We decided on the Tavern, which is our go-to dining place of choice. The meal wasn’t the greatest I’ve had, but the company was without equal. We talked about the things we’ve liked the most about the last 20 years, the things we’ve laughed at the most, our favorite vacation places, our best memories…it was a good night.
After dinner and a walk through downtown State College, we went to pick up the kids from Sports Camp (I guess you could call it our church’s run at vacation Bible school) and the good night hit another level. Our kids are the best part of the last 20 years. Each one of them approached this 20 year milestone in a unique way:
Sadie was the first of our tribe to wish us a happy anniversary today, or at least the first to talk to me about it. She was sweet, to the point, and then off to do the next thing…
Annabelle: She didn’t really have the words, but she could barely wait to give us a little surprise. She kept reminding us that it was only a little surprise. She gave us Silly Bandz–Kim got the S, and I got the K. And she wanted me and Kim to smooch, which was alright by me!
Lilly talked to Kim today about our anniversary while they were hanging out at Whipple Dam. She asked, “Hey Mom, did you imagine that this is what you’d be doing 20 years ago?” It turns out that she asked right about 3:30, which was when our ceremony started! Kim said that she never imagined being there, but she always thought she’d have more boys in the family…hmmm.
Levi: Dad, will you shave my head? I want to die my hair blue and paint an arrow on my forehead for the Airbender movie. To be fair, he did wish us a happy anniversary at some point in the day.
I don’t remember much from the wedding day. The whole thing is pretty much a blur, but we do have the video if you want to see it. After the ceremony, my buddy Phil drove us over to Jimmy Monzo’s Blue Angel Restaurant (located at the Latrobe airport) for the wedding reception. The marquis read: Congratulations Stacy and Kim, and right underneath, Steak Sicilian. I sang Randy Travis’ Forever and Ever Amen to Kim at our reception. We spent the first night as man and wife in the splendor of the finest Holiday Inn in Altoona, PA, on our way to the Poconos for our honeymoon. Not the Honeymoon Suites–you know, the ones with the champagne-glass styled bathtubs and heart-shaped beds. We rode the Alpine Slide at Camelback. Once. Kim had her first taste of Chinese food, followed quickly by some sort of tummy-bug. It took her nearly 15 years to find the courage to try lo mein again. We rented a vcr and watched movies in our condo. I think I watched Disorderlies and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure while Kim slept on the couch beside me. It’s fair to say that I had a few things to learn about having fun!
But she stuck with me, and I think things are going in the right direction…
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