November 1, 2010.

Can you believe it's November already! This year is almost over.

It's been a busy past few days. Chris' mom was down over the weekend for a visit. She always cooks a bunch when she visits and my freezer now has three big containers of chicken noodle soup and there is one big blueberry pie in the fridge. She came down because on Sunday morning Chris and I renewed our wedding vows in church. Also down was Chris dad and step-mom and also his sister and her husband. It was really nice to have them all down and attend our church. His sister seemed impressed with the service, commenting about how it will be hard to return to her now boring Lutheran church service. Every denomination is different as is every church. The Lutheran church has a very subdued, serious service. Our services are pretty upbeat, lively and everyone does a lot of talking and sharing. From the few times I attended the church Chris grew up in, I recall things being so somber and nobody talking. What a difference between the two.

Renewing our vows was nice. I was reluctant to participate in this when Chris first asked, but I am very glad I did. It was nice having family and all my new friends there around me. It is so hard to believe that 25 years has passed.