Happy Day

Today we celebrated 4 wonderful years of marriage. It seems like we were just running around yesterday, trying to figure out where we would have our reception, and finally settling on a little bed & breakfast that doubled as a mini-farm (The Inn at Walnut Acres). When we went to look at it, there were huge turkeys running around, and turkey poo all over the ground. Plus, there was the unforgiving stench of cow manure. I remember feeling horrified for fear of what my city-slicker family and friends from New York would think. I had already dealt with them calling me cow country girl for years.

Anthony was out at the Inn at 7am on our wedding day, setting up tables and chairs...IN THE RAIN! I had a peace that morning, knowing that even if it was raining, we were still going to have an awesome time. It continued to rain that morning, but I remember looking out the church windows during the wedding ceremony and seeing the sun shining so bright, it made me squint. I thought, "the Lord is smiling on us." And the sun kept shining the rest of the day.

I sometimes wish I could live that day over again....I was so relaxed and happy. I married the most awesome man in the world...he is such a strong, honest, faithful, ambitious man, and words can't express how much I love him. Every year gets better and better, and I always thank God for the gift of love.

I am attaching 2 pictures from our wedding reception...ahhh, precious memories.

Blair County Arts Festival

Anthony and his band had a gig in Altoona, PA, at the Blair County Arts Festival. I was worried that they would get rained out, but it turned out to be a beautiful, sunny, warm afternoon. The band rocked, as usual, and even though you couldn't tell from the crowd during the show, the applause and comments after the show let us know that they really enjoyed it. Anthony already had some comments on his website after the show from people who were there. I sang backup on a few songs, and this is the first time that I really felt like the band was having fun on stage. There was a guy there from the radio station, who was also a writer for the PA musician. He wanted a CD, and we heard that he played one of Anthony's songs on his radio show last night (Sunday). He sounded like he really enjoyed the music, and is planning on featuring them in his article next month. Wish you all could have been there!