Saturday, August 2, 2008

Happy 35 - Return to Bountiful (Seward, NE)

In honor of our 35th wedding anniversary this August, Jennifer and I took a trip to Bountiful to retrace our steps where we first met each other 36 years ago. We left late Friday and got to KC. Saturday morning we visited with our dear friends--Pam and Dale Ott. Boy did they have lots of news in their life. We believe they need to blog to let the world keep up with them. Children moving and adoptions from abroad...
This is our dearest friend, Millie Baldinger. She has been a friend from our years in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Millie lives in Seward. Her dear husband, Bert, went to be with our Lord this past April. We all miss Bert's wonderful sence of humor,wit and wisdom. Millie misses her life's companion. We had a great visit and raided the cookie jar.

It was hot, hot, hot in Seward. Sweet Jennifer is posing by the entrance of the college where we first met. She is trying to look happy while I get the picture in the heat. I'm hurrying Jennifer!

Our first meeting was at Brommer Hall, our fine Concordia dining facility. We had shared friends and met on August 31, 1972 about lunch time. Things have never been the same since. After 35 years of marriage we are just starting to understand the other....

Paul used to sit on a picnic table to wait for Jennifer to walk by. He would join her for lunch. Watching carefully he moved further and further toward her pre-lunch class to have a longer walk with his new love. Jennifer rewarded this effort by giving him a package of Missouri tourism information addressed to Bob Parker. She had some trouble remembering his name. He always could make such a good impression. After 35 years, she's doing much better.






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