Chad and I have now been married for 8 years. The 8th Anniversary is traditionally the Bronze or Pottery anniversary. I guess Chad and the kids thought it was the Rock anniversary...and no I didn't get a 'rock' to wear on my finger...but I did get a car load of rocks. Chad was out of town for our anniversary...not surprisingly since he's been gone more than he's been home this summer. He was working in Inchelium so he got a little cabin on Twin Lakes and the kids and I joined him for a couple days. The kids spent the majority of our time there finding 'pretty' rocks in the water, which seems to be their favorite beach activity. We left with three buckets of rocks. I'm fairly certain they will never be able to discern one rock from the other but they were all just 'too special' to toss out. The certainly did not acquire the desire for rocks from their mommy...that's a daddy gene for sure.
The cabin was...hmmm...shall we say...interesting. I just tried not to think about what might be in the carpeting. The kids were thrilled with it, though, and really had a good time. We hung out at the beach (not a very big beach since the lake is mainly a fishing lake), played cards in the cabin, took the puppies on walks and whiled away the hours between lunch and evening...the two times we were graced with the presence of Chad. One of the highlights of the trip for the kids was the ferry ride. They thought that was pretty darn cool.
So, our anniversary wasn't exactly filled with romance and candle light...but it was fun to spend it in a little cabin with the highlights of our marriage vying to be the UNO champions of the family. Maybe we'll get a chance to have an anniversary date in the next few months...
On the Ferry...
Cabin Seven
Looking for Rocks...
Pink Shadow!
Nick set their chair up in the water and then said "C'mon in Gabby! It's like a hot tub!"
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