How We Celebrated 48 Years!

It was a very hot August day in Atlanta in 1962 when we married.

It was a very hot August day in Idaho when we celebrated our 48th anniversary on August 25, 2010.

Many,many miles and alot of water has gone under the bridge.

Three children, seven beautiful grandchildren, six church parishes', one child's death, one house fire and many, many different homes.

Larry asked me if I would like to go to the Olive Garden for dinner and I really could not make up my mind.

When he came in the RV and said "Let's grill here at home, it seemed just right."

As is our custom now, about 5:30 p.m., we took a swim in our heated salt water pool here at the RV park. We always end up in the hot tub.

The dinner menu consisted of roses from our daughter's garden, grilled salmon with sour cream and dill sauce, steamed broccoli with lemon butter, sauteed mushrooms/onions in olive oil and butter, marinated fresh tomatoes from a teacher friends garden. The homemade french bread was from the Nampa fresh produce market. We topped it off with wine from the Sawtooth winery here in the Treasure Valley. The Sawtooth mountains surround us here in America's Alps. They are beautiful.

AND, Larry had written on FB of our anniversary and great notes came from friends all over the U.S. Hugs came from the Chesapeake Bay! Our friends Donna and Manning managed to get a card to us on the "day of" toasting us with champagne glasses. A toast from Alpine, Texas.

We gave each other homemade cards.

It was a great celebration and well worth waiting for for 48 years.

God has richly blessed us for 48 years!