September 28, 2006

I went into the kitchen to get the bottle ready at 3:30 am and saw these on the counter with a card addressed to me. Ben took the afternoon and Friday off so we could spend some extra time together. Auntie Christy and Uncle Dane babysat Isabelle so we could head out to a nice dinner (at Tuscan). We enjoyed wine with dinner and talked through things we were thankful for in the last 10 years, and things we hoped might happen in the next 10. Here are the highlights of what we listed:

Glad We Did in the Last 10

• went to California in 2000 to visit Saddleback Church
• Melody's trip to DC2000 as a chaperone
• Marriage Encounter for our 5th anniversary
• move to Toronto
• Ben working for Pepsi in Toronto
• move to Grand Rapids
• Ben took the day off (w/o pay) to spend with me the day after our miscarriage
• went to the Tyndale Retreat, and didn't leave upon realizing we would be sleeping guys/girls and we knew no one there
• deciding to go ahead and try to get pregnant before finishing at Calvin Sem

Hope to Do in the Next 10

• go on a trip (just the two of us)
• have more children
• establish and stick to a "date night"
• have photos taken in our wedding garb
• walk every day
  
• record music together

(There's more on that list that we can't publish.....)

Jason and Ginette (our best man and maid of honour) suprised us with phoning in a gift certificate for us to our restaurant. What a wonderful way to have them there with us! (Thanks, guys!!) We came home and retreated to the spare room to reread our letters that we wrote to each other 5 years at Marriage Encounter. It was a perfect anniversary - flowers, good food, reflection, conversation, thankfulness. Here's to the next 10, my love. So glad we made it.