9 Years

Yesterday was our 9th anniversary. Sometimes it seems like it was only yesterday and other days it seems like we've been together forever. We had a nice anniversary though. We both worked most of the day (he at his office at school and me at home). Our friend Donna came over at 5 to watch the kids for us while we went out to eat. We ate at the Cracker Barrel - just because we can. :) It was wonderful as always. We then went shopping. Donna made fun of us for shopping on our date but we said nothing could be better - shopping without kids. We found slip covers for our couches and a few other random items we had been hunting for. We rushed home by 8:30 because I figured Reese would be getting hungry. We walked in and Reese was asleep for the night and Donna and Raylee were making cupcakes. She hadn't expected we would be back until after 10 so she was disappointed we cut her evening short. Thank you Donna for allowing us to go out by ourselves - we really appreciated it.

Leland always gives me red roses on our anniversary - the number of years matches the number of roses. He said he started at 11 am calling flower shops. Red was hard to come by and when he did find them they were $6 a rose. He decided to try the grocery store. They had some beautiful red roses in dozen batches. He only wanted 9 though. He kept trying to only pay for 9 and the lady couldn't understand why he wouldn't want the entire dozen. She said she'd never had anyone not want the whole dozen before. So after a long discussion, I got the 9 and Donna got the 3. They are beautiful!

Thank you Leland for 9 wonderful years. So much has changed - 3 towns and 3 kids later - I still love you with all my heart. I'm looking forward our future together.