Yesterday, Brady and I celebrated our 9th Wedding Anniversary!  

FEBRUARY 12th, 2000 to be exact. After 12 years of dating, we got married. So we have been with each other now for 21 years! Crazy numbers hugh?

The first couple of years (prior to children), we would spend our anniversary in a different cabin that we would rent out in SE Oklahoma. There are some wonderful cabins there and it is so beautiful there too by the way.  Since having children, we have always gone to dinner at a really nice restaurant and enjoyed yummy food. This year, we went to the Warren Theatre in Moore. I haven't seen a movie in a theatre, with my husband, in forever. The one at Thanksgiving doesn't count. It was a kids movie! We paid extra and sat in balcony seats where we were able to enjoy dinner and a movie all at once. The seats were very comfortable and they even had seat heaters in them- always a plus for me! Our appetizer was good and my salad was great but our main entrees were just okay. We got so wrapped up in the movie that we forgot to order dessert! We saw the movie "Taken". It is action packed the entire time. Even though it was pretty intense, I really enjoyed watching this movie. I just had to find out how that girl was going to be saved by her daddy! After the movie, we exchanged presents in the car. We even entertained some people in the parking lot as I was showing Brady his unwrapped gifts that were in the back of the Yukon. He on the other hand did some very creative wrapping at the office. He made some wrapping paper and printed the words "The Power of Persuasion" and "This IS Real Wrapping Paper" over and over on yellow paper and wrapped my gift in it. I loved his added touch of the bow at the top. Loved it Brady! 

Brady's parents kept Hailey and Hunter at their home. Hailey got to go to her favorite restaurant she calls "The Pretzel Store" - better known as The Brewery. The symbol on top of 50 Penn Place looks like a pretzel to her. They told me they were excellent at dinner. Good to hear Hunter wasn't a monster as he was a super pickle for most of the day for me. They both gave us loud, cheerful goodbye waves from the front porch as we departed. Our arrival wasn't so cheery. Hailey immediately told me she wasn't leaving and was going to stay with her Grammy forever. She just loves hanging out with them! Thanks for watching them last night. We had a really enjoyable night out together.

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Brady,

The year we met, you gave me a card that said "I may not always understand you, but I will always love you." I think this still holds true on my part!  I hope I am becoming more "understandable" and thanks for loving me through all our time together. I do love you and am looking forward to many more years together. 

HAPPY MARRIAGE BRADY!

222,

Camey

P.S. For those of you who don't know us very well, 222 means "I Love You" in our language. It started from the very beginning of our relationship. We would and still do hold up two fingers (which to strangers looks like the peace sign) when we are departing for the day, in a room where we can't talk, etc. The children have learned it too. One time in church during Hailey's first primary program, she spotted me and held up her fingers with a big smile. Of course everyone else thought it was something different! When we were dating, I would turn the porch light on and off 3 times as he was driving away and he would flash his lights back at me or step on his brake 3 times. If we are driving together, we still do this. Very silly, but I love it!