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Picture 7 The obvious: Mark and I are out to dinner with a group of our family and friends. Pictured from left to right: Ty, Najla, Terri, Julie, Brian, Mark, Me, Arletta, and Kevin. What you can’t see: We are at La Tasca Tapas in Arlington Heights, IL. It is…

Picture 6 The obvious: My oldest younger sister (Cassie) and I are visiting a pumpkin patch in Door County, Wisconsin. What you can’t see: It is Columbus Day weekend in 2006, about 7 months before Mark and I got married. This was the second year I went to Door County…

Picture 5 The obvious: This is me at 14 years old getting a piggy back ride from my much smaller younger sister, Cassie. I am wearing a Mennonite bonnet. What you can’t see: We are standing in a gas station parking lot. The car to the left is red and…

Picture 4 The obvious: This is a (blurry) picture of Mark and I taken in my PU dorm room at Windsor Halls. What you can’t see: It was our sophomore year of college and on that day we had been dating for 5 months. Mark argued that while it was…

Picture 3 The obvious:  This is a picture of Mark and I at lunch on our first day in Rome. What you can’t see: The weather is a perfect 75 and sunny. We are only a couple blocks away from the Colosseum and a few blocks away from our hotel.…

Picture 2 The obvious: This is a picture of me and one of my childhood friends (Meichelle) in first grade dressed up as pilgrims. What you can’t see: We are in a loud, crowded cafeteria with the entire first grade. Some kids are dressed up as pilgrims and some are…

One of my favorite country songs right now is called “In Color” by Jamey Johnson. (I highly recommend downloading/buying it if you like country.)  In the song, Jamey sings, “A picture’s worth a thousand words, but you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered. You should’ve seen it…