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12 years.

12.freakin.years.people!

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Our 2nd picture ever, first picture as a couple

Last Friday Charlie and I reached 12 years of being together. I can’t believe how quickly time has flown by. We shared so many memories together, made so many wonderful friends, even shed many tears together.

My friends always ask me about our relationship and how we make it work, especially considering we’re around each other A LOT. Quite honestly, I don’t really have the specific formula. All I know is he shows me a tremendous amount of grace and I try my best to do the same.

When we got together, the timing wasn’t necessarily right. The stars didn’t align or anything. That story will be for another day. Relationships take a lot of hard work and ours was no different. Let me explain. We didn’t have any “growing up to do” because we grew and matured individually while our relationship grew and matured. We didn’t “need our space” because we respected each others’ boundaries and found the balance of being around each other and being ourselves. We didn’t “drive each other crazy” because we communicated when we had issues, even when it was hard to talk to each other or see the other person’s point of view. We didn’t “wish the other would do this and that” because we didn’t put expectations on each other. We were just in love and we wanted to be the best version of ourselves for the other.

Charlie,

I didn’t think it was possible that I could love you more every day after 12 years, but here we are. When I look at you I see this wonderful man, my husband, and I am so enamored by you. 4 dance teams, a home, a wedding, multiple businesses, and countless dreams later here we are. You are my rock, my heart, my motivation, and my everything. I thank God for such an amazing friend and such an amazing love. Thank you for all that you do for me, I hope you know it never goes unnoticed. I strive every day to make you happy and to be the absolute best wife I can be.

With everything I am,

Kissa <3

 

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Homemade Acai Bowl Recipe

Good morning! Our local farmers market started a couple weeks ago so I’ve been stocking up on my local fruits and vegetables lately and love it. If you’re able go support your local farmer! The produce is usually organic, the cost is competitive, and your produce will last twice or 3 times as long as what you would buy in store.

My favorite fruit, strawberries, are in season here in California so I’ve been buying a basket every week. 😊 I’ve been trying different ways to prepare them – smoothies, au natural, and in acai bowls!

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Here’s our easy and quick recipe for our acai bowls. I’ve noticed that most grocery stores now carry frozen acai. This makes making acai bowls at home so easy! I personally buy the Sambazon brand. I got mine from Sprouts. I like it because its unsweetened so I can control the sweetness. I use agave or honey to sweeten it, but I personally like agave because the honey solidifies when you put it into the cold acai.

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1 pack of frozen acai (100 g pack)

4 oz juice or your choice of nut milk

1 cup fruit (I personally like strawberries, blueberries, and banana)

2 oz. granola

1 tbs agave or honey (1/2 for the acai and 1/2 for for the topping)

  1. Chop your fruit and put aside.
  2. Blend frozen acai and juice/milk and 1/2 tbs of agave.
  3. Place into a bowl, top with chopped fruit and granola.
  4. Drizzle remaining agave on top

Total prep time is 15 mins. Longest part is is chopping your fruit. Enjoy!

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Would you Die for Someone you Don’t Even Know?

Even the people that do you wrong? To be honest, I don’t think I would have the courage to die for a stranger or even for the good of mankind. But today, we remember that someone did. Can you imagine dying for someone that talked crap about you behind your back? Someone that isn’t even born yet? Even more, can you imaging dying for an alcoholic, a drug addict, a robber, a murderer? Can you? I can’t. But Jesus did.

He died for people that He would never meet on this Earth.
He died for people that did you wrong.
He died for the forgiveness of the sins hat we committed.
He died for all the sins that we will commit.
He died for us.

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Every Good Friday for the past 3 years I can’t help but stop and think about what happened today over 2000 years ago. I used to take today for granted. I can’t help but think about how things could have been different if Jesus just defended Himself or found a way around dying. But that wasn’t God’s plan for His Son. Can we pause to think about that too for a moment?!

Today, Christ died for us so that he could rise again in 3 days. On Easter, we celebrate the reason why we all believe in Jesus Christ. In my opinion, it’s the most important day in a Christian’s life. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It’s only Friday. Today let’s remember the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus had to pay so that we can believe what we believe.

xoxo,

Kissa

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