Happy 17th Anniversary

17th years ago Jim and I were married at Alms Park in Cincinnati. It had rained for days and I was a nervous wreck. Jim was confident that it would be a beautiful day so we did not have a back up plan. Just as he predicted, the sun came out and we had a wonderful wedding day. For our honeymoon, the rain resumed and we spent a week in the Smoky Mountains, camping in a light but comfortable rain.

We enjoyed this wedding anniversary camping in the rain. I have to admit that last night it was hard rain with much thunder and lightening but safe within our tent it was lovely to experience. We woke, cooked breakfast in the rain, went to a couple of workshops (more on this later) and then headed off to Kentucky for my cousin's wedding. She, too, had planned an outside wedding on May 16th. When we arrived with a car full of sound equipment we were apprehensive about set up mikes and speakers in the rain. However, we slugged through the soggy, marsh that surrounded the stage and provided sound for the musician and the vows.

As Brittany and her father drove up to the wedding spot in a vintage, orange Corvette, the blue sky appeared and the wedding was lovely.

During the ceremony Jim and I looked down at our muddy feet and had a laugh. We seem to celebrate our wedding anniversary with muddy feet. So therefore, here is our official 17th anniversary photograph!!!