September 9, 1978
That's right, thirty years ago today I married my best friend, and he is still my best friend today.
I thought I would celebrate my anniversary by posting photos of the highlights of our years together.
The greatest joy we have shared, the birth of our three children:
1980, Daughter, Jaime
1982, Son, Joshua
1984, Daughter Ashley
Isn't it funny how much the babies look alike? It looks like it is the same baby in all three photos.
Diapers, bottles, car seats and strollers...it seems so long ago. "First day of school" pictures, class plays, t-ball and hockey games, dance class...wouldn't miss a minute of it. There is no pride like the pride of a parent taking those prom pictures and sitting at the graduation ceremony.
Two very happy days:
Jaime and Jon's Wedding
Josh and Ashley's Wedding
A very happy day to look forward to:
Ashley is marrying Scott in June
Over our many years together we have shared some wonderful vacations, in beautiful locations including:
Switzerland...the trip of a lifetime!
Several cruises, our vacation of choice.
A cruise with our children.
I wonder if lasting marriages is a hereditary thing...his parents were married over fifty years and I also come from good stock. Last year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of my parents with a party re-enacting their ceremony:
Together with my brother, we took my parents on a trip to the Dominican Republic where more memories were made:
It has been a great thirty years...we had our ups and downs like any other couple...it wasn't all perfect, but it was all worth it! We didn't always know where the money was going to come from to pay the bills, but we always knew we would be ok. We always knew we had each other.
I've supported him, like when he really wanted a boat, even though we couldn't afford one, when he drove to Rhode Island to buy the ninety pound dog, when he had to have the motorcycle, even though I told him I would never get on it.
He has supported me, spending hour after hour at yard sales and shopping malls, when I decided we were going to eat healthier and started feeding him spelt bread and vitamins and flax seed oil, and removed all the "good stuff" from our diet, when I started my own business and filled the house with staging props.
We have been very blessed and we know it. We love our life together and we know just how lucky we are.
If our marriage were a house...I'ld say we have done a fabulous job staging it!
Happy Anniversary to us!!
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Congratulations on this great milestone, it looks like it has been a wonderful trip, let's hope the next thity years brings you the same.
Take care!
RJH
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I love this! Thanks so much for sharing. Sometimes we get so caught up in career work and its all too easy to lose sight of the important things in life.
Congratulations!
Wow an amazing accomplishment in todays gone crazy world. Congratulations to the both of you, will be looking for the 50th anniversary blog.
Congratulations to you both! Was great to see the two of you "through the years" in photos. I hope you have a wonderful anniversary. God Bless.
Tammy
Congratulations and hope you have many more wonderful years together! I love being married and am always thrilled to see other happy, successful marriages.
Cheers, Stephanie
Congratulations!! The two of you look so beautiful and happy together. Kudos for staying strong together through the years. I hope to do exactly what you just did in 30 years...Post a blog about my marriage because I just got married and posted my wedding pics.
WOW .... 30 years, congratulations !!!!!
I don't even think all of my marriages would ad up to that much.
Sean Allen
Sharon ~ How beautiful! Congratulations! Your post is a great education in "why" a marriage lasts. The babies did look all the same and I was going to ask you if they still look the same, but I could see that they do in the first wedding picture with you all together. And, you do not look like you've been married 30 years or have 3 children all getting married!
Congrats on reaching 30 years!
A beautiful post and a beautiful family. Congratulations! Could that be a velvet bow tie? The seventies were a simpler time :) Here's to another 30!
Robert and Marnie Thanks so much for well wishes. The next thirty will be fun...grandchildren!!
Rob & Jeannie What could be more important than family! I am very blessed!
James Thank you! Time flys by, that is for sure, but I hope I don't reach that 50th anniversary blog too fast.
Tammy (Lane Realty): I'm glad you enjoyed the photos, I got emotional putting it together. It all went by so fast!
Stephanie Thanks! We have so many friends whose marriages didn't make it. It is sad to see them end, sometimes very bitter.
Robin I checked out your blog and your wedding pic is beautiful! I wish you the very best and hope you enjoy every minute of marital bliss!
Good for you. It's so nice to see something good for a change. My hubby and I are on year 23, and I tell him he's the longest I've ever stuck with ANYTHING!
Sharon - Congratulations! You have such a beautiful family. You truly are blessed. Thanks for sharing the many photos. It's nice getting to see your family... :)
Happy Anniversary Mom! You and Dad have been the greatest role models, not only becasue of how you are together but everything you guys do.
Sean Allen All your marriages? Now I'm curious just how many you have had! Thanks for commenting.
Kathy P Thank you so much for the kind words. The kids are very close and look out for each other. We are very proud of them. I'm so glad I had them as young as I did. You may not think we look old enough, but we are absolutley feeling old enough!
Kathy F Thank you!
Ilyce How nice! Thank you! Yes, a velvet tie. Recently we pulled out the album and the kids were laughing at the velvet and at the high heel shoes on the men, very Travolta, Sat. Night Fever.
Check out the "going away" outfits!
Leslie Good for you, just seven more years to thirty! Your husband has stuck with you too, give him a little credit!
Debi Thank you very much! I know how lucky we are, and I do not take it for granted.
Sharon, Congratulations to you and your husband. (The outfits I remember the styles well, I got married in 1981!) What a great family you've raised, you are so blessed.
Ashley xoxo
Debbie Thank you! It is always funny to go back and look at the clothes and hair.
Sharon - Congratulations to you and your hubby. You are blessed to have sustained throughout the years. My hubby and I just celebrated our 39th on 9/6.
Judy Thank you and congrats to you and your husband too! Thirty nine years is a long time and a great accomplishment.
Well done Sharon. 30 years is an incredible duration in a marriage. Happy Anniversary.
You look so happy, Congratulations!!!!! One question No pets?
Carol NovaStar
Gary It is an incredible duration! I wonder myself how we did it, sometimes! Time just zooms by so fast. Thanks for the well wishes!
I loved looking through your 30 years of marriage, what a wonderful tribute! Thanks for your comments on my "Moose" post...
Carol We had a dog for a short while when the kids were younger, and we had a guinea pig. No pets currently.
Janna Thank you and your welcome!