33 Years!

On October 20, 1990 my bride and I were wed in Corpus Christi, Texas.  It seems like such a long time ago.  We were both 24 years old.  We had no idea of what lay before us - both the good and the bad.  We just knew we loved each other and that was enough.  33 years later and here we are - still happily married.  

We're simple people and decided that we would do what we did two years ago.  I took a Friday off and we drove to Lafayette.  It's a 40 minute drive east on Interstate 10.  It was a gorgeous day.  We stopped at CC's Coffee and had coffee and lunch and a scone.  Then, I went shopping at Marshall's with Tricia.  She rarely is able to get me in a (clothing) store, but she did it.  We went to Natural Grocers for some specialty items we can't get in Jennings and then...

We did our new anniversary custom.  We went to Fresh Market and picked out some delicious gourmet picnic items to put in our "Dorothy from Wizard of Oz picnic basket" and went to a nice park in Lafayette called Moncus Park where we laid out a blanket and relaxed.

We visited and slowly ate while soaking in the sun and watching the ripples in the pond.

Tricia had picked out the dessert that we got last time.  It is called a Tuxedo Napoleon Cake.  We split it in half and watched it quickly disappear.

Russ was staying with Benjamin while we celebrated, so we wanted to get home before too long, so we packed up our belongings and walked back to the car.

After 33 years, a lot of things in our world has changed, but my love for this woman has not.  I love you, Tricia!