May 30, 2021 - Sunday (237/365)


Day 237 of my 365 Photo Journal

We went to the Atalaya castle place this morning and (thank God) it was cloudy and cool. When we got to the state park it was nearly empty, but was definitely filling up by the time we left. After that, we went and picked up some souvenirs for WAY too much money and later on, we went to dinner at Bubba's Fish Shack. It was the first time we ventured out to a restaurant all together and it was a success! The food was good and the kids were great! 

We took that restaurant risk to celebrate 11 YEARS MARRIED to each other! Our anniversary is today and it's so nice to have a reason to look back on our marriage. Ben is one of the very best things that has ever come into my life. He is wonderful and I am so thankful to be his wife. 14 years ago, I doubted I'd ever get married and was nearly certain that I wouldn't ever be with a decent guy. Ben proved me wrong on both counts and I thank God for him and my current life every day. 

We've started to think about what it's going to look like taking that super long drive home on Tuesday, but we're trying not to think about it too much. 

I'm feeling very artsy with these two pictures. :) The top one, you can see Ruby off to the side crying her little eyes out for who knows wtf reason. She's been breaking down quite a bit lately. It's pretty frustrating. I think it's just because we're doing something different and she's not getting much sleep here, but she could just be reverting back to her old Ruby self. I really hope not. 


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