13th Anniversary

 

To celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary we headed up to McCall with the kids and Craig's parents to spend the weekend.  Craig's parents were kind enough to watch the kids for us while we went for an 11 mile hike to Anderson Lake.  We hiked to Anderson Lake a few years ago, but decided to come into the lake a different way.  Towards the beginning of the hike we had to ford a pretty good stream.  The water was running pretty strong and I had to use a stick to help balance, but it definitely added to the adventure.  The hike was beautiful and the lake was gorgeous.  There were some fun camping spots that would be nice to backpack into.  We made it back to the cabin by mid-afternoon where Craig then spoiled me with an anniversary gift, which mind you I was not allowed to get him anything, he got me a GORGEOUS ring.  We had always talked about getting another band for my wedding ring, but because it was custom made and our jeweler is retired, the other jewelers didn't feel like they could get a great fit.  So he decided to get this ring instead and he planned this all out back in March while I was in Mexico with the kids.  It was a wonderful surprise.  We spent the rest of the weekend just hanging out with the family.  The following weekend we went out to dinner just the two of us to finish off the celebration.  At dinner we got talking about how lucky we have been in our marriage.  We have had our ups and downs, but our ups are way bigger and longer lasting than our downs.  Our strengths and weakness compliment one another and over the years we have learned how to fill in each others gaps.  I couldn't have asked for a better eternal partner.