Recipes to celebrate an anniversary

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Scott and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary today. It is fun to recall details from that day 23 years ago. It was an unusually warm day, and we ran the air conditioner at the church to keep the wedding party and guests comfortable. My brother served as head usher and was extremely tired having stayed up all night finishing our beautiful wedding cake, and my three small nieces were precious in their darling white dresses all serving as flower girls. They were just so sweet. Then I vividly recall the first time I saw Scott in his tuxedo and how happy we were to share our special day with our family and friends. My brother-in-law, Doyle, gave us lottery tickets as a fun gift, and we did not have a single number match. I remember laughing with him that our marriage "would never last" because of the unlucky lottery tickets.

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