First Dates

Who doesn't remember their first date with their sweetheart?

October 12, 2001 was my first date with Greg.

We went to a little restaurant in a small town near us called Our Best.  It is a quaint, hometown type place.  We were with a few other people.  We drove country roads with the sunroof open, windows down and music playing.  It was so nice.  We already knew each other and had been spending a lot of time together with people from church and with my sister and her then fiance (who happened to be Greg's best friend).

Later we went to a movie - Second-hand Lions - starring Anthony Hopkins.  The movie theater is not there anymore, but was small and there were probably only 10 other people in that movie.

After that date, I don't think we went a day without seeing one another until we got married five and a half months later.

Twelve years later, we are still going strong.  We actually had the blessing of being able to go out on the anniversary of our "first date" to celebrate.  To his credit, my husband checked to see if that restaurant was still open.

It is. (how sweet is that?)

But I really wanted Mexican and we needed to go price new appliances for our kitchen remodel.

We may not have had the Audi and the sunroof, but we still had a great time and enjoyed having an adult conversation without interruption.  We laughed and talked and enjoyed being together.  I hope twelve years from now we will still have as much fun together!