Anniversary Weekend

Russ and I celebrated 13 years on September 27th.  We held off our annual weekend getaway until after he came back from Haiti so he could really relax and decompress.  I'm so glad we did.

We had a 4 day/3 night stay at a condo in St. Augustine.  Absolutely LOVE having kind and generous friends!  :-)  We have been able to enjoy the condo a handful of times over the years and we appreciate their love and generosity in sharing such a wonderful blessing.  It's become a special place for us and this time was no exception.

 View from the condo - doesn't get any better than that!

 

Russ and I journeyed over to Washington Oaks State Park.  One of our favorite places to explore.

 

 

Love the coquina rock on the beach at Washington Oaks

 Self Portrait - no one was around to take a picture of us - which was nice.  

 Walking to watch the sunset on Matanzas Inlet.  Beautiful sight!

 We turned around to head back and the moon was rising over the ocean.  Gorgeous!!!

 One more view of the sunset

 The full moon

 Reflecting on the ocean - God is good!!! 

(I could only pick a few favorites for my blog - there are so many more pics on Facebook)

As you can see - we did a whole lot of nothing!  Walked on the beach, shopped a little in St. Augustine, walked on the beach some more.  We talked and just caught up.  The topic of our kids didn't even come up so much.  We reflected on our marriage.  Where we have been and where we are going.  All the wonderful and sometimes difficult things that God has allowed to bring us to this place.  We talked about our relationship - what we are doing right - how we can do better.  The best and most wonderful thing that Russ said to me was, "I love us."  How that makes my heart soar.  I too, love us.  I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful, Godly husband who loves me, protects me and leads me.  God is so very, very good and I think about the times when I was single - just wanting to be married.  I would get so impatient and God would whisper to my heart, "Cami, hold on - I have something so much better for you."  I did hold on and it was sooooooooo worth the wait!!!!