8 years

Disclaimer: I meant to post this yesterday but I got busy, drove halfway across the state and forgot.

Yesterday I was on one of my 252 phone calls with the Brown Eyed Man.  Seriously, he calls me constantly to tell me things I don't really care to know, but he thinks are important.

Anyhoo, I said I needed to go buy some cards for Mother's Day, Anniversary, etc.  "Anniversary?" he said?  "Yes, we have one coming up", I replied.  "How long has it been?  99 years?  What do they give for that?  Coal?".  He's so romantic.

We were married at Silver Falls State Park Youth Camp.  For $200/night you got the whole place with enough cabins for 250 people to spend the night.  We got it for two nights.  Only about 6 people stayed.  They were primitive cabins for summer camping and this was early May in Oregon. 

The Boy was our Best Man and The Girl was the Maid of Honor.  Daisy was Flower dog, but she spent most of the time in my parent's trailer because I didn't want her getting anyone muddy.  This photo was taken from the side while the official photographer guy was taking the "real" pictures.

This is the little "Chapel" where we had the ceremony.  My cousin came from Montana to do the flowers for our wedding and she made these cool tiki torches that lined the path from the chapel to the reception hall.

I made those pinecone letters above the door.  They're hard to see in this photo.

The interior of the chapel.  Brown Eyed Man's Best friend married us.  We had a small bluegrass band play.  They played "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine" as I walked down the aisle.  I still listen to it on my iPod.

We didn't light fires in the fireplaces.  Instead my Father-in-Law made these stands that held about 30 candles in three different sizes.

I wrote our vows.  It was short and sweet.  The kids had to say they approved.  When we walked out of the chapel, Brown Eyed Man, The Boy and The Girl and I hugged.  The Boy cried.  It was so sweet.

Everyone told us what a great wedding it was because the ceremony was so short.

My nephew was a ring bearer and Brown Eyed Man's nephew rang a big church bell outside as we walked out.

I would do it all over again today and only change a couple of things.

Love him.  Love our life.

j