When Danny and I were planning our wedding, we were terribly excited about that specific day — Saturday, November 7th. It was the day I would put on a beautiful gown and we would slip gold bands on each other’s fingers and dance with our friends as we celebrated at the reception. But that wasn’t what we were most excited about.

We were most excited about becoming a family of our own.

We were most excited to start big traditions and everyday routines as one household.

We were most excited about knowing, no matter what life threw at us, we were in this together, for keeps.

(Huge thanks to Sabrina Nohling Photography for these two photographs that I treasure!)
That’s why we’re out of town this week — away at the CONNECT Marriage Retreat, a retreat specifically for couples who are photographers. While we’ve spent a lot of time building our photography skills and knowledge by attending workshops and conferences over the past couple years, this is the first time since our premarital counseling when we’ve gone somewhere with the specific, singular intention of building up our marriage. We definitely think intentionally building up our marriage should be an ongoing, regular part of our lives.

Because marriage is what we were so excited about in the first place. It’s what we’re still giddy-excited about. Our wedding day was a wonderful celebration. But this marriage that keeps getting better is worth celebrating again and again.

~ Laura