TODAY'S OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

Forty-nine years ago, Clark and I became husband and wife. It has been a wonderful ride, albeit with its ups and downs, like any marriage. I wouldn't trade our time together for anything in this world. We had met when we were both 20, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Here are a few photos to commemorate our years of marriage:

Our 40th anniversary

Our daughters cooked Christmas dinner, Christmas 2012

The grands, Christmas 2013

Happy anniversary to my wonderful hubby Clark! 

CELEBRATION!

Our daughter Bethany and SIL Kurt arrived here recently in their RV for an extended stay! We hadn't all been together since Thanksgiving 2016, so we're all ecstatic about being together. 

We celebrated their sixteenth wedding anniversary in style (adults only - the grands were visiting their other grandparents in NC) by going to "the" upscale Italian restaurant in our area. It was a wonderful time of fellowship, family, food, and fun (known as "the 4 Fs," coined by Tim LeHaye). Below are photos of each couple:

Kurt and Bethany, the celebrated couple

Holly and Philip, our granddawg Sunny's "parents"

Clark and moi

I am so thankful for my wonderful family!!

OUR 45TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

Tomorrow, December 20, is our 45th wedding anniversary . . . wow, that's a long time. Clark and I

are far and away different people now than we were then. Oooo, what kids we were then, but we thought we were adults, at ages 22 and 23.

In our sixth year of marriage, Clark felt that the Lord was leading him to attend college, as he vowed that he was finished with school when he graduated from high school.  Now, ten years after high school, several years on the police department, and a year's deployment in Vietnam, he wanted to become a teacher! Don't tell me God doesn't have a sense of humor. After hating school all those years, he taught for 32 years, and is now subbing occasionally in our county.

I am so thankful for him--he's a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather to our three grandchildren. He is very special to our two daughters and sons-in-law as well. Clark's strengths are the quiet kind, and he dislikes drawing attention to himself: he can fix just about anything, make something with wood, and has a lot of common sense and wisdom. He is my rock, humanly speaking, and I am so thankful to share my life with him!

Happy Anniversary, honey. I can't imagine going through life without you.

TODAY IS OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Yes, Clark and I have been married 44 years today!  It has been quite a ride, and we've had many blessings along the way.  The Lord has been so good to us, carried us through heartache here and there, but He's been right by our side to comfort us.

My husband has so many wonderful qualities;  his integrity and love for his family shine brightly.  I am so thankful we've had these years together, and I hope we have many more!