Michael and I celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary yesterday. On May 16, 1974 we were married for time and all eternity in the Los Angeles LDS Temple in Santa Monica, CA.
As we were eating dinner last night Michael asked me to identify where we were living on our milestone anniversaries. Here's the list:
1st year 1975 Phoenix, Arizona
5th year 1979 Yakima, Washington
10th year 1984 Kennewick, Washington
15th year 1989 Vancouver, Washington
20th year 1994 West Linn, Oregon
25th year 1999 Issaquah, Washington
30th year 2004 Liberty Lake, Washington
35th year 2009 Liberty Lake, Washington
So, do you notice any commonalities? Yep, you're right, we have officially lived the longest in one place. We've been in Liberty Lake since July 2002. I might add that a few of our other moves figure in between those milestone dates (Spokane in 1985-86, Yakima again 1986-88, Sandy, Utah from late 1994 to January 1996, Danville, California from Summer 1999-Summer 2002).
As Michael and I enjoyed our steak dinners at Outback Steakhouse-very yummy I might add- we reminisced about our time together. We have been so blessed. Yes, we've had heartache and trials in our lives, but our blessings far outnumber and outweigh our challenges. Our song all those years ago was, "More today than yesterday," by the Spiral Staircase and I do love him more today than yesterday but not as much as tomorrow. Our sealer (the man who performed our marriage ceremony) told us, "You think you love each other now, but this is just the beginning and if you honor your marriage covenants your love will grow to be so much more than it is now." I didn't believe him at the time, but I do now.
For time and all eternity,
NS
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WOW !!!! That was really great.
I'm not sure how you write all those things on your blog. I guess I'll need another lesson.
It will be great seeing you again.
Good luck with the wedding and all the trimmings.
Your right, having family around it the greatest.
The Water Polo was exciting. It didn't turn out as good as we had hoped but it was fun seeing our grandson, Alvie from Reno. Seein our dear friend Ida Hoggan who is 90 was the highlight of our trip. We stayed with her, she went to a water polo match and is Relief Society President of her little branch that is half the size of Padre Lakes.
I'll let you know about the softball.
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