Ouagtoberfest and our 14th Anniversary

This past week, on Monday actually, me and Isaak celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary.

Every year together feels like a milestone to be celebrated. Our marriage has been hard fought for, and we celebrate the joy that we have in seeing what the Lord has done in our lives over the course of these last 14 years together. We serve a mighty God, and as if I needed another example of His power I have to look no further than my marriage.

We are covered in his fingerprints. We are covered in his mercy. We are covered in his love, and power, and persistent pursuit of us. We are eternally grateful to Him who makes all things new.

Our anniversary this year actually fell on Columbus day so Isaak had the day off of work, which was a wonderful bonus. Rebecca came over in the morning to stay with Steve for two hours while me and Isaak went out to breakfast at Chez Simon and feasted on crepes chocobanane and lebanese manouché. It was delish. Afterwards we stopped by the grocery store and then hit up a natte push cart on the side of the road to buy some nattes for the house.

 

It was a very nice morning.

We capped off our day by having nerf wars with the kids after dinner. This is the only photo of the two of us for our day, on our 14th...and I like it. Pure candid joy. Isaak was holding my sword hostage in his arm pit and I was trying to block his axe with my leg.

We have fun.

The Saturday just two days prior there was the 2nd annual Ouagtoberfest at the girls school. It was sponsored by the Embassy and open to the whole community. It was fun. Except for the part where Marvelly fell on the sidewalk as soon as we got there and bit through her lip and blood was rushing out. That wasn't fun. She was pretty banged up and had a bloody shirt but there were popsicles for sale and we bought our share because popsicles are the best remedy for a puffy lip.

After a little while she was off playing with her friends and having fun at the photo booth, we all were! "Ich Liebe Dich!" I love you! The German expats had a good time as well and all wore their dirndl's and lederhosen. And our Embassy P.A., who has a small brewery in his back yard, made a number of custom brewed beers in a variety of flavors that everyone enjoyed.

This however is the only beer you'll get me to drink...the not real kind! Ha! Isaak, however; the beer connoisseur, was quite pleased with getting to taste the different unique flavors offered. We had a fun time. Very very grateful to all the people who worked hard to pull this off. It means a lot, to a lot of people in this community to be able to do something really fun and different, even if it's only once a year.

To getting older, being together for a long time...and still being able to have fun and be silly! A true gift.