Anniversary

Eleven years ago Trey and I got married.

It was a super stormy day in West Bloomfield, Michigan...I stayed in a hotel the night before with some girl friends and woke up to no electricity and in a state of panic. Trey had his boys-only party the night before and came to pick me up with one of his good friends. We made our way, rather nervously, to Mike and Rebecca's house where we were to have the ceremony...outside...after a big storm.
My parents brought the cake with them as one of their friends made it for us...they had to drive 2 hours to get to the ceremony and were stuck in some fierce traffic...needless to say, the cake didn't look so good when we unloaded it from the truck of the car...I did, however, hear that it tasted just fine.
We did things a little different and had the reception before the wedding. All our close friends and family members joined us at a great restaurant where I believe they all ate rather good food...I have no memories of the food as I was preoccupied with getting married (and hiding the fact that we were 3 months pregnant). The only folks who knew about our early surprise were the pastor and his wife, who also happened to be my Aunt and Uncle.
It's amazing how you can be so ready for that day and yet have no idea what you're really, actually getting yourselves into. We started this marriage in Ann Arbor, Michigan then, after August was 12 months old, we packed up our meager belongings and our little boy and moved across country to Seattle, Washington. We found a great apartment on the ground floor of a cool brick building and began our life in the NW. That apartment served us well for 7 years, we sent August to kindergarten and brought Hazel home to that building. We could walk to the zoo, several coffee shops and our friends house from that building but it was time to move again, so we found a house in a wonderful neighborhood and can now walk the kids to school everyday.
Trey and I have so much to be thankful for...two great children, a nice house, these stinking dogs and we still love each other!
We can't forget friends and family, like you dear Reader...we are so thankful for you.

And if you were one of the very few folks who can count yourselves among our limited witnesses to our ceremony...we love you and are so lucky to have you in our lives.
Thanks for being a part of our 11 year journey together...let's have a big party when we make it to our 15th anniversary, k?