11 Years

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Todd and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary on Saturday!

I had schemed and planned a night without any children on Friday, and it all worked wonderfully!

My sister stayed home with the kids, while I met Todd at the Library for what he thought was just dinner and a movie. But he was sure surprised after asking me "what time we needed to be home" when I told him that Suzy wasn't expecting us until the next morning!

We spent the evening at the Gateway, where Todd spoiled me with some "un-mommy-like" clothes...no, I don't mean a negligee. I mean some cute shirts, pants, capri's, a skirt and some super sassy 4" heels. We bought a needy man dinner (he had been mugged the night before and had no money or i.d. or anything of the matter) and then watched a movie that neither of us really enjoyed. Todd is going to be getting a weed whacker from me. We are hopeless romantics.

A full nights rest...no sharing the bed with another child, waking up when I wanted to. It was lovely. Then we dined on crepes for breakfast before heading home to our beautiful little children and the super-star babysitter that is my sister.

What might you not know about Todd and I? Here's some interesting tid-bits:

-Although I spent some of my teen years tending Todd's youngest brother and sister, Todd and I never exchanged words...or glances for that matter.

-Todd did not believe me when I first told him I was aspiring to become an Interior Designer...he thought I was saying that just because he was studying to become an Architect and it meant we had something in common.

-While we were both attending SLCC, we took a ballroom dance class together. He got the highest A in the class...but did not take the final test dancing with me. As it turns out, I try to take the lead too often and it didn't fair well with him.

-When first married, most dates nights involved walking around Lowe's and pricing out the many projects we had planned for our first home.

-We had high hopes for a large family. They have since been dashed....thanks to a heavy dose of reality.

-Through the many experiences we have had, we no longer make "plans for the future." They never turn out the way you think they will. We have learned to live in the now, and that plan seems to be working quite well for us.