Eleven years!

We celebrated our eleventh wedding anniversary this past Saturday. Technically, we didn't actually celebrate it until the next day.  Andy had a meeting in Philadelphia that morning and the kids and I were at Bella's soccer game.  We both had Sunday school classes to prepare for the next day as well as other church preps; so we just decided to have our night out on Sunday.

Our friend Jane came over on Sunday evening to watch the kids.  They all love her and she is so wonderful with them.  Andy and I got dressed up and went Seasons 52.  We sat in the lounge area and were serenaded by a piano player with an Elton John vibe.  Nice atmosphere, delicious food, and a definite step up from our usual date nights that are generally at the Panera Bread level. 

I brought a little "relationship scrapbook" with us that I had given to Andy on our wedding day.  With about a half hour left after dinner until we had to be home, we decided to drive around and park in a vacant lot so that we could look through it.  I'm so glad that I made this book as there are many details from our early days that we would have otherwise forgotten.  Andy turned off his car and turned on the interior lights.  After about 20 minutes of looking through the scrapbook, it was time to head home.  Andy turned the key and NOTHING!  Apparently our 20 minutes with the interior light on drained his car battery.  Since we had parked just a little way up the highway from where we live, we just walked home.  But it's a busy highway.  In our over six years of living here, I have never walked across it.  It's actually known as the most dangerous highway for pedestrians in New Jersey.  I told Andy that we can't die since we haven't completed our wills yet!  Fortunately, we were very careful and the walk only took about 15 minutes.

During our dinner, we were trying to recall each anniversary and what we did.  Things got really fuzzy around years 6, 7, and 8.  Now that we had this tiny car glitch, I think we'll be able to recall year 11 a little easier!