However.....

it is not the romantic get-away that we have sometimes taken around our anniversary.  This year, I had to leave before the awards ceremony to get down to Salt Lake to help set up for the annual UDSF Leadership Dinner and Annual Meeting.  (Perhaps I will add pictures later as they are on our camera not my phone and they don't download well directly to my computer.)

Gary and Jena stayed for the awards and pizza and then headed back to Syracuse where Jena got dressed up for a dinner/dance at Gigi's playhouse and Gary headed to the bowling alley to get ready for the bowling tournament on Saturday.

We all had a great evening (or productive in Gary's case) and got home in time to head to bed.

And get up early for another busy Saturday--I headed to the University of Utah to attend an 8 hour prep course for my Master of Social Work licence exam which I will take sometime in the summer or fall. (It sounds like it would have been boring but it was actually very interesting and fun.)

Meanwhile, Gary and Jena headed to The Rush for the yearly Knights of Columbus Bowling Tournament for the bowlers with special needs. Gary helps with the computer and technical stuff and the bowling center staff.  (He was tired after two rounds of bowling tournament and about 100 bowlers.) Jena won another first place in her group of three, starting with a high game of 128.  So it was a very productive weekend for her in regards to medals--three first places!

I got home with KFC for dinner (Happy Anniversary, dear!) and then Jena and I headed to the theatre to usher.

Gary and I have had some great times celebrating our anniversary--many times on the actual day of our anniversary.  On our 10th, we went to Macau, a small colony about 60 miles away from Hong Kong by hydroplane.  We went to the Philippines and got night certified for scuba diving on our 12th. On our 30th we spent the day in Provo and attend the temple and hung around BYU and ended the day buying a black and white picture of the Provo Temple which now hangs over our basement stairwell where we can see it every time we walk through our house.

But some years, life gets busy and you have an anniversary like this one--busy with life--and it is okay! (note for future generations)

Last note:

On Friday morning of our anniversary, Jena sent Gary the following text:  "Forgot Happy Ann".  We couldn't figure out what she meant so Gary asked her "What?" and she replied,  "Happy Anniversary."   Yes, Gary, "Happy Ann" to you, too.  I am so lucky to have you in my life even if we only spent a few hours together on a hill at Snowbasin.  Love you.