January Anniversary

We celebrated our 28th anniversary on January 10th. Last year, Ron was in recovery in McKay-Dee Hospital. We're glad to have better circumstances this year! We were married in the Seattle Temple in Bellevue, Washington. Flowers were blooming in the gardens, and the ERA picketers were marching on the sidewalks outside the temple fences. It was a nice day - Mother was well enough to be there, so she and Dad made the trip to Seattle with Ron and me. Judy and Bob, Julie and Mike (newlyweds, themselves), Andrea, and various friends were there that day. The pictures are hazy and not very good, so if anyone has recollections, please fill them in. This was the first kayak we had - it was called a Fulboat, and Ron built it. We had a lot of fun in this kayak, and learned that you could really see things up close and personal with kayaks - it never saw any white-water, but it could really skim across the water. This picture was taken in Tumwater on Capitol Lake. I liked to think that we would go through life paddling our "canoe" together.

I don't remember who took this picture of Ron and me the momentous summer of 1980. (Taken in front of Mom and Dad's house on 93rd.) I thought the blouse was cool, but it wasn't too flattering. I'm not sure if we had announced our intention to get married, or if it was still in the planning stage?