"Celebrate Good Times.....Come On!"

One of lives simple pleasures is celebrating! Weddings, Birthdays, Birth’s…….Alan and I just celebrated 8 years of marriage. It was a quite celebration. We were the only two around but the night was about us!

When I got home from work – after fighting the Atlanta traffic in pouring rain, I was greeted with Alan’s big smile and a huge hug. (If the night ended right there, that was all I needed) – He had cooked a very nice dinner, had flowers and a card on the table and 2 bottles of wine!

After I slipped into something more comfortable we chatted about the day and I noticed I didn’t hear the background noise of the TV. Not a normal thing in our house. (I like the “noise” of it since we are the only two living in a three story house) - Alan said he only wanted to hear “us talking” – so we talked about when we first dated, first fell for each other – memories we had with the kids, dreams we had, more we wanted to do to the house, etc. It was so refreshing reminiscing back in time. We get so stuck in our daily routines, we talk about bills or what we want for dinner. Just general stuff. Celebrating just the “two of us” was perfect timing for our anniversary. We even looked at our wedding pictures (oh how we looked so happy that day)!!

Then we cleaned the kitchen TOGETHER! That doesn’t happen often in our household either. We laughed and flirted with each other. I could tell Alan was really focusing on me (not football, the evening news, bills, etc) and I loved it!!!

After dinner we moved to the “theatre room”and watched one of our favorite movies. “The Red Violin” – wonderful movie (although, kind of long) – if you haven’t seen it…I recommend renting it! Snuggled and kissed on the couch (my favorite thing to do in life).....

Once the movie was over….my sweet husband carried me over our “bedroom” threshold – although I fussed and fussed, he refused to put me down – the rest of the night I will leave in my memory and not on the internet. It was a very romantic night and it couldn’t have been more perfect! Celebrating with the one you dearly love is wonderful!

I wrote on my Facebook page earlier that Alan and I wouldn’t have the happy marriage we have without God in our lives. I truly believe that! I’m not saying we have a PERFECT marriage – it takes work every day! But I’ve been in relationships that are nowhere near what I have with Alan. He is truly the man God meant for me to be with and I pray that he continue to bless our marriage. (And that He also blesses Trey, Lauren, Kassie and Randy’s marriage! They are all so young and happy and I pray they hold on to each other and look to God to guide them daily)