Still happy after all these years...

Ralph and I had our seventh anniversary on Sunday. He and I dropped the boys off at my folk's house on Saturday and headed for Bend. It's not far, but it's not home and provided for a great date night. We went on a 3 mile hike around part of the Deschutes River, shopped a little, went to dinner at Greg's Bar and Grill (I recommend it), then hit the movie theater. Ralph booked us a little cottage like room at Mt. Bachelor Village, a resort West of town. It was fabulous...we slept in until almost 9 a.m.! We picked up the boys after church. It was fantastic.

For all those that don't know my sweet husband, we met at a church camp (we were both working there with the kids) back in 2000. He quickly swept me off my feet. Ralph is charming, quite intelligent, and witty. Since then, I've learned that he's really fun to be married to, and he is a gentle, loving dad that cares about the direction of our boy's lives. I find that our parenting compliments each other in numerous ways. Now that I've thoroughly embarrassed him....

I'm happy to say that I'm really enjoying marriage, all the fun and work that comes along with. We have great reason to celebrate!