Mr & Mrs Robertson, The Wedding of

We were so blessed to attend the wedding of these two love-bugs this weekend.

 

 

I am so lucky to call Nicole my friend, and Logan is lucky to call her his wife! She is the most loyal person I have ever encountered. She is an incredible friend; anyone who has ever met her can attest to that. And, she was a BEAUTIFUL bride.

 

 

Thanks so much for having us - we had a great time!

 



In or Out?

One of the things I have come to realize about the Lord is that he speaks to us all in a magnitude of different ways. One of the best ways he speaks to me is through visuals. Sometimes they are visual representations that he places in my mind as I am trying to understand something (for instance, when I was teaching in El Salvador about why it is important to have your own relationship before trying to help others, I used the metaphor of putting your own air mask on in an airplane before you put on others - totally from God because until about three minutes before I spoke, I had no idea what I was going to say). Other times, God literally places something in front of me that I need to see.

At church on Sunday, a young man sitting across the aisle from me caught my eye during worship. He was raising his hands to the Lord, even dancing at times, but every few minutes was interrupted by a text on his cell phone. He would read, respond, and then dive right back into worship. I feel like that is a perfect picture of my life (and probably not just me).

 

There seems to be this in between place that I live in. I'm half in and half out - like when I can't decide if its cold enough for covers or not, so I have one leg under the blanket and one leg on top. I know the Lord, and I trust the Lord, but I still struggle with how to fully and completely hand my life over to him. I still want to step outside of Jesus every once in awhile and live here on earth even though I know living within his will is a much better place to be.

 I wish I had some big realization or piece of encouragement to end this with, but I don't. I simply wanted to share, and maybe challenge you to think of what things pull you away from Christ (as that is what it caused me to do).

And because I couldn't think of any good graphic to go along with this post, here's a puppy.

Blue or Pink?

 We found out just before we got engaged that Ryan's sister, Lindsay, and her husband George are expecting
their fourth baby! Today, they hosted a gender reveal at Kyle Field. (I thought Lindsay was going to save me from the Aggies!)

And... It's a girl! 

So excited for them, and excited to gain THREE nieces and a nephew in November. 

SmithTV

If you can't tell by our book themed blog and save-the-dates, reading is a big influence on our relationship.  I love that she appreciates good literature (and I'm very lucky that my English degree came in handy for something!) The downside to this is that in our early phases of dating, reading together was not a top priority. (At one point Becki did ask me to read The Phantom Tollbooth to her, but I wasn't ready to be Miss Frizzle to her Magic School Bus class quite yet).

Because of this, Becki and I began watching TV shows together frequently, and to my amazement she has been left completely in the dark to some fantastic shows. (I, on the other hand, have dozens of shows I watch consistently, which both amazes and annoys her whenever I say something is "my favorite"). Most of the shows we're watching are ones I'm going back over with her, thinking things to myself like, "No wife of mine will be able to say 'I've never heard of Greendale Community College' or 'what does Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose mean?'" It'll be a long process, but here are ten shows that Becki has/will have to see, in no particular order, and how they can improve our marriage.

1. Friday Night Lights - because every marriage can use a few pointers from Coach and Tami's relationship.

 

2. Mad Men - because every marriage can use a few pointers from Don Draper's relationships...on what not to do.

3. The Wire - because every marriage needs to see both sides of the story, i.e. his opinion vs. her opinion, the street's side vs. the police's side, etc...

 

4. Justified - because every marriage needs a little man crush on Timothy Olyphant.  Wait... I meant needs to appreciate his acting. Yeah, his acting...

 

5. New Girl - because every marriage needs to complete their zombie novel eventually.

 

6. Community - because every marriage needs to consider the dark timeline.

 

7. Damages - because every marriage needs to see the downside of always winning.

8. Breaking Bad - because every marriage can be spiced up with a gentleman's amount of meth. (Bad joke...don't do meth.)

9. Chuck - because every marriage should be just a little bit nerdy.

10. Parks and Recreation - because every marriage can use a DJ Roomba.  (Don't worry, we registered for one.)

 

The Honorable Mentions: 

- Arrested Development

- Happy Endings (RIP!)

- Twin Peaks

- The Office

- Scrubs

- Freaks and Geeks

- How I Met Your Mother

Bonus points to whoever can convince Becki that she needs to watch the following shows: 

- Game of Thrones

- Lost

Becki has made a similar list and we have watched every single episode of this show but let's move on: 

- Pretty Little Liars

Shows that used to be good but are now terrible and will never make it on this list: 

- Dexter

-RS