My handsome husband recently came up with the perfect analogy for our married life, a circus!
We started out 10 years ago with just the two of us in center ring and have been adding side shows at a steady rate.
That said, our anniversary recently happened and it was a wonderful intermission from the crazy!
The morning began with the usual rush of getting everyone ready for school and preschool but was punctuated with a gift of dove dark chocolate and a fabulous musical card from my hubby, including a lovely letter that made me cry. Once the 3 largest were out the door my husband and I went shopping... for clothes, ...for me, ...with only 2 helpers,... who slept through the trip in their stroller.
After the kindergarten pick up we took the younger 4 to a dear friend (You remember Super P from previous entries) who watched them while Eddie and I went target shooting at a local indoor range. Before you all decide to tease My Man about how he celebrated our anniversary let me say that this was my idea, I haven't been shooting in years and have had it on the calendar several times when someone got sick or something else came up.
I had a lot of fun just being with my man at the range and I was pleasantly surprised that I could still hit a target at 25 feet. Of course we were both surprised when I could hit the bulls eye,... at 40+ feet,... on purpose,... more than once!
After the range we had time to pick up sushi takeout from our favorite local joint and ate it in the comfort of the van listening to country music and actually carrying on a conversation without interruption. It was bliss.
We picked up Ella from school, the others from the super Hherroes and went home to do homework and get ready for the new wonders in our life the Deans who came and babysat while we went out to dinner at the Pomona Valley Mining Co. where my husband has been promising to take me since we started dating 11 years ago.
The food was good, the view was better, and the company was the best!
After dinner we walked back to the truck and enjoyed the city lights and starry sky and then my man surprised me with this.
It was a magical ending to a fabulous day, we were both happy to go home and sneak kisses from the sleeping big 3 and tuck the last 2 into bed.
I'm really blessed to love and be loved by such a wonderful man and I look forward to the next 10 years and the next and the next etc.
