys. Here are a few pictures of my handsome husband in action.Saturday evening was the luau and "Date Night". The food was good at the luau and we had fun dressing up for it!For our date we went bowling and then caught the end of the IWU Baseball game.
Definitely one of the highlights was hearing Brandon and Jen speak. I have known them for a long time but we were able to get to know them as married couples rather than youth and youth leader. They both shared some pretty awesome tips for marriage! We both learned a lot.
We had a lot of fun at the retreat and look forward to other retreats! We learned things about each other and ways to enhance our marriage!

Welcome to the Man's Perspective

men are totally different from women. we all know this for a fact. people assume that most men enjoy marriage for the little "perks" that they weren't allowed to indulge in before they had the ring on their finger. i on the other hand, have found marriage to be an absolutely amazing experience. let me expand on this a bit.

never in my life did i ever feel that i couldnt live without someone until i met amanda. throughout our time dating, i fell in love with her more and more on a daily basis until it came to the point where i knew there was no way i could live the rest of my life without her in it. i had never felt that way before, and i never thought i could love her more than i did. but since we have been married, those feelings have expanded into something beyond my wildest imagination. Amanda has become a part of me. its kinda hard to explain, but if she isnt there with me, it just doesn't feel right. she is my other half, and its completely amazing to think about how God had paired us together long before either of us were born. God is an absolutely amazing father and savior, and i have way too much to say about him to type about in my first blog post.

so i think this concludes my first blog post. i will enlighten those of you reading this with future thoughts and feelings. i hope you enjoy this and i ll blog to you all later.

Kyle

Our First Blog

Well, we decided we should start our own blog to stay in touch with family and friends. We are finally getting settled in our apartment and are enjoying married life. Kyle is still looking for a job in Sports Management and will hopefully find something soon. We are praying and we know that it's all in God's timing. We are looking forward to the Wesleyan Married Couples Retreat this weekend and should have something good to post after that. We hope you enjoy our blog!