blouse, sweater: thrifted, shoes: target, pants: rue 21
This outfit looked a lot better in person fyi........
Welp. Sir Robert (side story: when Rob and I were engaged, one of his roommates would always call us Sir Robert the Great and Lady Katherine... I thought it was cute) and I have successfully made it to one year of marriage! We weren't able to celebrate this weekend due to finals and such, but Friday we are heading to Salt Lake for a Jazz game! SO excited to get away for the weekend.
Marriage has been such a blessing in my life. I have learned so much and I know that my Heavenly Father placed Rob into my life for all the right reasons. Before we started dating, Rob and I were just friends. I remember one Sunday I drove to the Rexburg temple. I was feeling extremely lonely and unwanted. I remember parking my car and staring at the beauty to which the temple holds. I started to pray and I remember crying and asking God to send me someone who wanted me around. I wasn't asking for a boyfriend, just someone, anyone who needed me just as much as I needed them. I pleaded with God to take the pain of loneliness away from me.
A couple days later, Rob and I started dating. It kind of happened out of no where. One day we were just friends, then all the sudden we were a couple. A lot of people had opinions about that, and I just flat out didn't care. My Heavenly Father answered my prayers and gave me what I wanted: someone to love and someone to love me right back. I know that God lives and hears our prayers. Sometimes he doesn't answer them until we are about to break but I know that he hears us and will answer his children if we just ask.
I think of that moment at the temple by myself, sitting in a car crying, and pleading with my Father above as one of the biggest blessings in my life. A few months after that, I was able to enter the doors of that holy place and marry my best friend. If it wasn't for a prayer and a loving Heavenly Father who knew what I needed, I just wonder where I would be.
Happy one year (yesterday), my love. I cherish you more than life.
You just have to know that everything happens for a reason and your reasons are going to be different than anyone else, even your husbands :)
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When Mine Became Ours
Happy anniversary! I loved reading about how you started dating.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think this outfit is fab. I especially love the floral pants + loafers combo.
We are so happy for you and we love you both!
ReplyDeleteHappy one year!! So exciting :) I think that's one thing I appreciate most about marriage, being needed by someone as much as you need them. I love how you put that.
ReplyDeleteYou look really good in that dark maroonish red.
I think your outfit is cute! But I can relate, it can be frustrating to post photos when the outfit doesn't quite look right-even if it looks cute in "real" life.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 1 year! God always give us what we need, maybe not what we want, but always fulfills our needs.
Natasha
A Modest Fashion Blog:
www.natashaatkerson.blogspot.com
Congratulations to you two! Wow I remember your posts about your wedding like it was just yesterday - crazy how time flies!
ReplyDeleteYour hair looks amazing in these photos just by the way!
xo
http://kittysnooks.blogspot.ca
love the outfit! And congrats to a whole year! You look absolutely gorgeous in these pics by the way. so happy that your prayers were answered :)
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Happy anniversary!
ReplyDeletei really needed to read this today.
ReplyDeletei love how honest you are here. i need to be braver on my blog.
Katherine, that is one of the sweetest stories I have ever read! Its so real, and shows how much faith you have in God and the power of prayer. Thank you for sharing that with all of us.
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