Sicky

This is the first time I have truly spent all my time with Sam while he is sick. I was really worried at first that I wouldn't be a good nurse....but I think that in most cases it's all about being with the person you love when you're sick. I really enjoyed serving Sam and taking care of him. This has also been a really good opportunity to just spend time with one another, it seems we are always saying, "we need more time in the day so we can cuddle all day." This might be bad but I loved all the sick time because we just cuddled, laid around lazily, watched movies, ate soup (even though he HATES soup!), watch every sunset, walked on the beach (very slowly), and did I already say cuddle? Oh yes, but it's my favorite part. Even though this is such a small thing it is a new thing to us and I now know that I love taking care of him and loving him.

snow bunny

It's been a while since we last updated this thing and I dare say we have a lot of stuff going on. I will most likely not blog about most of these things just because I don't tend to try and go over everything and I also tend to over do it when I do try. 

We have been having so much fun lately (even with the lousy weather) This weekend me, Sam, and the whole Nowlin crew went up to kirkwood for a ski trip. It was brutal! Well at least for me... See I'm not what you would call a good snowboarder but I try to be and I am learning. I pretty much fell, a lot, and also learned a lot. Sam is so good to me he is the most patient and encouraging man. He would wait for me during all the runs and give me really good instruction, and even when I sucked he told me I did really good. I had so much fun with him! This was our first official snow trip as a married couple and we fully enjoyed it.

 Another thing that was really interesting was doing this all with Sam's family. They were really encouraging as well and would yell things to me while they were on the ski lift (yes they are really FAST and I would be half way down the slope and they would already be on their way back up haha) I loved it and can't wait until we do it again next month!

Family.

Love is a very tender thing, when you have you feel like you are on top of the world and when you don't you can feel worthless. I have had some people in my life the past year or so that have shown me how important it is to have love and show love. They have shown me how someone can become very cold because they do not feel like any one loves them. They have also shown me how to give love with "no strings attached."

God's love is so amazing I am so very very loved and I know it. Not only by Sam but by my friends and family. Sometimes I need some unloved people to remind me how lucky I am.