It is so refreshing to get away. To see new scenery, to visit new shops, to eat new food, and to just have uninterrupted time.
We planned this trip to celebrate our one year anniversary. Our premarital mentors advised taking time each anniverary to getaway (even if it's just for dinner or a weekend) and to evaluate our relationship.
They asked us to take the time and go over how we spent our money, how we served God, how we spent our time between families, friends and each other. After evaluating the past year, we spent time setting goals for the year to come. How do we want to spend our money? How much do we want to save? What do we want to accomplish in this year? Is our time with family and friends balanced? Do we spend enough quality time together?
It was a great exercise and I look forward to doing this each year. We set goals for our careers, our weightloss, our education, our finances...so why wouldn't we set goals for our marriage too?
- Lindsey
- I love God. My husband makes me laugh a lot. I could eat sushi everyday. I have been to Israel. I hate the rain in my shoes. I enjoy reading theology. I love Broadway musicals. I hate florescent lights. I like dressing up. I love weddings. I hate cake. I enjoy planning events. I adore Hawaii. I wish I could sing. I hope bell bottoms never go out of style. I am not a city girl. I love hanging out with my husband. I can kick your butt at Connect Four. I love bike riding. I should have been born in a state with an ocean. I'm following THE Rabbi. I like to clean. I love to laugh. I rather read than cook. I want to love God with my life.
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What a great idea! I am forwarding this along to my hubby! :)
I love this idea! Your pictures are so cute!!!! Im glad you all had such a great time!!! I would love to visit there!!!
Congrats again on the one year!
What a great idea! And, how true! We recently saw our sponsor couple and realized how special they will always be to us for giving us guidelines for our marriage.
Such a good idea. You guys look like you had a blast, too!
I think that is such an amazing idea! I will have to share this with my hubby so we can do it as well, thanks for sharing!!
You trip looked so amazing!!!
That is a great idea. Glad you guys had such a good time as well.
I love it! I am hoping that we are still able to go to Maine in July for our one year anniversary...of course that all pends my job situation and if I will be able to get time off.
I hope you had a fabulous time!
Wonderful idea!!
I think that's a great exercise! It's good to be honest about your marriage. I think that people often just glaze over any problems, and they end up becoming huge ordeals! Good job!
what a wonderful idea and what a great time to do it.. right around ur one year anniv!
That is a great idea!
Dimples and I will be doing this during our spring break this upcoming week! Good for you and Garth!
xo
sounds like you all had a productive trip and something to work towards now that you're home.
That's such a great idea, we definitely need to do that :)
Awesome. That is something we should all do. Right now, as a mother with 2 young animals? My goal is to get regular date nights with my hubby. I am going to go over this with the hubs.
That is a great idea :) i love it!!
That is a very good idea, plus you get some fun quality time together!!
I think this is incredible.
that is a great idea and a great way to keep life in perspective!
What a great idea. I'm definitely going to share this with Husby.
That is such an amazing idea. I'm so glad you guys got to have that time to bond, spend time together, and reflect on your marriage!
Such a wonderful idea! I'm glad you had a great time and I love the pictures! :)
Such a great idea! And so great for your marriage to take time to do this!!
I think it's great that you had premarital advisors. I think you can learn a lot from married couples with experience.
I also agree that it is a good idea to set goals for your marriage. This is something hubby and I need to think about.
Such a great routine to get into early in your marriage. Glad you had a fun time as well!
Great idea! I am totally stealing this!
What an awesome idea! I completely agree!! Our marriages are so important, yet I don't feel like we put as much time into them as so many other things in our lives. I am going to save this post! Our one year anniversary is coming up in another month and I want to practice some of these things as well.
So glad you had a great time! Your pictures looked beautiful!! What an awesome getaway :)
That is wonderful advice.
CONGRATULATIONS on your one year anniversary!! How special!
Saskia x
That's awesome! Welcome back!
This sounds like a great idea!!! I love these kinds of things :)
My hubby and I do a weekly study together on marriage and it's so refreshing. Not to mention romantic :)
This is a wonderful idea! I love it! Thank you for sharing!!!
We are going to do this too! :)
Oh what a great idea-- I'll be using that in my own eventual marriage :)
Please please please move here! I'd be so excited to be IRL friends :)
Amen to that...awesome idea!
what a great idea!! I am going to share that with my hubs
Good call, Lindsey. I think we should all be better at this. Your mentors were so right!
Cool! I so agree there should be goals for marriages as well. I have an award over at my blog for you too.
~Elyse~
Hey there, headed here from my sisters page (Deep End of the Puhl)! Glad to find you!
I think GOALS in marriage is VERY important! I know we once had it put this way to us, You do monthly or quarterly maintenance on your car, even sometimes your house and especially there are check-ups on your health. If marriage is such an important FACTOR in our lives...there should also be maintenance and check ups there regularly as well. We like to attend classes when we get the chance, go through devotionals together and so much more.
It's hard for something to "break down" when it has had the proper maintenance :)
So true! Glad you guys took the time to do that.
What a great idea! It allows y'all to keep growing together and hopefully in the same direction :)
I need to be better about this!
That is a fantastic idea and I totally agree!
Wow that is a wonderful idea! I'll have to keep that in the back of my mind! :)
Great idea! You two are setting a great example on how relationships should be!
That is the best idea!! It makes so much sense, why wouldn't you plan/evaluate your marriage!?!
This really is a great idea! Our pastor gave us the exact same advice!! I love it!
Congratulations on your first anniversary! Love the advice... and your blog. Looking forward to reading more.
Winks & Smiles,
Wifey
Thats a good idea!
that is some excellent advice... I think I will have to take this one!
I agree with everyone else. This is wonderful advice and I will certainly be following!
P.S. I left you an award on my blog!
Love this!!
And I completely agree about doing something for each anniversary. B & I always make it a point to have our anniversary be just about us. We try to go somewhere for the weekend and leave the phones, computers, and pups behind. It's such a great chance for us to get the focus back on us. We figure if we start this now, it will be habit when our family gets bigger!! Good for you guys making your marriage a priority.
I love this idea! I read a great pre-maritial book that said to hold your anniversary sacred like you would Christmas and don't let anything stop you from celebrating it. Congrats again!
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