Happy Monday. Happy October 22nd. Happy 24th Anniversary to my main squeeze. It’s so hard to believe I have been his bride for 24 years. Where does the time go, right?! Am I 24 years older? Well, yes I am but I can’t wrap my brain around that one either.
This guy has been coming home to me every day for 24 years. Well, every day except for when he was out soldiering and protecting our country.
It’s funny when you get married and everything is rosy. You think you’re so in love and of course, you are because you’re in the honeymoon stage of marriage. Eventually, that wears off and life sets in. All the true colors come out and hubby and wife get real. Life gets interesting and fun. Through the interesting and fun, I’m glad I’ve gone through it all with this guy. The days can be long but the years have been short. I cannot even fathom how quickly they have gone by.
How I love him!
He loves me. He puts me first. He’s so patient with me. He’s generous. He’s a servant. He doesn’t complain. He’s a great cook. He’s always on-time. The list goes on and on…
We decided to do a mini celebration on Saturday. We spent the day doing a little shopping and then lunch. We hadn’t planned anything exciting, but just a day we could be together. Truthfully, he swept me away so I wouldn’t work on teacher things all day. Super sweet! He gave me time to shop and shop a little more because yeah, I really like clothes. I really like fall clothes the most. It was relaxing and refreshing. I totally felt loved!
After a little Mexican food for lunch, I picked up a few new cute fall pieces and we headed home. For me, it was a perfect day of just being together with no timeline or demands.
Perfect fall day for me. Perfect fall tradition for me too. Linking up with The Blended Blog for the Fall Traditions post.
Have the best week, friends!
~Carrie
Linking up: The Blended Blog, Claire Justine, One Mother Hen, Between Naps on the Front Porch
Living on Cloud Nine says
A little day date and Mexican sounds perfect to me! Happy anniversary, you are two glorious beauties!!!
Carrie says
Perfection for sure. Thank you, sweetheart!
Kellyann says
Happy Anniversary! We celebrated 24 years just last Monday! We had a quite dinner out and we’re so romantic we’re buying toilets for our house! Ha! We do plan to do something a little better for our 25th but really what’s better than dinner and a little home improvement?
xo,
Kellyann
http://www.thisblondesshoppingbag.com
Carrie says
I love it Kellyann! Toilets are necessity and no romance without properly working toilets! Happy Anniversary…we are planning something big for 25 too!
Laura says
Happy Anniversary! Wishing y’all many more years of happiness!!
Carrie says
Thank you, sweet Laura!
Shoes to Shiraz says
Happy Anniversary!
Carrie says
Thank you, friend!
Anne says
This is so sweet – I love the real-life perspective. And I love days of just doing normal life stuff together – with all of the crazy parts of life, I feel like it’s such a rare treat to just enjoy a Saturday afternoon doing “normal” outings. Happy anniversary!
Carrie says
It really was perfect for me. Thanks, Anne!
NancysFashionStyle says
Congratulations! Isn’t it wonderful to be with someone so long. And it only gets better it seems! Hope you like to stop by my Fancy Friday link up party!
Carrie says
It does it better all the time. Thank you, Nancy!
Mother of 3 says
That does sound like a wonderful day together. Congrats!!
Carrie says
It was for sure! Thank you!
Abbie Ginther says
Happy anniversary! Sounds like a fantastic day!
Carrie says
Thank you, friend!
Lori says
Happy Anniversary! What a great example of a real and wonderful marriage. 🙂
Carrie says
Thank you, Lori!
Alicia-OneMotherHen says
Oh how gorgeous. Happy anniversary. Ooooh 25th next year!
Clairejustineo says
Happy Anniversary. Hope you had a lovely day together 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Creative Mondays. Have a lovely Sunday and I hope you can join us tomorrow.