Tonight marks the two year anniversary of the night Dave and I sat on this bench on the porch of the Cowsert Cottage at Ridgecrest playing Phase 10 and talking until 7:00am the next morning. It is the night our relationship began. Looking back, I had no clue of the blessings that were to come, and still continue to come, as I live my life alongside Dave.


Our first picture as a couple taken on the couch in the living room of the Cowsert Cottage.


Every year we go to Ridgecrest for family vacation. Pictured here is the whole gang (minus Ellie, my parents’ dog) at the lake near the cottage.


Another group shot taken at the Prayer Garden in the Ridgecrest Conference Center.


We made it to the top of Royal Gorge - even Jonah who was at the time only 5-months-old!


The aftermaths of staying up all night!



Dave and I leave next Thursday after he gets off work to go to Ridgecrest! We have not been to the cottage since our honeymoon last year. We are going up early to have some time there just the two of us before the family starts arriving on Sunday.

I cannot wait to make more memories at Ridgecrest this summer!

- Elaine