Living With Simplicity

I'm thinking about how we came up with the title to our blog and laughing...it is so us.   I originally had our blog titled as "The Queck's:  Living With Passion and Love",  I know that sounds incredibly too romantic but that wasn't the heart of it, I promise!  Ryan took one glance at the title that I had spent at least fifteen minutes mustering up and says, "Can we just call it The Queck Life?"  That is so him- Simple.  I instantly liked his idea better than mine.  Short and sweet is better, I agree :)  I am always one to look farther into things than needed, my sweet husband has taught me the beauty of simplicity, in the material world and in our demeanor.  This is a virtue that I'm beginning to adopt....and a way that the Lord has been calling me to live for a long time.  I'm thankful that he hand picked the perfect man on earth to teach me how to do so; grateful.

So Ryan and I are going on our fourteenth month of marriage....bliss!  I have been taking note of things that are more fun now that we are married. The simple things become sweet memories when sharing them with the one you have committed yourself to.  Here are a handful of these simple treasures:

1.  Enjoying hot tea and ginger snaps together in the evening.

2.  Date nights, even if it is just to a local coffee shop.

3.  Hiking around any park we can find.

4. Searching for authentic restaurants.

5.  Listening to music together.

6. Grocery shopping....I enjoy this more than Ryan.

7. Walking our puppy, Bella.

This list goes on but I'll stop at seven.  Tonight we enjoyed some hot tortilla soup (a fun recipe for this dreary weather)  and cuddled on the couch...that could have made the list also ;) I'm looking forward to filling this blog up with memories, thoughts, pictures, recipes, and other things that our sweet Lord is showing me! Thanks for following me on here my  friends!  I promise to post more detailed blogs from now on...and lots of pictures to illustrate! This is going to be fun for me, I'm excited!

Here is the recipe for the tortilla soup I made tonight..and last week.  It's a favorite!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-tortilla-soup-i/