Well it was one heck of a great two weeks. It was my birthday, the big 60 and our 40th anniversary, all in the same week. Looking back over the last 40 years there have been some good times and some hard times, but that’s expected in any marriage. The last few days we’ve talked about the things we‘ve done and the places we’ve traveled. A trip to Africa, to teach the printing technique that lasted one month while Judy stayed home with the kids, five cruses, two to Alaska, one to Canada, two to the Caribbean. A train ride in 1992 from New Orleans to Seattle with a four night stop in Napa Valley for some wine tasting. A lot of mission trips with our church. Nights with the family in New Orleans at the apartment we rented for two years, weekends at the camp at Dixie Springs Lake. But the biggest thing to happen was the two wonderful children God gave us. Tara was the first blessing in 1975 then Ryan in 1980. They have been the best thing to happen to us. Now they are both married and have wonderful spouses and have given us grandchildren. Matt, Tara’s husband and their two sons, Vanna and our son Ryan with there child.
We spent two weeks in June 2010 with Vanna, Ryan, Tara, Matt and the grand children. They kids rented a lovely home in the heart of Napa Valley to celebrate with us. All of us in one house. Lots of cooking, front porch sitting, talking and laughing, piling in one car to tour the wineries. The time went by way too quick. You know I don’t believe I can put down all the stuff Judy and I have enjoyed as one. I think that’s what the preacher said to us that Saturday forty years ago. We would be as one, what fascinating words. As one and that’s what I feel with Judy, it’s been so entertaining, pleasurable, engaging and just pure fun.
House in Napa.
I not am going to even start with the last sixty years of birthdays!
I will save that for another blog...
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