The struggles happening to everyone right now all over the world due to the Coronavirus Pandemic is so disheartening. It seems like the toll is being taken so harshly on people emotionally or financially. To try and ease the financial burden just a little bit, along with the stress your relationships might be feeling right now, I would love to give a few lucky couples a chance to win some gift card prizes!

The day before I came down with a nasty influenza I announced my video course: “How to Navigate Your Differences.” I also said that to celebrate I was going to do an awesome giveaway prize, and then… well the flu. Haha. And then it was my birthday so here we are now! I just want to say that I have been so excited about this video course, because it’s so applicable for ALL marriages, no matter what stage you are in, or how deep your problems are!

HAPPY FOUR YEARS! Four years ago today, I wrote my very first blog post on Freshly Married, called “The Iron,” about a lesson I learned with an iron (obviously), that taught me what it truly means to be a good wife, even though I had only been married for a few short weeks. Though we’ve been married for longer now and have had several more tough experiences than this one, this iron experience helped launch the message behind Freshly Married, which you can read more about here.

*This post contains affiliate links. I think one of the biggest hangups a couple can have when it comes to their sex life is not understanding their own sexuality first. It makes me sad that so many married people don’t even understand this huge part of their life and who they are. Which is like, the basis of a satisfying sex life for both husband and wife! Why it’s important SOOOO I want to talk just a little bit about this.

I’ve been wanting to do some exciting things for the #monthoflove, which means GIVEAWAYS! And I wanna do something BIG! I want to give 5 lucky winners a WIFE LIFE t-shirt! Yes, that means I’m giving away 5 t-shirts total, which is over $100 in prizes! If you haven’t seen these t-shirts, they look like this: Want to show you’re a proud wifey?! Or do you want to be thoughtful and try winning it for your wife?

***GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED, WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF THE POST*** Since summer is officially over, I wanted to cheer us up with a giveaway! I am giving away TWO of my “Wife Life is The Best Life” t-shirts! Woot woot! We know ya’ll want to rock this shirt right now. ESPECIALLY all those newlyweds who just got married this summer ;) You get to choose between these two shirt styles here.

***GIVEAWAY CLOSED*** Many of our summer nights lately have consisted of take-out dinner. Somehow it’s mostly Mexican food, too, which means Cafe Rio :) We like going to the restaurant itself occasionally but sometimes we are just too pooped from the day, and just want to eat it at home while we watch Monk :) Know what I’m saying?! There’s been a big question apparently of what the masses prefer: their new Spicy Green Chile Pork, or their classic Sweet Pork.

***Giveaway closed.*** Winner listed at the bottom of the post *This post contains affiliate links. This week my focus is on the importance of recording the memories in marriage! I talk about how important it is to journal the little details here, with 10 ideas for how you can do that! I also wrote here about how important it is to update your family photos often AND make sure to hang them up in your house!

I had a good luck charm apparently for this St. Patricks Day because I “won” some amazing seats to the Jazz game that night! I say “won” because an old friend couldn’t use them so they did a little drawing for people interested and I got them :) What’s better than a fun date night to an NBA game? A FREE ONE, haha. It was double-y awesome because Trevor and I had never been to a game together yet.

For this giveaway, I asked you to tell us how you keep your marriage fresh, along with reposting a freshly married quote from our insta. I truly loved reading the responses from those who participated! A response that was similar among multiple entries was that they try to keep each other a priority among new situations like having babies. Other responses were back to the simple basics: making dinner together, having weekly date nights, dancing in the kitchen, and other quality time activities :) I just really liked hearing these responses because not only do they inspire my own marriage, but those who saw your posts were also inspired!

Do you guys know Stuart Edge? My husband and I just recently found his uplifting videos on youtube and every time I watch them I think, “How cool is it that he can just give away money in really neat ways and make people happy?! I wish I could do that!” Well I’m definitely not made of money but I genuinely love doing nice things for people, especially if it truly does help them in some way.

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway. We loved hearing everyone’s comments about how they try to make every day feel like Valentine’s Day for their spouse! We have definitely taken notes from them. I hope everyone else goes back and reads each other’s comments to learn from them as well, because we all could use some advice, right? The prize up for grabs is a $25 Cinemark movie theater gift card good towards a date night for Valentine’s Day, or whenever you are feeling like taking out your sweetheart!

Every Day is Valentine’s Day Somehow I really enjoy this holiday. I used to give little cheesy valentines to my friends and family, but I have since upgraded to legit 5x7 Cards that are decked out with cutesy embellishments and hand-written words of love. I also love seeing baked goods decorated in pinks and reds, with jimmy sprinkles all over! And furthermore, I love decorating baked goods myself– heart shapes and everything!

Well folks, we have drawn a name out of the hat, with a winner to announce for our Boast and Brag Giveaway! Thank you so much for everyone who entered with your wonderful comments! We love hearing all of the great things that your spouses are doing to strengthen your marriage. It not only strengthens our marriage in in reading them, but I’m sure it does the same for the readers, as well.