When Nikia and I married, it was spontaneous in the middle of the night in Anchorage, Alaska at the home of a Baptist preacher in athletic apparel and two of our kids were sick with the flu doped up on Benadryl. There was a serious sermon on the sanctity of marriage, dancing monkeys and a reception following immediately afterward in the drive thru of Taco Bell. We have never had an official honeymoon and have only taken one trip together without the kids since then. We have been tried and tested and had many happy moments and look forward to being continuously blessed in our many blissful years together. Divorce is seriously not an option and we have made a commitment to each other to see this marriage through to the end and if we don't want to stay married, we have promised to go out like they did on the movie, "The War of the Roses." We finished off our celebration by playing Rock Band with the kids. It was the BEST anniversary we have had so far.
We spent the majority of our anniversary day trying to gather up stuff for a family in our ward whose home burnt to the ground early Sunday morning. They made it out safely but lost about 99% of their worldly possessions. When the family made it out of the home and sat in the only car they could save, the person they thought to call at 4:00am was our Bishop. He sat there with the family and watched the home burn down. I am sure they know how much love they are surrounded by and are aware of the MANY people who love them to do all they can to help this family get through this very difficult period in their life.
I am thankful to my husband for so many things and on our anniversary, I was grateful that he chooses to spend our special day in service.
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That is really bittersweet. I am so sorry for that family....Happy Anniversary to you and you are special people for thinking of others in need!
Ok I don't know what to say.
I want to focus on your anniversary first. Happy Anniversary! What a great memory of your wedding you have & I love that you guys decided that if it ended that you were going the way of the "War of the Roses" which by the way is one of most twisted movies. But I LOVE it!! LOL
Then I want to focus on your service for a fellow ward member...
I can't imagine what they are going through. To watch all of their posessions, especially their family pictures, their special little knock knacks that have precious memories tied to them & their clothing burn had to be so incredibly painful & terrifying at the same time. They are so lucky to have a ward family that loves them so much!
I am so glad you are there to help them. If anyone can help them get back on their feet it will be you & your amazing family!
Happy anniversary!! I'm glad it was such a great one for you even with all the work you guys did. So sorry to hear about your neighbors. I can't imagine what I'd do if that happened to me. I'm glad they're surrounded by awesome people like you guys.
Happy Anniversary! Ahh, you're so inspirational :)
there are these cute little blog awards going around, you're supposed to give it to 12 people, but I changed it a bit and I'm just giving them to my top 5 :) I've linked people to your blog and added a little description about you.
Happy Anniversary! I hope you have many more years together and that you do all of your swinging from chandeliers while celebrating wedded bliss, not crashing down and refusing to hold hands.
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CONGRATULATIONS!
I love your wedding story
what fun
I have not watched War Of The Roses
how does it end?
Dont make me go out and watch it
I cant sit down long enough usually through a movie at home, its hard for me.
That was a very sweet post. Happy Anniversary. But girl, my advice is to spend time away from the kids on your anniversary. :-)
Thanks for your very kind and encouraging comments. I always appreciate them.
What a sweet post. Congrats on making it this far and best of luck on all the future years. So sorry to hear about the family in your ward, so sad.
Happy Anniversary... Congrats!
Happy Anniversary!
I really have missed so many of your posts because your feed isn't coming through. I'll catch up in the next few days.
Try redirecting your feed through feedburner to see if that will help. It can't hurt to try since nothing is coming through right now.
Aloha My sweet friend, my anniversary is 2/3 we have been married 21 years, we did not celebrate this year, things are a bit stressful right now, but all is well and I am glad you had a nice evening together.
I am so sorry for the family in your ward, I know what it is to have loss and it really is about the things you can take with you...like family, I am glad no one was hurt....with time they can replace most things.
but it is still sad and difficult.I'm sure you have a loving Ward that will see them through:)
Hi May...Happy Anniversary to you and the Hubs..Im glad you had a great time with the family...Its nice that he cooked for you...you are lucky...my hubs can only make breakfast food..Oh well..thats fine..!! My thoughts go to the family who lost their home...you are very loving and giving....!! Have a great day..!
Hi May! Happy Anniversary! It sounds like a perfect day with the exception of a house burning but your service to them is perfect!
May--I did a post last week about No-reply bloggers and word verification. here's a link. read through it and please go into your dashboard and fix it--will make replying to you so much easier!!!
http://abbyandizzysmom.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-housekeeping-or-why-noreplycom.html
How fun!! Happy Anniversary!! the best ones are spent with the ones u love the most!!! bless that poor families heart hope they are able to get back on their feet soon!!!
That poor family. It's good that they have people like you guys (and your Bishop) to help them through this terrible time.
I hope you two have many more years together!
You are one of my favorite bloggers in all of blogland. I wish silly Blogger would update you to my reader. I keep forgetting about that.
I love the marriage ceremony. I think I'll ask for that on an important anniversary and renewing our vows.
Happy Anniversary. We celebrated our 41th on Feb 1th. I love your blog by the way.
Happy Anniversary!!! I love how you spent the day..I hope that family will be ok. I was sitting here thinking about everything I would lose if we had a fire. I suppose in the end as long as you all get out safely, everything else is just "stuff"..Im so glad they all made it out safe and have wonderful people looking out for them!
Happy Anniversary! What a great way to spend the day. I had to laugh when I read that you went through the Taco Bell drive-thru after your wedding - on the 4 hour drive from Tucson to our honeymoon in northern Arizona, my husband and I stopped at Taco Bell in a small town called Globe. We were so busy chatting during our reception that we didn't really eat, and were starving!
Boy, I have been so out of touch. I totally missed your anniversary. Sounds like the two of you celebrated in a very meaningful way. And your dinner sounded yummy.
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