Our 25th wedding anniversary is this coming Wednesday but due to the busy social lives of our children, it's challenging sometimes to be able to get away from the house, so we decided to use tonight for an early celebration. At one point in time, we might have expected to get away for a night or two, but instead we settled for dinner and a movie. And it turned out to be a really nice evening out.We went to Biaggi's for dinner, an Italian restaurant on the far side of town. Actually, it's the first restaurant we ever ate at together in Fort Wayne, during my TUFW interview a couple years ago. I went ahead and gave Jeannette the gifts I'd gotten her: an NIV study Bible, a children's book called Motherbridge of Love, and a (very) little silver necklace/pendant with five (very) little diamonds on it.
Afterwards, we went to see the new Clint Eastwood movie, Gran Torino. It can be a hard movie to watch at times but there are a lot of funny lines and it ended up being really poignant. (I can't believe I spelled that right.) It's been a long time since I was at a movie where the audience applauded at the end. Rocky 3 might have been the last one!
Then, when we got home, we found a box that had been delivered while we were gone. Inside was an afghan (like a blanket, not the nationality) with our wedding date and names on it and a 25th anniversary Precious Moments figurine. My sister and her husband had sent them to us, along with a beautiful card and exactly the right amount of money to cover the dinners we had just eaten! It was a pretty neat way to end a very nice evening.
Happy anniversary, Jeannette! Here's to 25 more!
1 comment:
Biaggi's is one of the restaurants that Leo had told me was good.
Okay, okay, so you're forgiven for opening your packages early. When I blew up the photo, your necklace looks so nice, Jeannette! Glad you had such an enjoyable evening. You deserve it.
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