B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Whenever I need to spell the word or eat a banana I can't help but sing that song in my head. I know you know which one I am talking about (the edited version of course!). "This stuff is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!" Thank you Gwen Stefani for helping me always spell fruits correctly. I digress. 

Chase and I love to eat bananas. They are the perfect fruit to throw in a lunch box or take to a soccer game on the weekends. They can easily be made into pancakes or smoothies. We always seem to have them on hand in the house. Every now and then though we buy too many and they begin to get too ripe for our taste before they can be eaten. I'm too frugal to just toss them in the trash, so more times than not I end up making good old fashion Banana Bread! 

You can find the link to the recipe that I use here. I normally double this recipe and it gives me two loaves of bread. I keep one out to eat and I freeze the other loaf to eat down the road or to take to a family function when we are in a pinch to make something. 

I made a few loaves of banana bread a couple of weeks back and thought that I would document it and show y'all how I go about things. I absolutely love to bake when I can find the free time to do it. My waistline is thankful that I am busy these days, but my taste buds are always wishing for me to spend some extra time in the kitchen. 

Find yourself some lovely overripe bananas. The definition of overripe is different for everyone. For me, when the bananas begin to turn black on the outside they are no longer acceptable to be eaten. 

Then cream your butter and sugar together. I thank God on a weekly basis for my Kitchen Aid mixer. And also for butter and sugar. 

Then just add in your eggs and mix until smooth. 

In another bowl mix together the milk, spices, and bananas (I sang that song in my head again just now)! 

Potato mashers are not just for potatoes. They come in handy to mash and mix any soft foods (hello bananas and avocados). 

In your last bowl mix together all of the dry ingredients. 

Then just alternate mixing in the wet and dry bowls until your batter is fully combined. Easy Peasy lemon squeezy. You could also add nuts at this point to your batter. On this particular day I was supposed to add walnuts to the loaves I was making. Chase even went out and bought them especially  for this occasion. Needless to say I completely forgot them until the bread was in the oven and almost completely done baking. Whoops. Thankfully my husband is the forgiving type and we found other uses for the walnuts.

Just pour your batter into bread pans and bake away! 

Once the loaves are done baking you can enjoy them right away. Or let them cool and freeze them up to six months. Yum Yum Yum!


Baking always brings me back to my roots and reminds who I am and what I was created to be. Baking takes normal ingredients and turns them into something divine and special. Its kind of like life. We are all just a bunch of normal human beings doing our own individual thing in this big wide world. But when we can come together and spend time mixing and forming intentionally, something divine and special happens. We as a group of people can be more than ourselves. We can change the world for the better and make a positive impact. Whether your strengths are leading large groups of people or (like me) baking goodies and sharing them with those in your community, you are making a difference. Always make time for the good things in life. You never know when a passing smile or a shared meal will change the way a person sees humanity. You've got this!

P.S.
Thanks for letting me share not only my love for baking but also my love for community and hospitality. I am so thankful to be able to be a domestic diva as well as a female minister and also an independent woman.

What are your favorite ways of sharing love and hospitality with those around you and your community? I would love to hear your stories.

-S&C

Porches

All of my childhood houses growing up had porches. Either front or back or both. And they were always big and sprawling. Some had a hot tub connected to them, while others wrapped around 2 or three sides of the house and had more rocking chairs than inhabitants. No matter what they looked like though, to me they were a safe haven. There are many pictures of me on my childhood porches. I am either swinging in the porch swing, or roasting marshmallows, or helping mom water the flowers. 

Tiny Sara enjoying the porch swing 

To me (and many in the south) the porch is where life happens. And so when I moved away from my childhood homes and went to college, and then to grad school, my porches disappeared. I tried to copy them by renting apartments with balconies. "I will spent all of my time out there on that balcony" I would tell myself. It never happened. Not only was there never enough space to fit more than two people on them, they just felt cold and uninviting no matter how they were decorated. I needed a real porch. 

And so after nearly 7 years of apartment living, Chase and I finally were married and had saved up enough money to buy a home together. My three requests were 1) A fenced in yard for Luna, 2) Counter space so I could bake, and 3) A porch. I originally thought that I wanted a front porch with rocking chairs. However, as fate would have it the house that we fell in love with just has a stoop. But boy does it have a back porch. It is reminiscent of my childhood. It has space for many and is shaded on one side during the hottest part of the day. 

When we saw the porch for the first time it had a canopy on one side. The sellers left us that canopy, but it was in bad shape. After a couple of hard storms, the canvas ripped to shreds and we were left with just a metal frame. The paint was also beginning to peel in many places. 

The porch the first time we saw our house 

So last September Chase and I began the porch makeover. We spent too many hours to count painting it a new rich brown color (after having to return a pink can of paint that somehow ended up in our buggy!). We found a new canvas canopy and my parents let us buy a fire pit at a discounted price from their store (score!). We then were able to buy patio furniture that was unassembled and on sale in the dead of winter at Lowes (but maybe we should have splurged on already assembled furniture because that process was a bit crazy). When the spring weather came around we were able to complete our porch with pillows and a new grill cover. 

New coat of paint and a new table and chairs 

A new canopy with a fire pit

Eddison bulbs (my favorite!)

My favorite "room" of the house 

Eight months later and the porch is finally finished, just in time for warm days and cool evenings. As I type this blog I am sitting under the canopy enjoying the view after working a 12 hour shift at the hospital yesterday. 

Luna loves the porch too! 

I am incredibly thankful for this space of solitude and peace in an otherwise hectic life. I can just imagine all of the memories that will be made on this porch. All of the family gatherings that we will have. All of the meals that will be eaten at the table. The many fires that will warm our cold hands and feet after a long day. And hopefully down the line maybe some small feet will be able to christen this porch of ours. Whatever this life may bring us, I am glad that porches are a thing. So next time you get the chance, put your feet up and stay a while. Trust me, you won't regret that decision. 

New Year, New...?

Resolutions are not my thing.

I can never keep them and they add a whole new dimension of stress to my life.

So this year I decided to focus on goals for 2017. I see 2017 as a year for striving towards wholeness. What can I do in my day to day life that will not only make me a better person, the but the world around me a better place? What are simple actions I can remind myself each week of that will allow me to grow as a woman, a minister, a wife, and most importantly a child of God? What are goals that I can set for myself that will not set me on a path of failure and heartbreak, but instead set me on a path of growth and love?

I have six goals for myself this year. Not resolutions, goals. Not stressful "must do's", but instead encouraging "do because you love them" actions.

1) Blog Intentionally 
Blogs are a guilty pleasure of mine. I love reading them, and I love having one of my own. Moving into this new year I want to focus more on my own blog. It has been neglected, and in a way my lack of blogging has correlated with a neglect of my own creative self. So now I shall blog more intentionally. Who knows where it will lead. Hopefully it will be an inspiration to other bloggers and readers to continually do what they love. To find joy in the simple things. To be your true self even in the midst of a not so true social media world.

2) Give More 
I must make a confession. I don't give as much as I should. Chase and I have worked so hard the past couple of years to build our marriage and lives, that giving back hasn't been on our to do list. But we know that it should of been. This year I want to spend more time giving of my time and talents than taking from others. Whether it is by sharing our home and hospitality with others or by giving time to non-profit organizations, it is important to put others before yourself.

3) Forgive More 
Is is bad that I need to make another confession? Well here it is anyway. I am also bad forgiving people. When my week at work as been incredibly long, or my on-call shift at the hospital was crazy, or if I am hungry, or sleepy I can be less than forgiving. My poor husband has had to put up with my mood swings for many years now, and for that he deserves an award. I want to focus on being more humble when I am not feeling my best. I am incredibly blessed. I don't have it all, but I have all that I need. I have been forgiven way too many times to count, so it is important that I also go out of my way to forgive others as well.

4) Drink Water and Take Steps 
Health and fitness resolutions have always been my least favorite. I hesitated to make a goal for myself revolve around health and fitness. However I realized that having basic healthy attitudes towards food and your body is important to also having healthy relationships with the world around you. I bought a fitbit a while back. I wore it for a while and really enjoyed it. One day the battery died and I never recharged it. Its time to recharge and reset. I know that when I drink enough water and walk around 5-6 miles a day I feel on top of my game. So why not strive to do that regularly? I don't want this to turn into an obsession, but I do want this to eventually turn into a lifestyle that is healthy and happy.

5) Marriage Investment 
Marriage takes work. Marriage takes time. Marriage takes investment. And so as Chase and I go into year two of our marriage (and nearly 9 years of relationship together) our focus is on one another. We want to talk the time to make sure that we are spiritually and emotionally at our best. This means intentional quiet times together, regular date nights, and having real life chats with one another about what is on our hearts. I love my husband, and I know that he loves me. Investment in marriage now, means rewards and returns years down the road.

6) Turn Off TV 
Lastly, I want this year to be more adventurous. I want to turn the TV off in the house and go outside, put together puzzles, have conversation, do projects, go exploring in my city, and make good food. I want to take the time recognize the real world around me instead of the created world on the TV in front of me. Who knows where this could lead us.

I am optimistic about 2017. I know that these goals may not be met all of the time. I understand that progress is slow, and not meant to be instant.

 I also know that I am a child of God, and that I am covered in grace. My life is in front of me and I am ready to go for it. I just have to take it one day at a time.

So what do you think? What are some of your goals for 2017?

-S&C

Home Sweet Home

This month marks 5 months since we bought our first home together. It seems as if we have blinked our eyes and the time has flown right past. At this time last year a home of our own was only a dream. And now it is a blissful reality that we praise God for daily. 

One of our goals during our engagement was to buy our own home sooner than later. We really want to start a family at some point in the future and we set some goals for ourselves as a part of our pre-marital counseling. Some of those goals included finishing school, buying a home, having dependable vehicles, paying off some debts, and having a secure financial foundation to build our family on. 

So we began to save our money. We saved most of our wedding present money for a down payment. We saved most of our leftover paychecks for a down payment. We saved and saved for nearly two years. And while we saved we planned. We watched way too much HGTV. We looked at what seemed like hundreds of houses online to narrow down what styles and areas of our city we wanted to live in. We talked to different professionals to figure out what our budget for our income and lifestyle would be. And we prayed like crazy for everything to fall into place. 

About six months before we ended up buying our home we got in touch with our realtor. She was fabulous (and thankfully one of our friends that we knew already). She knew our personalities and she was honest with us from day one. What a blessing to our home buying process she was. We slowly began the steps of narrowing down houses even more! 

And then one day, about 2 months before we purchased our home we gave her a list of around 12 homes that we were seriously interested in. The following week we set aside a day and went and saw 10 of them (two of them had already sold). Yes, it sounds unconventional. Ten houses in one day. But for us it worked. We were able to compare and contrast and talk through pros and cons of the homes. And it was all fresh in our mind. Some of the houses were great! Others were not as they seemed online. But none of them really called out to us. 

By the time we drove to our last house, the sun was sinking and it had just begun to rain. This house was far way from all of the other homes we had looked at. And by that time we were beginning to grow tired. But then we pulled into the drive way. The house was lit up in the setting sun. Cows were speaking their hellos to us from the pasture behind the house. Our hearts jumped in our chests. 

Then we walked inside. I knew from the moment I laid eyes on the butlers pantry and the view from the back deck that I was in love. We decided to sleep on it and drove away. We didn't even make it through dinner that night before we called our realtor back and told her we were ready to make an offer. After some negotiating with the sellers, the house was ours! 

Everything seemed to happen so slowly for two years, and then everything went into lightening speed. In 8 weeks after we submitted our first offer the keys were in our hands. Our hard work had finally paid off. We were home owners. 

We are in love with our home sweet home. It is quiet and so different than living in a loud apartment in the middle of the city. It reminds us a little bit of where we are from. It is just the right size to build a family in for years to come. It keeps us busy (there is always a project going on). But more than anything it gives us a home base. After so many years of moving around we both finally have a permanent place to come home to. And for that we are so thankful to God. 

The day we became home owners. What a happy day! 

Moving day! 

The view from our back deck. Cow pastures and sunsets. 

Guest Room #1 (come visit us!) 

Guest Room #2 (really, come visit us!)

Master Suite. One of our favorite quotes. 

We would love to share our home with y'all. Come and visit, stay a while. Part of our wedding vows to one another and our community was to create a place of hospitality wherever we are. Our door is always open! 

What suggestions do you have for us as new home owners? Any funny stories of your first time home buying experience? Please share. We would love to hear what you have to say. 

Much love

S&C

Love Is More Important Than Anything

So remember that time that Chase and I celebrated our one year anniversary, but didn't upload pictures or blog about it until three months after?

Yeah that definitely just happened.

But life goes on, and now here is a sappy blog post about our first year of marriage and how we celebrated our first anniversary.

We went from this:

To this:

photo credit: Snap By Ang 

Trips and Travel

• The hubs and I celebrated our honeymoon by spending a day exploring Savannah, GA before jumping on a boat for a week that cruised around the Bahamas. It was relaxing. We were not allowed to use technology or social media while we were away. We both got sun burns in the middle of February. I recommend a trip like this at least once a year. Even if its just a day or two, getting off the grid and connecting with your spouse is much needed. 
• For my birthday we bought season football tickets to watch the NC State Wolfpack that upcoming fall. What a blast we had traveling to Raleigh, eating Bojangles, and cheering on our Alma mater. 
• Our first married summer together we attended family beach week at North Topsail Island. It has become a tradition for my family and what a relaxing week it was. There is nothing like the feeling of sand between your toes. 
• In July, Chase and I took a road trip to KY for a friend's wedding. We left a day early and were able to spend a day sight seeing. We ended up visiting the famous walking bridge, the Louisville Slugger Museum, Churchill Downs, and eat so much good food. 
• To round out the year we took another road trip to Washington DC, more about that below. 

Life Events

• Both Chase and I have always wanted a dog. We agreed to wait one month into our marriage before we began to look for a canine companion. Exactly one month into our marriage we adopted our sweet fur baby Luna Bug. It was the best decision we ever made. She brings so much joy to both of our lives. 
• I graduated from grad school in December, and was hooded soon thereafter. It was a tough road to walk while being married, but it drew us closer together and we would not have had it any other way. 
• We bought a house! The house hunting process was not like we thought it was going to be, and everything moved really quickly. In the end we walked away with keys to our first home together. 

Best Advice Given

• At our wedding we had a station where guests would give us wedding advice and well wishes. They were tucked away into a small box, and every now and again Chase and I will pull them out and read through them. 
• We have been told over and over again to always say I love you to one another before bed. That is a great piece of advice. 
• We have been told a few times to enjoy our time with one another and date often. We are young and have our lives ahead of us. Don't rush anything, just enjoy each day and soak in every minute. 
• We have also been told to choose joy. I like this one. Its a hard one some days, but its a good one. 

How We Celebrated

To celebrate our first year of marriage, we took en extended weekend trip to Washington DC. We had both been to DC, but it had been a while and we wanted to experience the city together. So we found a hotel right across the walking bridge from Georgetown and a block from the metro station. Each day we would hop the metro into the city, find a cute bakery to have breakfast in, explore the city until our feet felt like they were going to fall off, and then venture back into Georgetown or VA for dinner. While we were there we were able to meet up with some friends on a couple of different occasions, and even were able to have a special private tour of the Pentagon.

On our actual wedding anniversary we visited all of the monuments, were given our one year wedding anniversary pictures, saw the Pentagon, ordered Chinese food takeout, jumped into our pajamas, and watched the Super Bowl. Our anniversary was the last day of our trip so we were wiped out. After downing our takeout we crashed before the end of the game. We forgot to watch our wedding video, and even forgot to exchange cards that we both had tucked away into our suitcases. The next morning we exchanged cards and headed back home.

It was so much fun to remember our wedding day and step away from reality for a few days to reconnect and have some fun. Year one flew by oh so fast. And year two is currently passing by at warp speed. Time please slow down!

Goals For Year Two

• Travel! With impending full time work for myself, travel may be becoming more limited. So we wanted to see as much as we can. Go to the beach a couple of different times. Go hiking as many weekends as we can. Maybe go on another cruise. Have a long weekend in Raleigh and watch NC State play ball. Anything where we can get away and have fun! 
• Adopt another Dog? We believe that it may be time for Luna to have a four legged sibling. We are trying to figure out what that would look like for our family, but we definitely want it to happen. 
• Find a home church. Now that we are settled and in place, it is time to join a church and really begin investing in a church family (and have them invest in us). Church is important to us, and it is a goal for us. 
• Start family traditions. We were not very good at that in year one. We want to have things that are just ours. For example, we love having Chinese food takeout dates one Friday a month and then rent a movie afterward. That's a start for us, but now we need more! 

So do you have any advice for us going into year two? What kind of family traditions are your favorite? Any travel recommendations? Please share with us!!! 

S&C 

Meal Planning Smith Style

Hello blogging world! The birds are chirping outside of my window right now, I have my back porch door open and the ceiling fan swirling above my head. The TV is turned off, laundry is being cycled through the washer, and dinner is prepped and ready to be prepared for when the hubby gets home. I am enjoying these first few spring like days. I know it will be super hot before we know it so I am soaking them all in. I am also enjoying my time as a part time school teacher and soaking in those days. Come August that will not be the case. Looks like full time employment is in my near future! I am excited, but nervous for the change. More about that in a later post, I promise. But for now, lets focus on spring days, more sunshine, and new way of meal planning.

Chase and I have always been keepers of a budget. Mr. Spreadsheet always can tell me how much we have and together we decide how we should spend it. When we become married we set a 75 dollar budget for ourselves for our weekly grocery bill. For the first few months we did REALLY good in keeping with this budget. However we would find ourselves buying things we did not need on impulse and end up going over budget even though we planned our meals out one week at a time. When the new year rolled around we decided to get serious about our grocery budget. Of course that meant I spent way too much time on Pinterest researching how to meal plan for our family of two. It also meant I found way too many recipes that I wanted to try out.

It ended up that i found an article and a blog post that explained the pros and cons of monthly meal planning. The more I read about it, the more it sounded like this plan would work for us. We talked it over and decided to give it a try. If it didn't work out that month, we didn't have to stick with it, and the following month we would simply try something different.

Four months of groceries gave us a 300 dollar spending limit at the store. I printed out a cute monthly menu planner I found online and went to work. I planned out what kinds of breakfast we would have each week, as well as what dessert I would make for the week. We always have some sort of little sweet treat. We eat a small portion each night as we watch a TV show together and talk about our day! As for lunch we buy some bread and sandwich fillers, but we try our best to just eat leftovers. There is normally enough left over that both of us can take some to work with us the next day with no issue.

I then decided what days would be leftover days and what days would be our date night eat out days. We try to have a date night at least once a week. We know that sometime down the road we want to grow our family and then date nights will become rare. So in the meantime we are enjoying our time as newlyweds and taking advantage of date nights!

I then grabbed my Pinterest board, and filled in the rest of the days. This is what my monthly menu plan for the month of January looked like.

I then went day by day and figured out what ingredients I needed in order to make that meal. Some ingredients I had on hand, others I did not. I divided my grocery list into: Produce, Meat, Pantry, Drinks, Bread, Dairy, Frozen, Snacks, and Other. This was my finished list for the month. Of course fresh fruits and veggies are not going to last the entire month. So at the end of the second week we went and refreshed those as well as milk and eggs. There was room left over in the budget for these so no worries there! 

Once we had the finished list we went shopping! We used a few coupons, we bought most generic brand items or items that were on sale that week, as well as used our store savings card. It was a bit overwhelming seeing our cart at the end of it all, and even more overwhelming watching them ring it all up. I was for sure that we would go soaring over budget since the recipe was as long as my leg. However we ended up under budget with room to spare. 

After we went back after the second week to reload on fruits, veggies, and milk we were still under budget by 10 dollars. That means that we were able to feed our family of two for a month for an average of about $4.60 per person per day. I would day that was pretty awesome! And we ate good too. No ramen noodles or pre-packaged pizza for every meal (although I love to eat both of those things from time to time!).

How does your family plan their meals? Do you have any tips or tricks? Let us know!

Now get outside and enjoy some sunshine. I know I am!

- S&C

It Is Finished!

In December something big happened. Something that changed not only the relationship dynamics of our marriage, but also just how our everyday lives ran. Since December we have been searching for our new normal. It may be a while until we find it, but in the meantime we are taking each day as a new opportunity and living life to the fullest. 

So what happened you may ask? Well, I finally finished being a student! This past December I handed in my final papers and submitted my edited thesis paper. And just like that, I was donned the title of Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University School of Divinity. And while I don't consider myself a "master", I do feel like I am geared up and ready for whatever life hands us next. Ministry is a continuous learning process and I am very grateful for everything that Wake Div has given me during my time there. And while I don't get to technically walk across the stage until May (Wake Forest is too small to have two commencement ceremonies) I still have my diploma in my possession and have officially been voted in as a graduate by the faculty and staff of the divinity school. 

Some of our friends and family have been curious about what marriage and ministry and school all looked like together, as well as what our future plans are, and what I am doing currently since graduation in December. So I thought I would use this blog post to answer some of those questions! 

How were you able to graduate in December?

A lot of people find it odd that I was able to graduate from a three year professional graduate program in two and a half years. People ask if I brought in credit from a previous school or if I did not put in the same amount of effort as some other students. I in fact did not do either of those things. I just used old fashion determination and hard work! Each semester I decided to take on an extra class. It is recommended that students take on average 14 credit hours in order to graduate on time. I took on average between 15-18 hours each semester. These classes were a mix of in class, hybrid, and weekend classes. Then in the summer I also took an extra class. It took effort to schedule and to do my work in the midst of personal relationships, extra curricular activities, and internships. I am not saying it was easy all of the time. In fact there were some periods where it was downright stressful. However I would do it the exact same way if I had the chance to do it all again. I feel like early graduation was the right choice for me and my current life plan. 

How did you make time for your marriage in the midst of graduate school? 

Y'all, this was tough sometimes. My first semester of graduate school consisted of a long distance relationship. However during the second semester I was engaged! I then spent the next year planning a wedding, working two part time jobs, competing an internship, and taking 17 hours of classes. Chase was oh so supportive. He would surprise me with treats, call me in the mornings to make sure I was up early to do homework, and even help me study for my exams. He knows how much this means to me and he has been the perfect spouse. Of course there were times when we were both tired and upset at one another. That is when I am thankful that we live in a 900 square foot apartment. It forced us to talk things out and to come to compromises. We made vows to one another to be there for one another through thick and thin, and that is exactly what we did. I feel like living on love (and one income) this past year of marriage has made our love even stronger. He is my sidekick and I am glad that I was able to have Chase as my spouse and encourager during my time in graduate school. 

How did you celebrate finishing school? 

I jumped up and down. Chase high-fived me. We took Luna on a walk. I called my parents. And of course we documented the occasion on social media. The night I submitted my final thesis project Chase took me out to a fancy dinner. We went to a place I always wanted to try but knew was way to expansive. However this was an occasion that would never happen again. We splurged. We filled our bellies, and we laughed. It was wonderful and perfect and everything in between. 

Do you have a job? 

Well that is a tricky question. Technically I do have a job. I am currently a church preschool assistant teacher. I work with the toddlers and I LOVE every single minute of it. It is the job I have been working since I began graduate school. Even though I love my current position, I also am looking for jobs that I can use my degree for. I am currently applying for chaplaincy residency positions. I should hopefully know in the next few weeks if that is the plan that God has designed for our family. I know that the possibility is there that I might not be hired. If that is the case there will be disappointment, but I am content. I will be ready to move forward and look for something different. Hopefully something that will fill our lives with happiness and joy. I am open, I am waiting, and I am ready to go when I am called. If I do get hired as a chaplain resident I will start that job in late August. It is a year long intensive job that will ready me for board certification as a chaplain, as well as give me more experience before I begin applying for long-term jobs. Please keep us in your prayers through these next few weeks as our futures will be decided in these days. 

Is it odd to no longer be in school? 

It is very strange to no longer be a student. I have too much free time on my hands and I have trouble deciding how to fill it. I am currently trying to find a hobby that I love. I am sure that in the next few months a rhythm will develop and things will become easier. In the meantime if you would like cookies or cupcakes just let me know. I seem to find myself either in the kitchen or binge watching Netflix. 

How has your relationship with Chase changed since this life transition? 

Even though our marriage was great during my time as a graduate student, it has gotten even better since my graduation. We just celebrated our one year wedding anniversary and were able to take a trip to DC for a few days. Our evenings are no longer filled with my homework. Instead we are able to play games, go out with friends, have spontaneous date nights, and do projects with one another. We are excited to see what life looks like in the coming months. We are ready to settle down and find a normal for the two of us. We are excited and ready for this next step! 

Time is flying by and I am so ready to start life as a minister in some sort of capacity. We feel so loved by our family and friends during this time. Please continue to pray for us as we continue to walk through this transitional period. We are confident that we will be called to do what is meant for us to do! 

P.S. Check out the new pictures that we had taken of us for our one year anniversary. Our photographer Ang from Snap by Ang in West Jefferson is simply amazing. She has been with us from engagement, to marriage, and now to our first anniversary. We are so happy to have these new memories. 

-S&C