Our wedding anniversary is today, or tomorrow or maybe Friday? Jed brought me a gift yesterday just in case in was the 19th. We forgot to write it down so we always forget.every.year. Just think when we are 60 we will just say “April – just sometime in April..but maybe May..was it May?”
We didn’t set a date when we got married. We just flew to Scotland with a dress and a suit sometime in April of 2002 and got married one of those days we were there. The 20th? No? No idea. Truly.
It doesn’t really matter as my silk dress from Paris was KILLER. That is always the most important thing. Always. I will always be thankful I was not in full princess attire.
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Last week Jed said to me “let’s just sell everything and travel the world on our motorcycles. Get 2 sidecars and just go. Now that is something to blog about.”
Last month Jed said to me “let’s just sell everything and get a cottage on the coast of Nicaragua and the girls can learn to windsurf. Learn Spanish.”
Last year Jed said to me “let’s just sell everything and move to Alaska. Find a small town and a simple life.”
Sometimes I get angry when I hear these things. They aren’t my life anymore. We have a house and a mortgage and property taxes and health care bills and school and the PTA.
Jed and I fell in love though for all of those things. We fell in love with the premise of no kids, traveling the world, and living light and free.
So we struggle at times with the American Dream. Neither of us saw this coming. Ever.
And while I wouldn’t change anything for the world and my kids are my life. Sometimes I wake up at 3am and also consider packing the girls into their sidecars and riding around the world for a few years and really living again.
I completely understand what you mean. I think the days of travelling from Hong Kong to London by train are over. But our American Dream is pretty good as well, we just need to adjust it to be more “us.”
You look exactly the same! Gorgeous bride!
Thank you – well it wasn’t that long ago. I was an old lady already.
*Sigh* Your words, your photos, your dreams, your love- all breath-taking.
Jason also dreams of selling it all and settling in Costa Rica. He, unlike you, HATES winter and so has a point.
But I, like you, can’t imagine not having all that we have here.
I’ll end with: This was beautiful and another *sigh.*
XO
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My husband also has grand plans that will never happen because of the mortgage and the kids and all that entails.
But I love the adventurer spirit in him, that moment or two when we think, could we…?
Stunning pictures, my friend!
Those photos are beautiful. I tell my husband all the time— if an opportunity comes for us to move, let’s take it! But then I think about all the free babysitting we’ve got in New York. Sigh.
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i loved hearing your wedding story, seeing your amazing dress, and hearing what goes on in your mind and heart concerning your past, the future you thought you’d have, and the present.
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Happy anniversary! How nice you could just fly to Scotland to get married. Having kids and trying to live the American dream does change the ability to travel the world.
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You were a gorgeous bride! My husband is planning to move us somewhere remote where our nearest neighbor would be unseen unless you drive 5 miles out. I don’t know whether to be excited or scared
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LOL – exactly. I actually like neighbors.
Happy Anniversay, whenver it is! You looked beautiful in your dress! My husband too has these “whimsical” let’s move somewhere/anywhere moments, sometimes it’s nice to dream.
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It’s on my calendar as the 21st-I say you celebrate all three days just to be safe.
You and Jed will have lots of time to be adventurers when the girls have flown the coop, which is going to happen much faster than you can possibly imagine…Mike and I realize in 5 years or so we could have a whole different life! And you could too-how about I invite you to our Italian villa and feed you pasta and wine while the guys head out on their bikes?
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In 18 years will you be too old to share wine with me?
Go. I say go. Live. Live with those girls, have a blast. Life is short.
People are doing it everyday….and blogging about it.
We all struggle with our own stuff. YOu never know what you may be on the brink of!
The pics are beautiful.
How cool that you guys just took off and got married! That is a great story for your kids. It will help them to have the adventurous spirit as well!
Just lovely!
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I think we all have those thoughts – who doesn’t want to drop everything and just go off somewhere?
happy anniversary!
you beautiful, beautiful bride!!!! Your pictures made me cry. *sniff*
I like that you don’t really know what day it is, because that means you take APRIL and you celebrate all month, each of those days are SPECIAL because it might be “The day” …and an idea like that makes me smile…as brightly as the smiles on those pictures.
xo
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I also like that we can’t get mad at each other for forgetting as just “April” anytime works.
OMG that is so funny! We don’t know our anniversary either! It is either the 17 or 18 of April but we can’t remember! Thought maybe I was the only wife who couldn’t remember when she got married!
One thing’s for sure. You guys aren’t going to be one of those couples who don’t know what to do after your kids leave the nest!
=)
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Happy Anniversary – whenever it is
Mine is today (April 21st). We were in Jamaica for our wedding, so the days all sort of blend together as well.
Happy anniversary..
Life is an adventure!
I love your dress! How romantic to head to Scotland to get married. I love your husband’s dreams too. I hope you get go to all the place he dreams about.
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Jason is just verbalizing what a lot of us think many times! Let’s just……
You were a beautiful bride!!!
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Happy anniversary, I think, and thank you for sharing such beautiful pictures of your special day. I think you and your husband are more spontaneous than my husband and I would ever be, but I hear you about visualizing your life differently, even though you love your kids so much your heart aches.
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Still do it. Just in bits and pieces. Life is funny isn’t it? Happy whatever day it was Anniversary. Many more adventures are sure to be on the horizon.
Dana
Sometimes you just follow through on those thoughts…I had the dream of owning a quilt shop years ago and jumped in, saying to myself…when I am 65 and have not done this, it will be a regret. Our son felt the same way about moving to Alaska a few years ago. (If you go, prepare for $6.00 a gallon milk:0)
There is still so much of the world I want to see – and not regret never doing it.
You are right – your wedding dress is a dream…beautiful images!
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Your dress is beautiful!
And maybe you can find ways to do some trips like that with your girls! What an adventure that would be.
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I love that you don’t know the exact date. That? is awesome. Beautiful bride!
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How wonderful, your husband loves you as much today as he did when you got married.
What a free mind! Let’s sell everything and _____. The things that must go through his head. How amazing.
While the rest of the world is full of worry, he finds a way to free himself and Love Life!
Happy Anniversary to you!
Tammy
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You are stunning, and the two of you together? Now I know why the kids are all drop dead gorgeous. I’m with Jed on this one, pack up and GO somewhere amazing and blog about it! (Like Design Mom, http://www.designmom.com/)
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What a beautiful wedding photo? How fun that you just left and got married. This way you get to have a fun anniversary week. It can be hard to be tied down with responsibilities, but rewarding too.
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wow…
sweet reminder.
love the beautiful smiles.
bless you.
Happy Sunday.
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I’m so behind! Happy Annniversary gorgeous! I understand the wanderlust.
When Erik and I married we planned to live in Germany, Finland, Paris, Sweden etc.
And I’ve never left Salt Lake City. I wasn’t comfortable with a life where I painted fences and planted fruit trees but I am enjoying the harvest.
Happy Anniversary gorgeous girl! For some reason this post gave me happy shivers. I imagine this as a book. I love the way you wrote this…lyrical, lovely and imaginative.
What a charming stop on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday’s letter “A”.
You are amazing.
A+
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Happy Anniversary.
I loved this post.
You were a beautiful couple.
I feel like just up and leaving most every day now.
Just going to a desert island, me and my whole family.
Just out of here.
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Happy Anniversary (whenever it is *snort*) to a gorgeous couple who someday will travel the world. Maybe even with your girls and their girls in tow. You never know… Sometimes our dreams change. Isn’t that amazing…
xoxo
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What a stunning bride!!! My hubby & I were married just days after you! :0) Happy 9th anniversary!!!