HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!

I would like to start today by wishing The Wife a Happy Anniversary! Today is our 8th Anniversary and I don’t know what I’d do without her (though I’m guessing there would be a lot of beer and video games… but there’s no use dwelling on what might have been).

I remember the day before The Wedding was the longest day of the year. HA! Get it?! The day before was June 21… the longest day of the year. Anyway, I remember it like it was yesterday. I woke up to the sounds of rain. Maybe, I thought, it’s only raining over our house. A short time later I got a call from Rebecca saying that The Wife wanted to talk to me because it was pouring down rain where they were (note: Rebecca was the maid of honor in The Wedding. Here, I feel, she dropped the ball in her role. In a situation like this, she should have been the one talking to The Wife… not me). So, it rained. It poured. At least our wedding wasn’t in a flood zone… wait a minute… it WAS in a flood zone. Downtown Charleston. I think it was also high tide.

I remember Coach Hatley coming into the church right before the service started.

I remember standing and waiting for The Wife to walk down the aisle… while my 2nd cousin Jim and my Uncle Keith were sitting behind me trying to make me laugh.

I remember my sister-in-law (Terry) boycotting The Wedding because she didn’t approve of The Wife. Or maybe it was because she’d just given birth to my favorite nephew a couple weeks before. I’ve heard it both ways.

I remember The Wife’s Aunt trying to talk me out of getting married (the rumor going around at the time was that she wanted me for herself... at least, I think that’s what I was telling people).

I remember slow dancing with The Wife to our song (You Shook Me All Night Long, by AC/DC).

You will note in the pictures below that I have hair. I have a theory about events in my life that happen when I have hair, but I’ll save that for another day.

I remember how beautiful The Wife looked.

I remember looking pretty good myself. ;)

Here was the starting line-up for the Groom’s team:



Back row (L to R): Michael, Louis, ME, Jeremy, Sonny. Front row (L to R): Dumpy, Thomas, Brent, Dad (Best Man)


And for the Bride’s team:

Back row (L to R): Jen, Meg, Elizabeth. Middle row (L to R): Rebecca (Maid of Honor), Daniella (Jr. Bridesmaid), The Wife, Rosalyn, Clair. Front row: Rebekah (Jr. Bridesmaid).

We also had two people read from the Bible – Teri and Old Jeremy (who, looking back really wasn’t all that old at the time). Below is a picture of my Kappa Sigma brothers who made it to the wedding. Old Jeremy is the guy on the far right. The other two guys not already seen in a picture before are Brock and Rhett.



This next pic is of me and The Wife leaving the party...




Over the past 8 years we’ve gained 3 dogs (Lucy – 2002, Maverick – 2004, Scooby – 2009), 2 children (Mary Ruth – 2005, Susie - 2009) and 1 house (2003).

What else was going on June 22, 2002?

*Texas beat South Carolina to win The College World Series.

*Europe was declared polio-free by the World Health Organization.

*Ann Landers died.

*Darryl Kile died.

People who have died on June 22: Judy Garland (1969), Fred Astaire (1987), Greg Horres (2002... HA! Just kidding), George Carlin (2008).

People think that I give The Wife a hard time on here... but that’s just not true. You see, on this date 8 years ago we became one. Therefore, when I “make fun of her” I’m really making fun of me. Of course, that means when she rolls her eyes at me, she’s really rolling her eyes at herself...