20 Year Anniversary

Time is a funny thing.  It has been 20 years since our wedding day in 1995:

 
We look like babies.  Not much life experience and definitely not any money.  My Grandpa Culley used to ask us, "What are you going to live on?  Love?"  And that is precisely what has pulled us through these last 20 years.  In the last 20 years we both graduated with our bachelors, moved across the country, Jeremy graduated from dental school, I taught school, we endured miscarriages, opened a business, bought a home, sold a home, built a  home, had four boys, grown through various church callings and who knows what else.  We definitely have more life experience, money sufficient for our needs and a lot more love.

So we decided we needed to celebrate our 20 year anniversary with some zing!  Jeremy decided he would plan the whole thing.  He told me what to pack and even set up babysitting for the weekend with Grandma.  We left after work on a Thursday and came home on Saturday afternoon.

We started out having dinner at one of my favorite restaurants.  Then we drove up to Park City and got in late to our hotel which was right on the base of the Park City Resort.  We slept in the first morning and then went and toured the Olympic Park.  It was fun to see where a lot of the events took place during the 2002 Olympics. Afterwards we spent some time having some fun at the base of Park City Resort.

 We rode the chair lift, went down the Alpine Slide and also rode the Mountain Coaster.  It was an fun afternoon.  We loved just hanging out together.

 

The next morning Jeremy had arranged for us to take a ride on a hot air balloon.  Now talk about an adventure!  We had to get up early to help set up the balloon.  It was neat to see Park City from a bird's eye view.
 

 Ready for lift off!

 Jeremy took a panoramic shot of the valley.

It wasn't scary at all being up high in the balloon.  The only time I felt nervous was when I looked straight down (pictured above on the right--there were a couple of balloons below us).  I felt a little dizzy and decided that looking out and beyond was the best.

We had a great weekend and loved spending time together reminiscing and looking back over the years.  We are so grateful for each other and are looking forward to the years ahead and into the eternities.