Seventeen years ago today we were married! We have some friends from out of town visiting us for the next couple of days, so our anniversary has not been a priority. We'll go out to dinner some other time, which is just fine by me. It just so happens that Becky (who is staying in their RV outside our house) was my maid of honor, so it is only fitting that she returns to Spokane to be here on July 6.
Today we did something that we did 17 years ago on the day *before* my wedding. We had a big barbecue/pool party in my parents' back yard. It was a perfect day, not too hot, but just right for swimming and sitting by the pool chatting. My parents were there. My sister-in-law, LaNae and kids were there (she went to high school with Becky). Later on my brother and family stopped by to swim. I felt like I was surrounded by people that I love. I watched Danny play with the kids in the pool and couldn't imagine any romantic dinner or get-away giving me more loving feelings than I had for him at that moment. I did NOT know seventeen years ago that he would be the amazing father that he is.
The funny thing is that there were no cards this year (we've been busy getting back from vacation, etc). We didn't even remember that it was our anniversary until about 10:00 this morning. Sure, I'm looking forward to going out to a nice dinner together soon, but today was perfect!
