Our Anniversary Weekend!

 As of 3:30 PM Sunday, June 26th, Louis Dean and I have been married 16 years!

We were brand new to each other back then - having only met literally 2 months before we married.

We have been happier than either one of us ever dreamed we would be!

For the first few anniversaries, we would go to Galveston and we did that again just two years ago.

Now we simply celebrate each and every day we have together and no longer feel the need to go somewhere - and the ranch is a special place for both of us!

We did meet our goal of getting the decks cleaned up from all the tools and debris strewn about!

We had invited our friend, Rosey, over for a cocktail party and to catch up on our visiting.

Earlier Saturday afternoon, Sherry and I went into Belmead to pick up some 'adult slushees!'

We have seen this Daiquiri Express place so many times but this was our very first visit.

We had such a nice time sitting, sipping and snacking our way through the 'cocktail' hours.....

that being 5:30 - 8:30 here!

Sherry made her pepper poppers and Rosey brought quesadillas from a Mexican restaurant near her, and we had cheese and crackers and all manner of chips, dips, and fruit.

Of course, we had daiquiris - we sampled two of the three different kinds I bought.

And for dessert, we had blackberry cobbler with Amaretto ice cream!

Both Sherry and Rosey had critter chores to attend to so the party broke up before dark.

Louis Dean was really tired so we both decided to call it an early night.

I love how a good night's sleep can make all the difference in the world.

We start the day off fresh once again!

We watched Fellowship Church online and this morning Samantha was trying to see what was going on!

I traded the flimsy easel ......

for a sturdier one and we took our coffee, cottage cheese, fruit and cookies and sat down for a wonderful service where Pastor Ed Young interviewed Trey Goudy.

I love the testimonies of other believers and I especially admire Trey Goudy as he lives his life and shares his faith just as a matter of course. And I also love how he sirrounds himself with so many friends and that includes those who do not hold the same beliefs. It was a lesson for us all.

We are unique - every single one of us - and it's a good thing we don't all think and act alike. 

This afternoon, we could hear Sherry out in the fields running her tractor.

Dean is in North Carolina at a martial arts event.

When I talked to him on the phone this afternoon, I told him we had saved him some Amaretto ice cream! He will be home tomorrow.

I finally set up my art table!

We've been here two weeks and I only have one week left before we go home so I am glad to smell the turpentine!

My goal is to finish the paintings I have already started and then begin some new ones!!

I love doing art - especially when I am in the country!