Anniversary

Today is our anniversary (11 years!) and we celebrated with a romantic dinner of grilled cheese! Actually, our sitter Rosa is coming tomorrow so we can have our date and really, Rosa coming is like a date for Kyle. She indulges his funny desires to spread quilts all over the floor and watch movies David and I hate to watch (such as "Agent Cody Banks") and they always have popcorn and soda.

Honestly, it doesn't feel like 11 years - a lot has happened in these 11 years, but it feels a bit like the blink of an eye. We had a bit of "baggage" that came into the marriage with us, so I have a feeling most of my friends and family had written David's name into their address books in pencil! Ha!

Let's see...1996:

David and I bought our first house together in July 1996 in Grand Island, Nebraska and then got married at the Roger's House B&B in Lincoln on October 19...I started rehearsals for a play the next day in Grand Island...so much for a honeymoon! David's son Tony was 7 at the time and brought me to tears the day after we were married when he said "I can call you mom now." Although I love being is other mother, I miss the days when Tony called me "Loria" And just to put that "blink of an eye" thing in perspective, Tony is now a senior in high school! Anyway, we did get a honeymoon, in January...with David's whole family at Disney World. I remember not wanting to go because Angela was so close to having her baby - thank goodness Larissa arrived on January 1...a day before we left!

Now...2007:

Living in Augusta, Georgia (who could have predicted that?) in a great house with a wildly adorable six year old. I haven't done a play since that one in 1996 and I really miss it. I think it's time to start looking at getting back on the stage now that David's traveling a lot less and I'm starting to feel more comfortable about Augusta. That adorable New Year baby Larissa will be 11 this January and has an equally adorable sister, Zoe.

I'm going to have to think about something exciting from each year between 1996 and now and maybe do another post with highlights of the past 11 years!