22 Years

We just celebrated our 22nd anniversary over the weekend. Many thanks to Carrie for the anniversary game. We played at dinner at a favorite local Mexican restaurant. Then we wandered around Lowe's, creating a dream list of appliances for our new home. Nothing a few thousand dollar gift card wouldn't take care of. LOL!

edited to add: btw, I made my dress and veil :D

The Anniversary Game (our version anyway) - We each had to come up with something from each year we've been married. I don't think we put any real rules or parameters on ourselves.

1986 - We got married!
Hubs - Went to work for the RV Department at the Ford dealership
Me - Went to Paxton, NE with my sister & cousin in the Toyota

1987 - We moved to California
Hubs - Got his first Jeep
Me - Got my first profit sharing check and bought a nice 18 speed bike

1988
Hubs - Went to work for Fred & Jack
Me - Took a Vivarin trip to Colorado with hubs & cousin

1989
Hubs - Moved to San Jose
Me - Experienced 7.1 earthquake (Loma Prieta - opening day of World Series)

1990
Hubs - Moved to Roseville
Me - Got impetigo after spending an evening in hubby's boss's hot tub (5 of 6 of us got it, not just me)

1991
Hubs - Made a crazy, 3-day trip to Colorado with my dad
Me - Went to work at the Biomedical Engineering Center

1992
Hubs - Moved back to Colorado
Me - Bought our first house (from my sister and brother-in-law)

1993
Hubs - Trip to California in November with a 5-week old baby that took FOREVER. Especially since we got stuck in Rawlins, WY
Me - Got Cody (our dog) and bought a camper (before having ClayGuy)

1994
Hubs - Traded his pickup and shell for his second Jeep (aka Speedy)
Me - Lost our minds while buying our second house

1995
Hubs - The Comedian was born
Me - Our house began to crumble

1996
Hubs - Oops, couldn't come up with one
Me - Left corporate position to stay home with the boys

1997
Hubs - Traded the Accord for a mini van
Me - Became a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

1998
Hubs - First trip to Easter Jeep Safari in Moab
Me - Went to San Diego for SU convention

1999
Hubs - Weekend to Empire and rode the Georgetown Loop
Me - Family's first trip to Easter Jeep Safari in Moab

2000
Hubs - Employer moved south
Me - Took the train to California

2001
Hubs - 9/11
Me - Helped move Mom & Dad back to Colorado

2002
Hubs - Employer moved yet again (much closer to home!)
Me - Tried to sell our house (114 showings, 4 failed contracts, no sale)

2003
Hubs - Stepped down from being service manager
Me - Got Canon Rebel SLR camera

2004
Hubs - Kevin went to be with the Lord
Me - Stopped being a SU demonstrator

2005
Hubs - House began to sink, bought the Scrambler
Me - Moved to our current home

2006
Hubs - Sold the Scrambler, got the van
Me - Threw a big surprise party for my dad's 70th birthday

2007
Hubs - Went to a fly fishing clinic with the Comedian
Me - Threw a surprise party for my sister's 40th birthday

2008
Hubs - Bought the Avalanche
Me - Went to see TobyMac, Jeremy Camp, and Matthew West.

And hopefully buying a house . . . very soon!

Looking forward to many, many more wonderful years.