Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad and Happy Birthday Daddy!

My parents were married 42 years ago on my Daddy's 20 birthday! So, August 24th is a BIG day of celebrating. 42 years of marriage is a great accomplishment, especially in this day and age. I can't even count how many of my friends come from families of divorce. I am thankful for the heritage that I have in my family and the example of commitment that my parents have shown over these years. As a tribute to their 42 years, I have a list of 42 memories to share...not in chronological order, but in the order that they came to mind. So, here's to you Momma and Daddy....memories from our family!

1. Many fishing trips.
2. Momma always having me dressed in nice clothes and taking me shopping!
3. Pete
4. Jumping out of the barn trying to break my leg because I wanted to walk on crutches.
5. Daddy changing my stereo from country music to Christian music when I wasn't looking.
6. Momma curling my hair in rollers on the hearth of the fireplace.
7. Watching Hee-Haw
8. Skiing in Colorado
9. Sand crabbing with Momma in Florida.
10. Eating at ElChico
11. Freezing live Catalpa worms
12. Beating Daddy in a fishing tournament with a larger bass
13. Eastman Picnics
14. Mom being at all of my games: soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball and even track to cheer me on.
15. Throwing Jerral's wallet into Daddy's hotsauce (oops!)
16. Daddy telling stories about when he was a boy.
17. Going to see ET
18. Getting off of the bus at Macedonia to help mom with Wednesday night suppers.
19. Hitting baseballs in the back yard.
20. Mowing the lawn and enjoying it!
21. The night yall told me we were eating Blackie (my cow)
22. Daddy telling me that I can't date until I was 16.
23. Mom scratching my back with her long thin nails!
24. When mom gave me a perm!
25. Mom making denim bags for PTA
26. Daddy having me get up to change the channel before there were remotes.
27. Our rotary phone.
28. Homemade Ice-cream.
29. Arnold
30. Daddy telling me that I couldn't go to the 8th grade dance and having me explain to him why dancing is okay. (kids got drunk that night so it was good I didn't go!) Instead I got to go to Shogun...woo-hoo yum!)
31. Watching Jerral run...being sad when he fell at the state meet and yall let me tell him that you got him his car.
32. Homemade clothes that looked like they were off the rack.
33. Heath and Heather
34. Momma's Cooking...nothing better!
35. The look when we told you Bryan's middle name...BALDWIN
36. Supporting me through ACL reconstruction surgery.
37. My precious scrapbook that Daddy kept of all of my high school years.
38 Daddy teaching the bus kids from church in Sunday School.
39. Watching you both sing in the choir, and the time momma came OUT OF THE CHOIR because I was talking in church!
40. Trips to see Memaw and Grandma Ginny
41. Momma kissing Daddy in the morning before he left for work.
42. Ironing Daddy's handkerchief's while watching Price's Right

May there be many, many more memories to come!

Happy Anniversary, I love you!

Happy Birthday Waynerd!!! I hope that you have a wonderful day and that you get to golf and then go eat somewhere yummy. You are a blessing me me and I am honored to call you Dad! Love you..Meeka