Our 13th Anniversary (Aug. 20th)

Serena getting a ride on Mr. Wragge's motorcycle - what fun!

Our beloved visitors the Wragge's,from Toronto - and now our "adopted" parents/grandparents.

Painted by Beau - for our anniversary - it is of our visit to the Split Rock Lighthouse at the North Shore, MN.

I think I can remember most of our anniversaries and what we did to celebrate. It means a lot to a wife, I think, to remember and recognize "what you are doing with this man anyway"! Hopefully building a marriage! (and a family - in our case). We've never gone anywhere extravagant (yet!), or spent a lot on gifts (yet! ;) but I've got memories that I will treasure. Some simple times, like a romantic, heart-shaped, home cooked dinners with wine, or going up to Winnipeg on a beautiful afternoon, and sharing a dinner there, eating outside at a fancy restaurant, and opening a white gold necklace with a small diamond from my hus... or a couple times, we were camping - crawling into a tent being careful not to wake the kids also sleeping in there - once in Medora, and another time in Colorado Springs... another anniversary we went to a lake home of some friends of ours and used their hot tub, and shared their endless water toys...

This year, we had nothing planned - (though I have dreams in my head of a future trip to a beach somewhere with just my man) - but our anniversary was pretty special anyway. We had company - friends from Toronto, who came to visit and ended up staying longer than planned because of problems with their motorhome. We've enjoyed them so much. We didn't have a promising day, weather wise, but we were determined to try and go golfing with our friends anyway. So we loaded up, and chased the blue spot in the clouds to the most promising golf course. We got one hole done and it started to rain - and when it didn't clear up, we gave up and looked for something else to do. (which you really don't have much to choose from here in the boonies.) We stopped at a cafe in a nearby town, and I "resigned" myself to eat at the not-so-fancy restaurant. We ended up having a really good time - it helped that our big city visitor genuinely loves stopping at "mom and pop" places like that! The food was actually good too, and paid for by our guests. Thanks!

And "thanks" too - to my husband for the beautiful bouquet pictured above - he had the florist rearrange a special bouquet using flowers of his choice out of different (already done) arrangements - she didn't think the colors went together - but he did - so there I have it! Something uniquely from Stu!

Another very special gift was a painting (also above) that was made especially for us by our brother-in-law , Beau. It is from a picture of us at the Split Rock Lighthouse at the North Shore in MN, last year. Talk about a cool gift!!! One we will treasure for always!

So - another anniversary to remember- we are definitely blessed ~ cheers to many more!!!