Thursday, August 28, 2008

32 Fabulous years together

So maybe not all those years were fabulous some were, amazing , terrific , challenging adventures, or even mildly amusing. But I wouldn't change anything because they are how we got to were we are today. So check this out 32 years ago wow! We've changed a bit , I gained several pounds. O.K lots of pounds, and Ron has gotten taller and grown out of some of his hair.But we've also grown much wiser and hopefully matured a bit. We were so young and thought we knew so much. Actually we were clueless. But weren't we a cute couple, at 18 and 20. our story started in 1971 about half way thru my 8th grade year. Yes I was young, but my friend liked him so I said hi each time we were together and saw him ,(in my highly young mind I thought he a sophomore would say who is that little girl saying hi to me and fall in love with my friend) So I was not thinking and actually he noticed me, go figure. At the end of that year on my way to music class he asked me to go with him. This of coarse meant he would walk me to my classes and carry my books as I wasn't allowed to actually go on dates till I was 16. My mother raised six girls alone for part of her life and was a bit of the idea that before 16 you could get into a situation that you couldn't handle. Any way we were high School sweethearts broke up a couple times but pretty much were together all the time. Before Ron had a Car he would ride his bicycle over to see me on Sunday afternoons. That was a 10 mile ride so that was pretty cool.
Any way he graduated in 1974 and on my eighteenth birthday moved to Pa to take a job building towers. I was naturally very cool with that, well not exactly but I got his car in my senior year and he'd come back each weekend to see me. Then in June of 1976 I graduated and my family took a three week camping vacation out west. I was sewing sequence on my wedding dress because when we got back On August 28, 1976 at 11am we were married, At St. Hedwigs' Catholic Church in Houseville, New York. It actually rained in the first part of the ceremony but as we read our vows to each other the sun came out. Pretty cool huh.
Well here are some pics of us along our journey of those years of wedded bliss.

We are so stiling on our way to one of our nephews weddings. I think it was David and Stephanie.
This was at Mom and Roscoe's anniversary party, up in Philadelphia , New York.
This was at our home in Pa. back when we were celebrating maybe a tenth or fifteenth anniversary And this was even farther back when we were just out celebrating.

2 comments:

Jen H said...

I love all the pictures mom! I don't think you ever told us the whole story like you did here. That is sweet!

Happy Anniversary. We love you both so much!!!!

Stacey said...

I love old pictures like that. What a trip down memory lane! thanks for sharing and Happy Anniversary