Anniversary Celebrating!

As I said in this post "42 years - Together" we would be celebrating our Anniversary. My husband took some days off & we enjoyed some of our favorite local places together. Tuesday we went on a drive to Whidbey Island and ate Fish & Chips at Keystone cafe, right next to the Coupeville ferry landing. We then drove leisurely around the Island stopping here and there to enjoy the area.

The best around - (stock photo)

Yes, we brought the beast with us :-)

Then on Wednesday (our day of love) we drove down to Arlington to begin our bike ride. We rode north towards Nakashima barn and back.

Our start in Arlington

have I said before that I love this trail!? 

Thanks to my husbands alert eyes, we saw this pond turtle beside the trail.

Pond turtle

Nakashima barn

We stopped at the barn for a late lunch and discussed whether we wanted to ride to hwy 9 where the trail ends. From the barn to the hwy it is still grass and hasn't been finished yet. As we were riding towards the grass path I spotted this sign right before the bridge crossing. We didn't see one, but it did make it a bit more exciting.

We rode for about 1 1/2 miles on this path, it was really beautiful. We then rode the hwy back to the barn to return on the paved trail. We rode about 20 miles total, afterwards we cleaned up/changed our clothes and went to the Olive Garden for dinner. Such a great way to spend our special day together.

Thursday it was raining but that didn't stop us, we put on our boots and rain gear and went for a walk at the BP public access area. We really enjoy walking here with our dog Lexis.

On Saturday we went to the Fragrance garden at Tennant Lake.

42 years - Together!

42 years - Together

     as my husband & I were contemplating our life together, he said today "we're closer to death than we've ever been, both of us are contemplating how to live without the other, knowing that it could happen anytime. Even the dog who's on her last legs could leave one or the other of us completely alone"

    This is what I've had to live with for 42 years. He has an interesting and quirky way about him that always makes me smile. The above statement made by him was all said in jest, just so you know ;-)

Tomorrow we are celebrating our 42nd anniversary with a bicycle ride & picnic on the Centennial trail in Snohomish county, one of our favorite places to be. Marriage for us has been a journey of ups and downs, great joy and great pain. We've both had our moments of utter stupidity and then of incredible strength for each other with unconditional love. To us marriage is a lifetime commitment, when the bumps of life come along we put in the effort to be better. After all, marriage is really just learning how to accept each other where we're at.

42 years 

pretty good for a young couple, that started out the way we did (me 17 and pregnant, him 19 and going to college).

When we were married we were told by someone that it would never work, 

well just look at us now!