It has been a slow, peaceful week at our house. We celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary yesterday…enjoyed yet another day of warmth, sunshine and SPRINGY goodness.

We went out for a little while and when Nate told anyone about our anniversary, they said things like, “MAN, that’s LONG!” and “Wow, REALLY?!” like it was a shocking piece of news.

And I guess it is these days.

We’ve had a blessed marriage. For probably the first 12 years, there was not an ounce of turmoil with each other, only outside things that we dealt with together. The last 4 have felt like, “Hmmm, we’re gonna have to fight for this too.” It has felt like every single part of our life~ our home, our children, our family, our health, our finances, and finally, our marriage~ has been hit one by one with everything it’s got.

But here we are. If I could, I’d be sticking my tongue out going, Nyah, Nyah, Nyah. Take that, devil.

Oh, I guess I just did.

I know not to take anything for granted…to enjoy each day…and I know that it’s by the grace of God that I have one single good thing in my life, not to mention MANY good things.

We had a nice day. We went to Minnehaha Falls. It’s a beautiful place that has been around for a LONG time here in the Twin Cities. It was the perfect day for walking around and seeing the pretty view.

See that group of girls to the right of the Falls? The one on the far left? Do you see her? Here, look…

She tried to go all the way around UNDERNEATH the Falls…and FELL…she went sliding down and caught herself before the big drop. She then proceeded to crawl up, laugh hysterically and wash the mud off her arms and legs with bottled water, while I watched with horror at what had just almost happened. She had on flip-flops, for crying out loud.

I might have called her something under my breath, like an idiot, or another bad word, like DUMB or something….

See? I’m rotten.

Nate said it would have been such a cool blog if I’d gotten a picture of her falling.

See? He’s rotten too.

It works.

Anyway.

We had to visit Hiawatha and Minnehaha…do you know the legend?

This statue has been here since 1911. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote The Song of Hiawatha in 1855. There are actually several swirling legends about Hiawatha and Minnehaha, but I like to think they were just two people who loved each other…

He held her tight. She felt safe. They enjoyed the water. The End.

Speaking of enjoyment…we enjoyed Thai food. Yum. And also the movie Date Night. It wasn’t Steve Carrell’s best movie, but I can just see him laugh and think he’s hilarious, so I thought it was funny.

Oh. And we all survived tax day. So, really, we all celebrated a milestone yesterday, right?

Go laugh your head off today. Be silly. Dance a jig. Eat whatever you want for a half hour. And love a LOT.