K & S {two years}

You remember our FIRST year...

WE MADE IT THROUGH YEAR TWO!!

Not that I thought that we wouldn't!!! 

Marriage is by far one of the hardest things I have ever had to work at. If I didn't have the Lord, prayer, commitment and a little attitude...I would have never made it two years!!

We celebrated our marriage of two years on time this year! I was absolutely stoked that it wasn't 4 months down the road like it was last year when I had literally just had Morgan.

I got to choose the restaurant. I also got to choose where we went afterwards! It was nice. Very nice. 

We had a wonderful day filled with lots of small moments that made Kale and I realize that all of the fights, arguments, disagreements and bumping heads this whole time...WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT!

I hired a friend photographer to take pics of us this year! She did a wonderful job.

I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us in year 3!!

Oh...and...announcement:

We have decided against a full blown wedding! We are already married...we've already committed and we are so happy with the fact that we didn't have a wedding. What do we have planned? We are going to be having a "Destination Renewal of Vows" here in 3 years. We spoke to one side of the family over Christmas break about things and they were able to help us with this decision. We are so happy to "Get away" and renew the vows we said to each other two years ago! We will have a post coming between now and this summer with the

Who

What 

When

and

Where!!

In the meantime...save save. Kale and I will be paying our way and the actual day costs ourselves. We are really hoping that those who wish to join us will be able to do so! We are giving such a great notice because of the expense involved. We are planning an all inclusive so that the cost will definitely be affordable for everyone!

Love ~

Kale and Sharin

Turning One Birthday Shoot

Before we would celebrate Morgan's birthday... I wanted to get some birthday pics of our beautiful little girl! I knew that the actual day of her birthday would leave me without pictures that I shot myself. 

The first set of photos were taken at the park in peace and quiet. These ones were nice! Daddy helped hold my reflector and keep Morgan from running off. We had to team up against this fast little girl if we wanted to succeed.

And, I think we nailed it!

Then, while the grandparents and great grandparents were here, we took her out to our backyard to shoot a few more. We figured this time we would just let her go and shoot.  It was very funny to watch her interact with a chalk board!!

Happy ALMOST one year my little one!!!

~ Love The Shank Family

Thanksgiving {#3}

I am so far behind with our family blog it is a little unreal! This woman has been really busy getting A's in school. I am very proud to be a full-time wife, mother, chef, maid, laundry mat and all those wonderful things that come with parenting!

I know all of you totally understand because you are either there with me or have been there for many many years!

So, catching up, continues...

After the BIG Black Friday sales, Kale and I decided to go out and catch some sales ourselves. Just for fun. We took the kids and had a wonderful time going to the mall (almost spent on Christmas presents) but decided to go just to get out of the house. The kids love the mall. They get to enjoy a long walk, treats from the food courts and all the decor the mall has to offer!

We hit up Starbucks which is my all time favorite coffee shop! This also happens to be the one place Kale just can't stand! He absolutely despises that anyone could enjoy a $5 coffee! It's just coffee he always tells me! You can get the same stuff at home! I always give him this really ugly dirty face because I KNOW that's not true!!

An eventful night to say the least..

We hit up Starbucks and what would ya know...

the Starbucks hater..bough...a black coffee!!!

So we hung out at Starbucks for a while so Morgan could eat

Then we shot off to the Mall to stroll Morgan around and check out the great sales

Yes, this would be boys being boys...Kale pretending to "fart" on Tyler's head lol

Morgan finds herself in the mirror at Abercrombie...what a doll face

What a Great Thanksgiving! We wish we could have been with you guys but we couldn't. So we had some celebrations of our own :-)

Love ~

The Shank Family

Happy New Year!

Our Shank Family just wanted to stop by everyone's email to say:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We love you all so much! We have been so busy since the Holidays started...we know you have been too! We have lots and lots to catch you up on...

Thanksgiving #3

Morgan's First Birthday

Kale and Sharin's 2nd Anniversary

Christmas

Christmas #2

Tyler's 7th Birthday

A new year for our family {the small things we are putting in place} NOT resolutions!!

and MORE!!

We will be back to write posts and say hi!

We hope that you all got our cards and LOVE this Holiday season!!

We love you all. 

~ The Shank Family