10 Years of Wedded Bliss!

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband and daddy to my kids!
I cannot believe that 10 years ago today I walked down the white aisle and committed myself for life! (Maybe I should rephrase that...sounds like I willfully entered a penitentiary!) I used to think that people who were married for longer than 10 years certainly had to be entering a "boring" phase of life, you know, with a humdrum routine and all. Not so!
Greg and I first met while I was attending Pilgrim Youth Camp. He was travelling for HSBC quartet that summer, and my friends and I oddly decided to sit on the front row for that service. Greg mentioned to another HSBC student that he had noticed me (maybe it was the Kelly green dress and the "front row" appearance) and that girl made sure I received the message! We caught up a month or so later at AYC and talked a couple of times, then I went home and he continued on his way. I knew there was something different about him from that time. He was so respectful and kind. I don't think I ever heard a negative word concerning his life or character. Everybody loved him. We had no connection from that point until I was travelling with GBS choir and showed up in his hometown. That was in the early spring of 1996, during my sophomore year. We began dating (on VIP day of all things, during an illegal trip for two to the Riverfront), became engaged in September, and began to prepare for the big day. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my mom who did all my flowers, all the dresses (except for the mini bride) and basically everything else. I really didn't even care about the details, not a typical woman I guess, but left most of it on her shoulders. Kaitlynn is going to pay me back for that one! Anyway, August 2nd, 1997 dawned hot and humid, and before approx. 325 witnesses we committed ourselves to each other. It has been a wonderful road since. Not that there haven't been difficult times, and probably many more to come. We would rather be with each other than with anyone else, and aren't dreading the empty nest days just because we love to be together. Thanks, Nate and Alberta, for giving me a wonderful, caring, loving, and helpful husband. Thanks, Dad and Mom, for training me about what to look for in a husband, and for giving me a beautiful wedding that I didn't have to finance! Thank you, Greg, for sticking by me for 10 years. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a quiet, go with the flow kind of person. Sometimes we both act like first-borns, but at least it doesn't get boring! You are the only one for me!
(I'll post a couple of wedding pics later. I have to take son #1 to the dr. to have some spots on his neck examined. Please, no comments with freako stories that will throw my easily derailed moods into chaos! I have enough difficulty trying not to think the worst!)