How did this happen???

Holy Cow! Our 31st anniversary is next week! We are going to Flagstaff this weekend to celebrate our 30th anniversary. No, you didn't read that wrong- we never got to celebrate our 30th, since I was fresh out of the hospital on our anniversary and barely able to walk. So, I've decided that we are actually celebrating our 30th properly this year.

I want to know how on earth 31 years have gone by- I distinctly remember our wedding day, and it certainly doesn't seem that long ago. Sometimes it seems much further away, but mostly life has flown by. I still remember the first time we went to the grocery store and didn't have to buy diapers- I bought ice cream to celebrate that day. How is it that happened 22 years ago??? Suddenly all the kids were out of elementary school, then junior high was a memory. Heather's junior year in high school I realized that it was time to rekindle some of my hobbies, and start reclaiming bits of my life back. I had spent the past 16 years focused on my kids, their friends and activities, and realized I could finally pay a little more attention to other things in my life. It was important for me to gracefully move into empty-nesting, and not try to live my life through my kids.

David and I have gotten to know each other again, that's been really wonderful. There were so many years that we were both working, and he traveled 80 miles one way to work every day, so he didn't have much time at home. Then we had three kids and their activities to attend or get them to, church activities and callings, there just wasn't much time together. It was a busy, ok, hectic, bunch of years, but I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. Now it's pretty quiet at our house most of the time, but we enjoy each other's company, and have enough company coming around to keep it interesting.