5 Years of Marriage

Last Thursday we had our first overnight stay away from Lily to celebrate our 5 year anniversary.  We got a room at Riverside Hotel & Casino near Iowa City.  I had heard good things about the rooms there and it did not disappoint!  Justin and I had such a fun time just being a young carefree married couple.  We ate dinner at the steakhouse that was there, enjoyed the jacuzzi in our room and then had massages in the morning before we left.  We stayed up late and slept in the next morning - just like the old days! :)  And while we were celebrating "us", Lily was having an equally good time at the Benton's, playing with their little boy Ethan and with their big orange kitty, Henry, who she apparently found endearing.  Praise God for an awesome getaway for us all and for blessing our marriage in numerous ways the past five years!

Sleeping in a king size bed is always a treat!

 The jacuzzi

Yep, you're seeing that correctly.  The shower opened up to the rest of the room.  Very unique.  That's the jacuzzi in the room off to the right.  Justin had fun with the electric powered shower curtain. :)

Justin wanted to get a close-up of the flower in my hair.  It actually clips onto one of Lily's headbands but I thought it would be fun & cute to wear with my outfit for the evening!

 Hot Hubby

At dinner

I love when a hotel room provides robes!

Here's to another 60 years of marriage.  

It truly does get better with time!

I'm reading a book right now about the role of wives and I really like this quote - I think it sums up marriage pretty well.

"God gave imperfect women to imperfect men so they can be heirs together of the grace of life and become something more together than either one of them would ever be alone."