Anniversary

It was 17 years ago today that Russell and I went on our first date!!

It was the day before my 22nd birthday and my cousin Karl asked if I wanted to go on a date with his cool friend. We went on a double date to the nutty putty caves. I had no idea what kind of cave it was, so I wore a really cute sweater. As we were driving out there Karl told me that I would probably get my sweater all muddy so he had a t-shirt in the back for me to change into. I had no idea I would be crawling down into a small tunnel and sliding around on my belly for the next couple of hours. I am claustrophobic and have no idea how I did that. I don't know what won Russ over the fact that I would crawl around in a cave, or that I wasn't afraid to go to the bathroom behind a bush because that is all that was available, or that I asked him if he was a janitor because he had a lot of keys on his key ring. But something clicked and we have been together ever since.

I love you Russell!