When I first started this blog in 2013, I knew that I wanted to utilize the word “Headquarters,” because let’s face it, it’s punny. And funny. So I guess that would be pfunny? And we have always called our home our Headquarters.
Being a bit Type A, I knew I needed to use an H-word to go along with it. (Remember how all of my kids’ names start with E’s?) ‘Humble’ sounded too religious. ‘Honest’ didn’t provide the alliteration I was hoping for. ‘Hilarious’ set this blog up for disappointing the readers, since many times it’s serious. ‘Homey’ sounded a bit “urban.” So I settled with the word Happy. And I love Happy because I love cheeriness, and frankly, when I think of our home, I want it to evoke (not invoke, for all your grammar nerds) feelings of happiness.
My Handsome Trice,
6 years. Can you believe it? Looking back 6 years ago, I don’t think I ever imagined we would be where we are now at 6 years. We have an amazing son who is almost 4, our little Bean. And we have an oh so precious daughter who is almost 2, our party in a body! We have a cute little house in the heart of DFW. And we still like each other!
Thank you for all you have taught me these last 6 years.
Thank you for always making my toothbrush for me
Last August, Trice and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary, and I started a little journey of blogging about different things God taught us in our first five years of marriage. I love how I set a goal that I would write 5 nuggets in one month..... Yet here I am, almost a year later, finally sitting down to write the 5th nugget. Hey- at least I am finishing what I set out to do, right? :)
Happy Valentine's week to all of you! I hope you all have plans to do something fun this week, no matter what stage of life you are in. LOVE is the strongest force in the world, whether it be between husband and wife, parent and child, or friend to friend. And let's not forget the One who loves us more than we can imagine. We have so much to be thankful for, so let's have fun celebrating this week!
I'm finally getting around to posting nugget #4 from the first five years of marriage. If you haven't read the other three, you can click the following links to catch up.
Last weekend, Trice and I went on our Vision Retreat. Our Vision Retreat was a breath of fresh air, a wonderful time of bonding, and a time of encouragement for Trice and me.
I loved seeing my Trice light up as he talked about his passions. And I cherish the time that he spent encouraging me in my dreams and passions. We had fun and made memories and were reminded yet again why God placed us together. Out of alllllll the people in the world, God placed Trice Head and Sarah Head together as husband and wife. We are thankful for this time together and look forward to it each year!
Trice and I are SUPER EXCITED about leaving for our Vision Retreat tomorrow! We are going to a campground not too far from our home and staying in a cute little cabin complete with a fireplace and Jacuzzi bathtub. Whatttt?! The pictures looked nice, and the price was unreal, so I think it’s going to be a fun weekend. We are so grateful for this little slice of time together to talk with God about our year.
So what in the world is a Vision Retreat?
Today is August 8, 2014. Five years ago today, on August 8, 2009, I said "I do" to the most ravishing man on Planet Earth. I cannot believe it has been five years. That's 60 months. That's over 1800 days. That's half a decade!! Yet it all seems like yesterday that we were standing at the altar, reciting our marriage vows, and giggling and giving high fives... because we are cheesy like that :) We have had our challenges for sure, but we are SO in love with each other and so grateful that God handpicked us for one another. Life is just SO much fuller with my Trice!! Happy happy anniversary love!!
I always viewed the Proverbs 31 woman as a recipe for failure, so I basically wrote her off as being "an impossible goal" to attain. But through this study, the Lord really showed me that He is not asking me to be perfect. He has instead placed a guide before me and a goal to work toward, and that this is something that is to be worked toward through the duration of a lifetime. Too many times as women we write off the Proverbs 31 woman, but knowing that ALL Scripture is God-breathed, I believe this is something that God really wants us to look at! And like I said before, perfection is not the goal! The goal is to become more and more like Christ little by little, day by day.
So God has done something very cool in my heart the last couple of weeks! To be real, for the longest time I viewed my family as a hindrance to the calling that God put on my life. I wanted to be on the front lines of fighting human trafficking and traveling around the world with Trice as missionaries for Jesus. With “Achiever” as my #1 strength, my bucket list and to-do list were ever growing. After having Emerson, I tried to set aside my dreams for a little while, and I thought I was doing a good job… and then I had Etta Jayne! Having a new baby again comes along with no me-time whatsoever; and having two kids means less energy and time that I have to pursue my dreams and visions. The last few months, I lay in bed at night so frustrated because I kept waiting for my BIG moment, and it seemed that my family just kept. getting. in. my. way! I know it sounds awful, but hey, I’m just being real!
Trice and I have had a fantastic 4 years of marriage together. I love him more today than yesterday, and I will continue to love him until the day I die. For real. He is the apple of my eye, the butter on my bread, the cream in my coffee, the white on my rice... you get the gist! In our 4 years of marriage, as most of you know, we have been through a LOT. Moves, kids, new jobs... lots and lots of life changes. And along with these life changes, sometimes mistakes are made. I make mistakes and so does he.
Trice and I have something super special. I am more in love with him today than I was yesterday, but I’m not going to say it has all been smooth sailing. In the beginning, people would say, “Y’all are so in love with each other — it’s just because it’s the newlywed phase.” Almost as if it would be inevitable that within a matter of time and life experience we would grow to despise one another. SO encouraging, right? And then some time went by. I studied my butt off in my last year of college. And then I got pregnant unexpectedly (which by the way, can you say BEST surprise EVER?). And then we bought a house. And then we moved again. And again! And now almost four years later, I don’t think anyone can say that we are so in love with each other “just because we are newlyweds.” We have gone through a LOT in our marriage thus far, and we are still in love.
I thought for sure he was going to leave. How in the world could a good man like Trice stay with a woman like me who was so unsure of herself, so broken, so imperfect? A woman who had trained her mind to listen to the lies of the enemy? A woman who was an emotional trainwreck, who had no hope for the future and who was overwhelmed by the adjustment of having 3 kids? A woman who claimed to be a Christian but was stuck in so much bondage?