What an amazing week. It's hard to know where to begin, so I will just start.... last Friday night, Oscar and I renewed our vows. We celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in a way that some may say- "huh, 10 years is great but it's not like it's 25 or anything"... but you see- we are celebrating a marriage that shouldn't be. Based on the history of life together and all the happenings, we could have easily become one the statistics.... betrayal, lies, cheating... for many divorce is the way it ends up, but with the smallest glimmer of hope and a little bit of faith and a ton of prayers from those around us, we made it and it was so incredible to celebrate all that God has done in our lives, marriage and family. The restoration and healing is something to celebrate... so we did and we had so much fun. What an incredible experience to have my own kids witness their parents renew their commitment to one another. Powerful. What a great night. To look out and see a room full of our family and friends... so many who have prayed for us, encouraged us along the way and now to be there and celebrate the victory- it was awesome.

So here are some of the blessings.... I am a thrifter. Thrift shopping is a huge passion for me and it was so cool to see the details come together for our special evening here are a few to name a few:

$4.99 - the cost of Bella's cute flower girl dress- VVillage! Sweet deal.

$30.00 - the cost of roses at costco and a roll tape to make our bouquets( which turned out great!)

Free- decorations that someone gave us to use that were leftover from their wedding

Free- the cake - family blessed us by paying for it.

$50- the cost of the condo we stayed in for a week in Cabo ( second honeymoon. My uncle was generous to let us stay at his ocean front condo) Oscar proposed to me in Cabo 11 years ago... so it was so powerful to go back and redeem the memories there.

It was actually pretty cool to see how cheap we could pull off a wedding night like this! I may need to do some wedding planning on the side when I have time...

Pastor Tony was so encouraging with his words in our ceremony and it was a blessing to have everyone there to celebrate with us. I will post a few pics, but will upload more when I get them back. Now it's back to reality. I was pretty sad to leave the warm 90 degree sunshine. No email, no phones for the entire week- it was nice. I highly suggest you take the time to unplug like this even for a weekend... but it was sooo good to get home and catch up with the kids and hear about their week.