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31 days – fall 2013 – month-a-versaries

October 27, 2013January 15, 2014 Rachel Atwell5 Comments

How long do parents usually refer to their child as “… months old” vs. “…years old”?

Because I need to know when it will be unacceptable to celebrate our month-a-versaries.

Most people celebrate there wedding day once a year but what fun is that? Instead, we {or maybe just I} decided that we should celebrate each month!

I’m not sure how long we’ll keep this tradition up but for now I enjoy writing/seeing it on our fridge calendar and finding different ways to celebrate the newness of marriage!

Do you celebrate month-a-versaries?

p.s. – fun fact: I’m 324 months old!

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31 days – fall 2013 – pizza friday

October 26, 2013January 15, 2014 Rachel Atwell3 Comments

If you follow me on pinterest, you’ve probably seen more than a few pizza pins pop up from me lately. Apologies.

But today I’ll try to explain why I’m clogging your pinterest feed {and probably my arteries} with cheesy pies.

The first time we visited our apartment back in April, we ordered a pizza and ate on the floor of our empty apartment.

The first dinner in our apartment as newlyweds? Pizza.

So when it came to a tradition, I knew that pizza probably should be involved, but I wanted to try to make it at home so we could save a little and continue our weeknight dinners at home. To my surprise, G had never had homemade pizza before!

So for the past 15 weeks or so, we’ve been making pizzas our Friday night dinner! What I love about this tradition {other than the fact that I tell myself its okay to have pizza once a week} is that there are so many different ways to make pizza, so we haven’t once been tired of it. In fact, I actually look forward to it since its a very easy meal to prepare and clean up, and bonus: G seems to love it too!

Have you ever made homemade pizza?

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31 days – fall 2013 – sunday at church

October 25, 2013January 15, 2014 Rachel Atwell1 Comment

Spending our Sunday’s in a local church isn’t really a new tradition for either of us, but it’s a new tradition in the sense that we now go as “The Atwell’s”.

This tradition didn’t require much creativity or thought {since it was already apart of our lives pre-marriage} but is probably one of the most important in our marriage that we’ve established as newlyweds.

Going to church helps us grow individually in our walk with Christ, gives us a community that supports and encourages us, and challenges us to grow together towards Christ.

Do you think attending church as a family is important?