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Me and my mommy

and a few lovely shots of the newlyweds!! (That's me and my Puppa!!)

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peek-a-boo? :-D

Kless fam! :c) (minus Gabe who was most likely checking on the Mustang...)

My littlest best friend and me. Ali definitely gave me a run for my money as the prettiest girl that day!

They were simply too cute and beautiful!! :c)

The Marrieds!! and we're officially married too now!!

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This is what good looking young men do while waiting to have their pictures taken...

and this is what lovely young women do!

I think we all had lots of fun that day!

The flower girls found some flowers... and killed them? Such cute pictures of them doing so though!

Our wedding party! sans our littlest sister (Clarisa) who wasn't so keen on having pictures taken after she just woke up. I think she had the longest weekend out of all of us with her debut as a ballerina the day before. (She's 3.)

Look-ey what we got!!!...

We got our wedding pictures back!! And here are just some of my favorites! [... and when I say these are some of my favorites I mean that more literally than I ever thought possible. Out of 988 pictures (wow!!!) I think I have at least 50 favorites! Thanks Jen and Mark!!!]

The bridesmaids having a special time of mouthwash before the ceremony. don't worry we used bibs to avoid any splatters on our gorgeous dresses.

Apparently Matty-Matt re-tied all of the boys' ties because he clearly had superior mad tie-tying skillz!

My dad and me. He's telling jokes... sigh. he's great.

Smooch!! (yea I fast forwarded through the ceremony... which was wonderful too.)

Leaving CLC. this picture is for the hubby. He loved that car! Maybe someday he'll get a new one!

we L-O-V-E our single friends!

We L-O-V-E!!! our single friends!!!

Last night we had some of our favorite people over for dinner: Officer Groveman, Matty-Matt, Ky-B, Drewbie-Chu, and Jeremy Thomas. It was great to spend some "SB" (aka serious business) time with our favorite young men eating healthy things, brownies, and watching a special TV show (The Mrs. has no comment on that show). We are so grateful that our single friends still desire to spend time with us and just "hang out" at our place. We can't wait for many more special Klessmas dinners... PS-After you left we prayed for your future wives. No joke. We're excited!

This is a very special note that now lives on our refridgerator. A very special person sent it to us. Her name starts with the same letter the state she lives in starts with and she's pretty Cool too. ;) --- That note is an example of another reason why we love our single friends! We are so grateful for the ways that they have taken time to specifically encourage and welcome us home since we got married. We are so grateful to know that they are eager to continue to share our life and excitement with us!

The label "single friends" is kind of dumb. Pretty much we love all our friends--duh! But we just wanted to specifically communicate to those of our friends who we are no longer in cg with or who we no longer live with how much we love and are grateful for you!! Our God is so gracious and generous to provide you as our friends and we look forward to watching His plan continue to unfold in all of our lives. We hope you know that even though we're married now and don't live in the center of G'burg that our door is still always open to you, our phone line works pretty consistently (though Andree refuses to list the phone number), and we are praying for you!

"[We] thank my God every time [we] remember you. In all [our] prayers for all of you, [we] always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

A Touch of Yellow Gingham

Domesticity strikes again!! What kitchen is complete without a little yellow gingham? :-)

(Thanks for the help Mom!)

I Love My Wife

This is her making cupcakes for NBA finals time tonight...

I am so amazed at God's goodness in providing a "helper, perfect for me." Becca has blessed me so much already in our young marriage, particularly in caring for and loving our home. I love the way she sees our home as her place that God has given her to love, maintain and her way to love our new family. Becca has planned and prepared meals, decorated our apartment and even cleaned, with the intent of glorifying God and loving her family. I Love you babe. Thank you for loving our new family. I can only hope that I can serve you as effectively as you have served me already.

-dre

Biblical Submission and Kitchen Counters

So my dear Puppa Bear set this blog-thing up. Thought it would be cool since all the cool people have these and this way "we" have something together on top of our individual xangas. While he set it up I was trying to think of what insightful, relevant story I could tell about the joys of married life. I unloaded the dishwasher while I pondered and as I did that it hit me... The countertops!!

I like to climb up and stand on the countertops. (I did this while I unloaded the dishwasher and Andree worked on the blog...) I'm short. Vertically challenged. Petite. I've been doing it since I was a kiddo because it's hard for me to reach things and I'm just that resourceful. In our sweet little kitchen I can only reach about the second shelf in our cabinets. That makes it rather difficult for me to put away a great number of things so I hoist myself up on top of the counters so I'm standing on them and can easily reach into and on top of the cabinets.

Andree does not like this. I'm not entirely sure why. I think he's afraid I'll lose my balance and fall off and maybe crack my head open or something. (Which being the multi-talented woman that I am is quite probable.) When he comes in the kitchen and I'm standing on the counters he comes and picks me up off them and removes the item from my hand and puts it away himself. You should have seen his face when I told him I decided on my topic while I was standing on the countertops. (He's so cute sometimes...)

So yes, this is my first blog and it's about countertops. Really though it's about what I'm learning (other than to make a pile of all the "too high" stuff for my husband to put away for me): How blatant is it in Scripture to be submissive to your husband? I think if it wasn't so clearly commanded the world would struggle less with the concept of Biblical marriage and roles.
"Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands... For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear." (1 Peter 5:1, 5-6)

That's pretty obvious. And now I have a real-life husband and an opportunity to not only practice this but to live my life this way! No more of the "well I'm called to support your leadership and help you learn to lead but you're not my husband so I don't have to submit to you!" (the Biblical response to following our brothers in the Lord when they decide we need to eat a jar of pickles while holding our breath--though the attitude may need to be adjusted). This may be a stupid issue to try to grow in submission over but at the same time life is about all the little things and our responses to them so often. God has graciously provided me with a wonderful husband who has gently requested--repeatedly--that I not climb up and stand on top of the counters. And so I am going to learn to submit to him by not climbing on the countertops! I will 1. be sure we acquire our very own step stool that helps me reach to the top of the cabinets ASAP and 2. not climbing on the counters and instead ask him to help me!! (Bonus two things to work on at once! Submission + humility!! Being a wife is sanctifying!!)

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