Our 40th anniversary is coming up quickly. I mean quicker than 40 freaking years should take!
Paul and I met for the first time at Aunt Maude's in 1978, while attending Iowa State University. It wasn't until that next spring that he knocked on our apartment door at 230 Campus - the building where all the cool kids lived. He and his roomies lived in the 200s door, while I lived 2 sections down in the 400s. He must have noticed that Sally, Jane, and I looked like awesome athletes - he asked us to join the co-ed softball team he was putting together.
The rest is history - our somewhat regular girl meets boy at college. Friendship blooms and later love.
Paul and I were married on 8/28/82 in my hometown - in front of friends and family. My favorite parts of the day were walking down the aisle after the ceremony with my new husband and the post-reception reception, held at my parent's house. Prime rib sandwiches - served by my parent's friends out of our garage. It was casual - with a keg and friends and family in our yard and driveway.
We waited about a week to go on our honeymoon to the Northwest. I was working as an office manager at a grocery wholesaler in Omaha then and I had to be around to complete "Month End" - making sure all the bananas were accounted for!
So it's a happy coincidence that 40 years later we're traveling to our niece Sarah Kohan's wedding just outside of Seattle. Sarah is sister Betsy (and husband Wayne's) only daughter (4 boys). She's marrying Kyle who grew up west of Seattle - across the water (I think it's a Sound).
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| Seattle 1982 |
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| We found my headpiece last winter when we sorted the utility room |
In 1982, when we got married, Paul was still recovering from knee surgery. So we weren't overly mobile. That's why we lined up a Grayline bus tour of the Northwest that was probably set up for older people. You know, the age we are now. 😏 The tour was perfect - transportation to all the places we needed to go.
We stayed in Seattle, downtown for a couple of days - took a romantic dinner cruise in Seattle and a bus tour to Mt. Ranier. Then we took a ferry to Victoria, Canada (beautiful city with fab gardens) and went on to Vancouver (a modern city, mountains and waterfalls). It was a lovely, very memorable trip.
We can't wait to go back! We'll celebrate the wedding, Betsy's birthday, and our anniversary with many of the people we love. Jud, Kara, and Nell won't make it - long flight for a toddler.
