12 years!

Yesterday was our 12 year anniversary! Brig and I dated for almost 6 years before we were married so we have known Brig for a while now. We had a fun anniversary. We went to the Mona Lisa in Manitou Springs. (I thought this was appropriate since I actually got to see the real Mona Lisa this year.) We went to the Mona Lisa for my birthday once when we lived in Boise and we loved it. We had the best flaming turtle chocolate fondue. It was delicious and I felt horrible to leave any on the table but we ran out of things to dip.

After the Mona Lisa we walked around Manitou and found the "World Famous" penny arcade. I don't know if it should be world famous but they did have a Ms. PacMan game. Brig and I have been competing at the game for years! We used to compete at Frogger but I was just too good so we had to switch games. He always beats me at Ms. PacMan but it was still fun. The Ski ball was closed otherwise I could of have revenge (another of our favorite games.) We did decided that we need to go back there on our next date night. Tonight we are going to hook the the old Atari since we were so inspired by the old games!


There was some kind of festival at the park in the middle of town. Now sure what was going on but we had fun looking at everything.
In the 12 years that Brig and I have been married, we have had 3 great kids - each one born in a different state, both earned bachelors and master's degrees, had jobs that we have loved and hated, acquired a cat named big kitty, loud tree frogs, a fish, then Molly the dog, moved so many times that I have stopped counting including the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado, gone to Europe twice, gone to Mexico twice, went on my dream trip to New York, and Brig has had the chance to travel to South America and all over Asia, and we have attended so many sporting events that there is no way to count them all.

I am grateful for the last 12 years but ready and excited for the next twelve!