Backyard Anniversary

By Michelle (Graceful, Faith in the Everyday)

One year we spent five days hiking Acadia National Park in Maine.

Another year we kayaked around the San Juan Islands and ate freshly caught salmon at dockside restaurants.

Yet another year we bumped along a dirt road in a horse-drawn wagon to a tiny log cabin nestled amidst wildflowers beneath a looming Colorado peak. That evening I ate grilled bison for the first time.

This year we celebrated our anniversary in the backyard.

Earlier in the week we’d decided dinner out wasn’t in the cards. Our thirteenth anniversary fell on the same night as the elementary school open house. Brad was vigorously prepping his classes for fall semester. The boys started school that Wednesday. And I was putting the finishing touches on the debut issue of a new magazine at work. We had a lot on our plates.

Yet I was frustrated. We had to do something. Didn’t we deserve at least a little time to celebrate 13 years of marriage?

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Fingerprint Friday: Blogiversaries

By MAD21

So today, April 23rd, 2010 marks the one year anniversary of this blog. It has been a crazy year of learning, growing, stretching, falling, crying, getting up-ing, and laughing again. Within this year I have worked with some amazing people, and some not so amazing (like web designers who take your money and run), and I have formed some really great friendships.

I want to say thank you to all of these people who have helped to get this blog to it's first year anniversary. People who have contributed some fabulous posts to help make this site a success. I couldn't have done this without your hard work and support.

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