{"id":1624,"date":"2012-05-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/18\/ten-things-in-our-first-year-the-neesby-lookbook"},"modified":"2012-05-18T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T13:00:00","slug":"ten-things-in-our-first-year-the-neesby-lookbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"ten things in our first year {the neesby lookbook}"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">So in honor of me and the hubs ONE YEAR anniversary, I&#8217;d love to kick off our little feature with Nicole from the lovely, sophisticated, heart-felt, faith-filled {<a href=\"http:\/\/theneesbylookbook.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Neesby Lookbook<\/a>}! They&#8217;re beautiful people, obviously {see below}, but I so love how Nicole shares her life and heart. She is SO easy to relate to and you instantly feel like you&#8217;re reading your best friend&#8217;s blog. So, if you haven&#8217;t already, check her out {do it right now!}! And then come back and get all inspired by her wonderful top ten.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ec69e-img_8000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ec69e-img_8000.jpg?w=200\" width=\"435\" height=\"645\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">It was a gorgeous summer day with a dark cloud threatening to rain down on our extensive outdoor reception. The white table cloths were spread over the tables for 300 guests. The sparkly chandeliers were hanging from the trees. The 500 yellow frosted sugar cookies were waiting to be eaten. And somehow in His grace, God held back the clouds and gave us the most glorious wedding party ever.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">As we drove away in an ancient VW bug, after the shower of sparklers, I had no idea what an incredible impact this day would have on my life. \u00a0Our first year of marriage was full of adventures as we bought a 120 year old house, took road trips across the US, and most importantly began the life long lesson of loving and serving each other&#8230;So here&#8217;s my list of 10 reasons why we are still married!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"text-align:-webkit-auto;\">1. Keep Jesus the center of your relationship.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align:-webkit-auto;\">No matter how cliche it sounds, it truly makes a world of difference.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">2. Always fight naked. The end.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">3. Choose to greet your Husband with a kiss\u00a0and encouraging words after the work day as it sets a great tone for the rest of the night.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">4. Make a habit of praying through hard times,\u00a0tough decisions and big changes. It will bind your hearts together in a deeper way than anything else. It also helps refocus your attention in the right place.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">5. Even when you want to walk away in anger, remember it will never make your marriage stronger. \u00a0Sometimes you need to take a breather and come back to the conversation again. But walking away in frustration will only fester the wounds and make complete restoration harder.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">6. Dishes and laundry are not the most important thing in life.\u00a0Sometimes just cuddling in bed, hanging out or watching your favorite show can do wonders for connecting after a hard day.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">7. Always always fight for communication.\u00a0The lack thereof is often the source of many fights.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">8. Figure out your spouse&#8217;s love language\u00a0and learn to speak it well.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">9.\u00a0Disagreements can makes you stronger. But only when love that is the driving force to resolve the conflict.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">10.\u00a0Dating is still important even after you stop calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend. Do you know that no matter where you are in your relationship, there is still a desire to be pursued?! Set up a date night. Then go date your spouse!\u00a0<span style=\"text-align:-webkit-auto;\">Happy loving, friends!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><i>Thank you for sharing, Nicole! Check out her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/theneesbylookbook.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So in honor of me and the hubs ONE YEAR anniversary, I&#8217;d love to kick off our little feature with Nicole from the lovely, sophisticated, heart-felt, faith-filled {the Neesby Lookbook}! They&#8217;re beautiful people, obviously {see below}, but I so love how Nicole shares her life and heart. She is SO easy to relate to and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}