Lonnie and I just celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary on Friday.  I'm so blessed to have him in my life.  He has loved me through thick and thin, in sickness and in health, for better or worse. 

Friday, we went up to a local Bed and Breakfast in Idyllwild.  When we first got there it was so hot.  We didn't know how we were going to survive the weekend up there.  I ordered the romantic package getaway which included sparkling cider, and a gift certificate to dinner at a restaurant.  We went to the restaurant that night as it was our actual anniversary.  The certificate was for $60.  Our meal came to $55.  We are not fancy people but this was known as a fancy restaurant to where we even had reservations.  Neither one of us were very impressed though.  I guess we are Del Taco people. lol  However after we were there, I read Lonnie a renewal of vows I had written. (I will post those at the bottom.) After we left there, we went to a little grocery store and got some waters.  We went back to the B&B and it was still super hot so we didn't sleep very well. Oh well, good night. Hoping for a better tomorrow.

Saturday was fun/interesting.  Good morning, breakfast time.  We has waffles with berries, blueberry muffins, chicken and apple sausage, and yogurt.  We went to Cabazon outlets and walked around for a couple hours.  Then we went to lunch at A&W.  After that we drove to Palm Springs for the tram.  It was so much fun and scary all at the same time.  Definantely  not what I thought.  I didn't realize how steep it was.  It was worth it though.  We didn't do any hiking as I was very sore from walking around Cabazon.  We walked around inside the museum and gift shops.  We watched the 2 movies they played and just enjoyed being together.  After about 2 hours we came back down the hill.  We decided to drive around  Palm Springs to see what we could do. Didn't find much to do except...you guessed it...Del Taco.  Oh, we went through the drive thru and headed back up to Idyllwild.  We had dinner in our room and a relaxing evening.  The room was much cooler that night so we were able to get the sleep we needed.  I woke up a few times because my bronchitis/pneumonia started to get worse but for the most part the night went smoothly.

Sunday morning we woke up a few minutes before our knock on the door for breakfast in bed.  It was included in our romantic package getaway.  They brought a quiche casserole, sausage links, and a banana muffin.  So yummy!  We got ready to go and headed down the hill, back to life, back to reality and responsibility.  

I love my life.  I love my husband.  I love my kids.  I love my home.  I was grateful for a break from reality but was thankful to be back home too.

I Becky keep you Lonnie as my husband.  We were bound together in marriage 10 years ago and I have grown more and more in love with you as the days go by.  We've been through so much in our marriage.  We've bought a house, helped run a store, dealt with family issues, helped friends through problems, heard you tell me you didn't want kids, suffered the loss of family members, had to say goodbye to sweet babies, welcomed our sons, bought a van, loss of a business, new job celebrations, reaching our goal of me being a stay at home mom, losing our home, finding a decent new home, and learning more and new things about each other.  My darling husband, we would not be where we are today without the love of our Lord and King.  I thank Him for you everyday and for all the joys and sorrows we've been through.  He is making a new creation in us all the time.  I embrace today, 10 years later, to be built up in Him.  To honor Him by honoring you.  I want you to know that I love you so much and want to put God more at the front of our marriage.  To make Him Lord of our lives in EVERYTHING we do.  I love you Lonnie Pando.  Thank you for marrying me 10 years ago and sticking with me all this time.