from first to second

Well, today I walked down the aisle for the second time in four months. Tate and I joined our church, Second Baptist Houston! We had been planning on joining for a while, but the timing just hadn't been right. However, today was our day! When they started playing "My Heart, Your Home" during the invitation, which was the same song they played at our wedding during the unity candle, Tate looked at me and said, "Let's go." The song was a really neat parallel, and made it feel extra special.  (Erin- at the front of the church Tate looked at me and said, "Erin and Drew sounded better", so shout out to our wedding singing peeps) It is really exciting to officially be part of OUR church as "the Barretts," even though I accidentally introduced myself to the church staff as "Danielle Nich- uh- Barrett." Old habits die hard.   

Second Baptist is really special to us for a few reasons. We love the people. Since October, we have had a great opportunity to spend time other couples in our Thursday night Bible study. Outside of church we have hung out with our group at dinner, birthday parties, while two-stepping and soon to come: the rodeo. It has been such a blessing to get to know other couples that are in the same phase of life that we are. We've been consistently going to the church for four months, but we first visited long before that... 

Actually, our first time to Second was a year before we were even dating. We were in Houston to speak to potential Baylor students for a StuFu rally. Since Tate and I were both SR co-chairs, we didn't get to take many trips together, but this one was an exception. We made sure to schedule one rally together before the year ended. We packed up the van, drove to Houston in our green and white striped jerseys, told students why we loved Baylor and answered a ton of questions. Who knew two years later we would be walking down the aisle, holding hands as a family.