Hardest Moments {Link Up}

  It is Link Up day! I am excited to share, along with these other sweet ladies, the hardest moments of the first year of marriage.

 

If you are engaged, or married, we invite you to write on the topics with us and link up your posts. It doesn't matter if you are engaged and planning your big day, are a newlywed, or if you have been married 25 years... All the marital advice contributed, all the better for everyone involved!   

 

Ashley @ It Is What You Make It // Kalyn @ Love.Laughter.HappilyEverAfter // Mallory @ From California to Kansas // Karla @ Forever Newly Wedded // Maggie @ A Weaving of Grace

Samantha @ Designer in Teal // Veronica @ Passion.Pink.Pearls // Kaitlyn @ Wifessionals // Emily @ Newlywed Moments // Callie @ My Something New With You

 
 
We look forward to reading about your engaged, newlywed, and marriage journeys! If you have any questions feel free to email Kalyn here. 
 

 

Today's Topic

Hardest Moments From The First Year

 

  With every great thing, also comes obstacles. Marriage is great. I have spent the last year of my life with my best friend. Truly, JAT is a prime example of God's grace in my life. I, by no means, deserve to be blessed with the man God gave me. But he saw fit and I am forever grateful.   

I would be lying if I said the first year of marriage was all roses and smiles. It was not, but it is not as bad as the world makes it out to be. Everyone says that the first year is the hardest, I am not sure if I agree. Yes, we had hard moments but we also had moments full of happiness, and those definitely out weigh the bad. JAT and I are very blessed to do life together. We moved into the marriage transition smoothly. Our "hard moments" are probably not even considered "hard moments" to some.      

Top 5 Hardest Moments

 

 1... DISHWASHER. Currently, we are renting a house and we don't have a dishwasher. This my friend may top all other hard moments from our first year.We now both hate washing dishes. IT IS DREADFUL. We have quickly learned that paper products are our friend and it's ok not to use your dishes every day.
  2... Another hard moment from the first year was simply mixing two separate lives together. We both grew up watching our families do different things. Then, when the time came for us to do those things together, we each did them differently. Even down to the little things like folding towels and washing dishes.
 

3... A moment, that I would call challenging, in our first year of marriage was/is communication (this is more my fault). JAT will tell ya that I have a hard time expressing what I am feeling. On a normal day, I will not "let you know" what's up with me. It drives him crazy. I have learned that I HAVE to communicate. If something is bothering/worrying me I need to let him know.

 

4... Something that I also struggled with during our first year is being content. I blogged about it a little here. I am a planner by nature. I like to know what is coming next and I look forward to those things. God has truly taught me to be content with where we are and what we are doing. 

 

5...  Ok..call us 5 years old if you want  (we act like it sometimes), but one thing that was surprisingly hard was thinking in terms of two. I know, it seems easy but when you go from I to WE it can, sometimes, be down right hard. JAT and I can no longer think about self or what is best for just me. We both have to make decisions on what would be best for our FAMILY.

When thinking back on the hard moments in our first year I find myself counting my many, many blessings.

I am already finding that the second year is sweeter!

 

Funny Moments! {Link Up}

It's Wedding Wednesday!!

 

 

 I am joined by nine, other newlyweds, who are sharing their thoughts on their first year of marriage!

 

 



Today's Topic: Funny Moments from the First Year.

 

 

We would love for you to link-up and join us each Wednesday as we recap our first year of marriage!

Ashley @ It Is What You Make It // Kalyn @ Love.Laughter.HappilyEverAfter  // Mallory @ From California to Kansas // Karla @ Forever Newly Wedded // Maggie @ A Weaving of Grace  // Samantha @ Designer in Teal // Veronica @ Passion.Pink.Pearls // Kaitlyn @ Wifessionals // Emily @ Newlywed Moments // Callie @ My Something New With You

Funny Moments...

 

 

Let me just start with this.

 

 

This would be my husband, at work.

 

Honestly, when I first saw this topic I immediately thought, what in the world am I going to write about? I'm not funny, now JAT is hilarious, as you can see from the picture. You never know what he is going to do or say that cracks you up.


You may think it's sad but it's perfectly ok with me, that I  can't look back on our first year of marriage and say, "Oh yeah, that was the funniest thing that happened" or "Funniest moment of my life happened when the husband did _______."

Nope.

Sorry, we have no stand out hilarious, funny happenings BUT we do laugh EVERY SINGLE DAY. If you know JAT, at all, then you know what I am talking about. The man is funny. He can say the most ridiculous thing and have everyone around him laughing. He is continually making me smile and laughing so hard it hurts. I cherish his silliness.

When is comes to the topic of funny, JAT and I are complete opposite. He would say that I am too serious, sometimes. I can say some things that make people laugh but it is rare and on a good day! JAT, on the other hand, can't go a second without laughing at something or someone.


JAT's family is also hilarious. Whenever we spend time with his parents we are sure to come away full of funny moments and laughing! My in-laws are precious.

 

If I had to sum up our first year of marriage in the "funny" category I wouldn't, at all, call our life funny. It is a sitcom. Together, we make people laugh like a good sitcom and I would not have it any other way.

 

 

I am forever thankful that God placed a funny man, in this sometimes too serious life of mine. 

 

 

Go laugh :)