10/21 x 15

10/21/94 - First real date with Andy. (Translated, our first kiss.) We drove to Grand Lake in Oklahoma, and ate dinner at a terrible Mexican restaurant.

10/21/96 - Andy proposed! (I said yes.) We flew to Texas for the day, and he proposed in a rose garden.

10/21/09 - Celebrate 15 years. (Molly calls it "15 years of kissin'".) No plane tickets or diamonds today, but rest assured, there will be plenty of Mexican food.

15 Memories:
1. Fainting at the Phantom of the Opera.
2. Turning over a canoe in a river.
3. Falling in the Joplin mall.
4. Attempting to drive your car.

Wait. Why do all the memories involve my doing something embarrassing?

5. Watching you play soccer at Ozark.
6. Dates at the laundromat.
7. Teaching together at Villa Heights.
8. Getting to church early so we could play carpet ball before the kids arrived.

Who knew Joplin was such a romantic place?

9. Getting married! On the hottest day ever.
10. Nathan's birth. You cried, and told me thank you.
11. Anne's birth. She cried, for the next four months, and I took medication.
12. Molly's birth. (I don't really remember what happened when she was born, but it didn't seem right to leave her out. Poor third child.)

Boy, I'm glad our obstetrics phase is over.

13. A new season of parenting, adjusting from "little kids" to just "kids".
14. A new area of ministry, watching God lead in the changes.
15. A new dog, with a newly-shortened tail.

I love you, Andy! I look forward to a lifetime of 10/21s.