Back again - part 2

This post comes completely from July and August. But a ton has happened lately, so it's definitely worth it!

First up, we celebrated our first anniversary on July 17th! Some days, it really seems like we haven't been married long. And then other days, we feel like we've been together forever! This past year has been a series of blessings and we are so thankful that God has allowed us this time together.

To celebrate our anniversary, we stayed the weekend in Austin, ate a wonderful dinner at Chez-Zee, and spent the day canoeing in Zilker Park. 

It was such a great weekend. We can't wait to celebrate again next year!

Another highlight of our summer was going to Florida with my family. We got to see all of my family, relax at the beach, show Eli where I grew up, and go to Disney World! I forgot to take my camera charger, so unfortunately I didn't get too many pictures, but here's a look at our time in Florida.

We ran into a couple of dorks on the beach... :)

 While in Florida, we took a little tour of the University of Florida (Go Gators!!) It's so crazy to think that my little sister is graduating high school this year and has already applied for college! College!! She's supposed to still be a pestering 10 year old, not this almost-grown-up college kid. I'm so proud of her and I know God is going to use her in huge ways!

But, sadly... she got eaten by a gator while we were there... Haha!

And a few pictures from Disney, before my camera died.

 Okay, that puts us at August, which was the most eventful month of the summer. Eli got a job as a youth minister in a small country church and we moved into the parsonage right next to the church. This was such a huge blessing. God has really provided in ways we never expected.

We've been in our new house for just over a month. It's been quite the adventure, but we're loving it! I'll post more pictures and stories about our house soon. But for now, here's the view of our cute little country house.

Back again! (update part 1)

So, the intention of this blog was to write little notes every day every once in a while to document our life, starting right before we got married... Well, we see that lasted for a very short time. Life has been busy and a lot has happened, but I'd love to come back to the blog world and see if we can continue this now!

Happenings in the Jackson household over the past year:

I know it seems like a while back, but let's start with December, since that's where we left off. Here is our first little Christmas tree. We decided to buy a real one since we both grew up with real trees. Don't worry though, it's only about 4 feet tall... That's why it's on a coffee table!

Our ornament we bought in Asheville, NC on our honeymoon

 

January - Audrey and Dennis Greeson's wedding. Sorry, forgot my camera in the car during the wedding, so all I have is from the reception.

February - Cameron Park Zoo in Waco!

March - Eli got to go play paintball with some of his friends. He was in Heaven! The teenager inside of him definitely had a blast! I've played before, but this time I just played photographer.

Time for church softball! 

Spring Break in East Texas with my parents - PineyWoods Baptist Camp (sorry for all the photos...this could be a whole post in itself! The camp is gorgeous!)

Fishing:

Horses and a farmhouse:

Canoeing:

May - Camping at the lake for Eli's birthday

 (don't worry... I am wearing a shirt, the straps are just light!)

Ok, if you've made it to here, then you are either dedicated or stalking us... either way, we're glad to share what's been going on in our lives. More to come very soon!

Holidays

With this being our fist set of married holidays, we have been all over the place visiting every side of our families. For Thanksgiving, we went to see Elis family in Olney. The tradition goes, that the boys all go hunting and the girls all go shopping. Fair enough!

This year Eli shot the biggest doe he's ever shot AND his first grown buck! So proud of him! We didn't get a picture of his doe, but here is the mighty hunter and his buck!

 

  

Eli and his cousin Lance

All the boys and me!

I didn't get any other pictures, but we had such a good time with family.

One thing I really got excited about during the week was getting to cook alongside Eli's aunt (who, by the way, is a phenomenal cook!). She made everything for the week from scratch and it was all so good!

Next holiday on the calendar is Christmas with my family. I'll be sure to get good pictures!