Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Ingredients For A Very Nice Day...

Combine and Simmer:

1 husband with a day off

1 intelligent and challenging movie by Ben Stein

1 box of Milkduds

1 buttered pretzel

1 trip to Stein Mart to replace Husband's butter-stained pants

1 tenderloin with poblano peppers and Mexican cheese at La Fonda on Main

1 near-13 year old, live-in babysitter

3 cul-de-sac neighbors on babysitting alert

2 boxes of mac 'n cheese for dinner--so nobody chokes

Remove from heat and let set for 30 minutes in front of wedding video from 20 short years ago. Slice and serve with a dollop of prayer voiced by progeny, "...and thank you, Lord, for their 20 years of being married."


And yes, the music playing from the sidebar accompanied our first dance. And has been our children's favorite lullaby too...

23 comments:

Julianne said...

Congratulations GB! 20 years...time sure does fly. May God continue to bless you and your family as you begin the next 20 years.

Big Mama said...

Congratulations on twenty years!

Miriam Pauline said...

Happy Anniversary!!

karly said...

Oh, Happy Anniversary, GB and Husband! :) 20 years, wow! What a blessing! I am so happy for you!! Much love and many more blessings for you in the years to come!

Anonymous said...

Stunning bride.

JulieMom said...

Congratulations!! Our anniversary is today. (15th- 9 years)

I hope we're as well adjusted to married life as you by twenty! :0)

Free In Christ said...

Congratulations. Sounds like a wonderful day.

Mama Mia said...

That does sound like a very nice day! Congratulations on 20 years! God Bless many more!

missy said...

Wow! Twenty years is awesome! Congratulations!

That date sounds wonderful and you had me giggling at the new pants. Too funny. And you look just the same but your husband looks SO different without the facial hair!!

You are TRULY blessed.

Kelli said...

Yeah for the Restoring family!!! How was the movie??

Anonymous said...

congratulations!

sounds like a wonderful day

Brenda said...

Gorgeous picture!!!! Congratulations on 2 DECADES together!

One suggestion about the recipe:
You can substitute "one trip to Steinmart to replace husband's butter-stained pants" with "one stack of napkins in lap." :)

HsKubes said...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Sounds like a lovely evening!
I love your wedding photo!


~ Christina
p.s. I didn't get a new camera. I think it was the lighting from outdoors. However, a few of the pics I played around with at Flickr. That may have contributed to the boost in color for some of them. ;o)
Enjoy your week!

jan said...

Congratulations! Doesn't it go fast?!
I'd like to know how the movie was too....

Elspeth said...

Happy Anniversary!

Barb said...

Oh my word, look at you two. Gorgeous! Congratulations on twenty years and the menu for this celebration sounds perfect.

Isn't it nice when the oldest is finally old enough to babysit? :-)

Martha said...

Congratulations!! Hope you had a wonderful night - sounds lovely. So neat to hear couples who are still together after 20 years - and still in love!!
Blessings,
~Martie

Pam--in America said...

Happy Anniversary!! What a beautiful couple!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations and Blessings!
We're creeping up on 32. . .
Not always easy, but keep the Lord at the top, respecting and loving and forgiving.
Love the picture.
Val

Anonymous said...

Well, happy anniversary.

Wow, getting married at age 20 is really unusual to me. But if it feels right than it feels right, I guess :)

Anonymous said...

Happy anniversary!!! We just celebrated our 10th yesterday! Although, I was so sick that we didn't have much of a celebration . . . just a normal day around home. I hope we can have time to celebrate when I'm (and all the kids) are feeling better.

Dawn said...

Happy anniversary! And many more to come. What a beautiful couple!

I love the pictures you shared the previous post, and your commentary. Priceless!

Melanie @ This Ain't New York said...

Late but Great Congrats to you! What a lovely picture of y'all!!