Happy Anniversary, lauriegibson!
1. Taking Sara around the lake at the Parmeley’s. You had on the blue striped swimsuit.
2. Coming down to breakfast at Embassy Suites the morning after our wedding.
3. Hiking the Palo Duro canyon in west Texas.
4. The apartment in Bloomington. Cheese and apple slices.
5. The tomato in the window in the townhouse in Bloomington.
6. Our first house in Decatur. You handling the movers by yourself, with me going to work in the morning from the townhouse in Bloomington and going home from work that day to the house in Decatur.
7. Our many trips to Shriner's Hospital in St. Louis with Justin.
8. Our family trip with your parents to North Carolina. Crab cakes, hush puppies, and Ronnie's underwear hanging out the car window.
9. Courtney, Rachel and Emily running around in the field and falling down.
10. My birthday gift of the Remington 870. Every guy likes to shoot stuff.
11. Your endless labor with Meagan. She had stubbornness even then.
12. Summer vacations at the lake house.
13. Being in the New Young Messiah together. Singing backup to Clay Crosse, within spittin' distance.
14. Our trip to Mackinac Island. You not knowing where we were going!
15. Putting in our pool in Peotone and finishing the basement.
16. The family trip to the cheerleading thing in Minneapolis.
17. Going to the Paul McCartney concert with me.
18. The trip to Las Vegas for the New Church convention.
19. Watching Kelsey do handsprings at the Peotone High School basketball games.
20. Endless painting in the house in Surprise.
21. Our anniversary dinner at Maggianos in Scottsdale.
22. You giving me my Martin guitar for my birthday gift.
23. Our trip to Seattle and eating at that seafood place that was out over the water.
24. The trips to Rock Harbor and Catalyst.
25. Going to Huntington Beach and Sea World with the kiddos.
26. Cindy’s wedding, playing golf with Ronnie with crappy rented clubs.
27. Standing on the Golden Gate Bridge, looking out over the bay.
And one cold, snowy winter night when you said yes.
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