Three Year Wedding Anniversary Surprise!

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Fadell

August 5, 2006

One Year Wedding Anniversary at the Lake of the Ozarks

August 5, 2007

Two Year Wedding Anniversary in San Diego

August 5, 2008

Kyle and I just celebrated a third beautiful year of marriage on Wednesday, August 5, 2009! Once again, Kyle whipped out a wonderful surprise that I was not at all expecting... Tuesday night I hurried home after work so Kyle and I could get to his regular Tuesday night basketball game. We left for "the game" and as we were driving Kyle told me that we were actually headed on a road trip for an over night stay at a casino in Shreveport, LA! Shreveport is about a 3 hour drive. My first thought was woooohooooo, road trip and mini vacation!! Then I thought... wait a minute it's a Tuesday night, I have to work tomorrow! Turns out Kyle had secretly called my boss a few days prior to ask that I get the day off for our anniversary!! So we were on the road and I was back to the wooooohoooooing and then, hold on... I know I should have just been thrilled that I was getting swept away by my husband for a romantic getaway, but I couldn't help but wonder... what exactly did he pack for me to wear? Well, Mr. Perfect had truly thought of everything. He then gave me an anniversary gift! A beautiful purple cross necklace and a dress he had picked out and bought for me earlier that day... the dress had purple in it too, of course! The trip was a surprise enough in itself and then he went even beyond that by getting me a gift too!!

We got to the hotel around 11:30pm, got ready and hit the casino! We played blackjack, craps and a few slot machines! On our way back to our hotel room at 3am we grabbed some yummy food from the 24 hour deli in the hotel! The next morning we woke up just in time for the breakfast buffet! Before making our way back home to Texas, we had to hit up the casino once more ;) On our drive back we stopped at an outlet mall and did a little shopping, then Kyle had our anniversary dinner planned at Lake Ray Hubbard! We ate some delicious fajitas at a mexican restaurant on the patio over looking the lake. Kyle also brought our golf clubs and had looked into kayaking on the lake, but a thunder storm rolled in just as we finished our meal so we weren't exactly able to golf or kayak... at least he had a plan though! ;)

My sweet anniversary presents... Kyle did so good!

Anniversary Morning
Kyle's big Louisiana style breakfast!
notice my Louisiana style breakfast came in the form of a venti black coffee from starbucks... ;)

I had to try my luck at the "tabasco" slots, but was sadly disappointed to hit blanks every time :(

Our time in Louisiana coming to an end...
super yummo anniversary dinner!

the storm was rollin' in and our 24 hour vacation came to an end

I'll try not to get all mushy gushy on you, but I do have to say that I have one wonderful husband! He is my favorite person in the world and my best friend. I thank God every day for blessing our marriage the way that He has. I look forward to coming home from work to him each day, falling asleep together each night, and waking up to do it all over again the next day. I'm not saying that marriage is ALWAYS butterflies and birds chirping, because I'd be lying... I'm just thankful for God's favor in our marriage allowing us to enjoy each other's company the way we do and that when trial does come forth our team is strong enough to have the victory in the end! Ok, the last thing I'll say is that the happiness in our marriage does not come from our own strength and love for each other, but only by God's conviction, grace and the wisdom He gives us to be the husband and wife He created us to be for each other!

I'll leave you with this...

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:22-33

Have a blessed weekend!!