Forever and just a moment ago

Mrs. Pipes and I celebrated our 9th year of marriage on Thursday. We took the morning (because I had to work later) to drive up the beautiful Summerhaven on the iron horse to enjoy some fresh, fresh air and stone oven pizza. It was a great time together.

We got caught in the rain for the second time coming down the mountain. That's just another highlight that we have no pictures for.

8th Anniversary Weekend

Candi and I are celebrating eight years of marriage on September 4th. We were talking this week about special events during the year and how we spend $$$ on those events. We decided we are going to try only spending $$$ on each other on our anniversary (not birthdays and Christmas) but that we'll make it a huge thing every year. To me, my birthday is not a big deal. I always like celebrating Candi's birthday but she's o.k. not doing something outlandish for it. Christmas always ends up being expensive with the gifts for the family (I have a big family - growing bigger every year!) and our kids. So it will actually make things easier on us to do this. So this year we're going to spend the night at Westward Look Resort. Our friends, James and Diane (seen in pictures from the hiking trip) are taking care of our kids while we relax in the Stargazer suite. It has high walls around an outdoor, personal jacuzzi and a nice room - should be sweet!