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8th Anniversary

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By Sarah
It's hard to believe Dan & I met an entire 10 years ago! We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary in July but celebrated the 1st weekend of August. I planned our trip -- to Denver. I know that might sound strange but it was great! On Saturday morning we drove an hour & a half to the temple, then drove to the Museum to see the Whydah exhibit before it traveled away. Great to learn about real pirates! Example: I had no idea so many of them were runaway Africans or those of mixed decent avoiding slavery. (To the right is a picture of Danny wearing one of the free pirate hats we brought home.)
After the museum we ate at the Cheesecake Factory -- so delicious -- then changed into our Rockies gear at the hotel and WALKED to the stadium. Yup, we could see Coors from the sidewalk entrance. Our seats were fantastic & cheaper than you would suppose. One of my favorite parts was the 7 NYC men in the row behind us making everyone laugh. Yes, we CO folk have no idea what it is to be a real baseball fan, that's for sure. lol. I wish I could always just walk a couple blocks after a game instead of driving home an hour. I'm so spoiled. You'll see a picture Dan took of me seeing if the hotel staff left us sparkling cider or champagne to go with the rose petals. I had told them we didn't drink alcohol but I guess they forgot. Bummer. We had water in the fancy glasses so at least those weren't wasted. (Luckily the anniversary present was at no extra charge.)
In the morning we went to a mass in Polish at St. Joseph's Polish church. I grabbed a couple pictures off the net so you could see how cute it was. Standing room only, I was pretty much clueless but enjoyed taking in the beautiful chapel. Dan said he understood about 2/3rds of what was said. I think that is awesome considering he left Poland in May of '99 (the same month I graduated from Hays High). Afterwards when people were being friendly it was a lot harder for him to speak, but he got pretty good at saying, "My wife doesn't speak Polish." I must have a great deer-in-the-headlights look.
I'm so lucky to have found my wonderful husband at such a young age. Here's to another 8 years, hon! I love you!





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