Not the anniversary we expected

Last week was our 19th anniversary. 

I spent most of the night before taking care of our sick grandson. 
He had a cough that would not quiet even for 3 seconds so we 
couldn't sleep. He was exhausted and felt crummy and didn't want 
to be alone, of course. 

Poor Jonas.

So I gave him everything I could think of for his cough 

but nothing was working. 

Finally in the wee hours of the morning, 

I did something I have never done with any of my grandkids...

I gave him my iPad and told him he could play a game on it 
till he fell asleep. 

An hour later I came back to check on him 
and he was finally sleeping.

Coughing still, but asleep.

Den and I had a day planned to celebrate, 

but instead we were happy we could snag a dr appt 
for Jonas that morning.

Being a grandparent is similar to parenting, in that when they need you, there is no place you would rather be. 

As I sat with both of them at the doctor's office that morning, 

I thought back to 19 years ago to our wedding day. 

I thought how this man has been by my side for 19 years, 
no matter what we go through, he is there by my side.

And no celebration, 
no adventure, 

no gift in the world, 

could mean more to me than that!

My marriage to Dennis has brought more joy than I could have imagined back on our wedding day in 1999. 

Reminiscing how our family came together, I found this old video when my sons met his daughters for the first time. 
Here's a clip of that....

My son Logan, and his son Keith were both on missions at the time...
so we were originally making this video for them. 
(Just explaining why we mention them in the video.)

And the sound is off sync, but you can still hear it.

I especially like Kim's chicken demonstration at the end....