40th Wedding Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

It is Al and my fortieth wedding anniversary!

Well technically it was on Sunday, July 7, 

but we were out for a little celebration (more on that at the end of the post!)

Forty years sure did seem to fly by. We had many good times, trying times, especially with health. Joyous times, especially the birth of our two miracle sons and 3 wonderful grandsons. Times for laughter and tears. But we made it forty years, who would of thought? ☺

Our first kiss as a married couple.

proof of marriage! a signed wedding license

a drive along Lake Michigan after the ceremony with a stop at the 

Milwaukee War Memorial (now the Milwaukee Art Museum) for photos 

It was a hot, very hot and windy day. The newspaper actually printed it was the hottest day of the year (so far that year). I have the tiny clipping, but I could not get it to scan clear enough to read.

Forty years later...

The weather, is the high 80's almost as hot as it was our wedding day. Only with some clouds and a few sprinkles here and there. Windy again, but it felt good, as we were outside most of the day.

hot and sweaty, but still happy together

look at my wind blown white hair! yikers!!

  So how did we celebrate?

Not the same as our wedding day, with a 9 piece local rock band and tons of family and friends, food & booze. Al was the bands' equipment manager/body guard ☺. It was so hot and miserable in the tiny hall, people could not find relief outside or in the over worked air conditioned hall. The heat might of contributed to the reason why we went through 8 and ½ barrels of beer!

  So where did we go? It was with a large group of people and full of food, fun and entertainment. But not at or for our expense. We went to the Matt Kenseth (of NASCAR racing fame) fan club annual party for the members of his fan club.

  With both our sons and family all in other states or too far away, this was the next best thing we thought of to do. We have gone to Matt Kenseth's fan club parties before and always had a good time, so this was our treat to ourselves.

Matt Kenseth posed to take a photo with us during the autograph session

Today we are back to lots of rain and thunder storm warnings. I feel like I am growing moss between my ears! Especially since the heat is still high and feels like 1000% humidity, eewwww...

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Until next time ...

Faythe & Al