Dedicated to Donna - Happy Anniversary

Seven years, two kids and aproximately 2,555 cups of coffee later... it's my seven year anniversary. And the marriage, the kids AND THE COFFEE couldn't be any more robust!


Glenn & Donna @ the beach in Santa Barbara - 9/13/1998

Seven years ago friends and family members gathered together in the open courtyard of the Double Tree Inn in Santa Barbara, CA. to witness the marriage of me and my wife.

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and my memories of that day and days leading up to it will last forever.

From driving to Santa Barbara almost every month to meet with a wedding coordinator, the flower decorator and cake shop, to listening to Third Eye Blind on the drive and staying at an ant filled hotel room, these memories seem so long ago yet the past seven years just flew on by.

And since then, we've made new memories that will last forever.

Memories...

Jessica and her swim meets. The start of school and the ups and downs of a little girl trying to find herself. She became a teenager too fast and too soon. We were the best buds doing everything together. Karate, Pokemon, video games and just hanging out. I miss those days but will remember them forever.

Then Jakey came.

I remember the long day at the hospital as we waited for the new addition to our family. Holding him for the first time was the most emotional experience I've ever had. Words can't even do it justice. Then all of a sudden it was the very difficult day of Jacob's first day of school. And we can say our son is now a 'veteran'. A 'leader' in his class as his teacher calls him. The example the younger kids can look up to. Then the time for tee-ball finally came where I was more nervous than anyone in the family as I brought him onto the field for tryouts. A tear escaped my eye when we stepped foot onto the infield dirt for the first time. And he shocked us all with his skill, other parents said he was a natural, and the coach awarded him with the Team MVP ball. We were so proud. We are so lucky.

And we thought having kids was easy.

Then came our princess, Bella.

I remember the midnight wakeup when you told me you were in labor. Nine or so hours later, I was able to kiss my 'cush-cush', my 'baby-bella', and rock her to sleep every single night. And now we have to ban ink pens from her access, we have to buy her her own tea set so she won't climb the cabinets to get the real thing, and we have to sleep at the edge of the bed because she likes half to herself. There's no doubt there's more to come from this little girl. I just hope we're prepared.

Thank you for giving me two little treasures. Thanks for allowing me to be Jessica's 'papa'. Thanks for your love, your support, and your desire to be the best you can be.

The past seven years have been better than ever expected. The best years of my life. I can only imagine the next seven, ten, twenty and fifty will be even better. It looks like it definitely will.

I love you, honey. I’ll continue to love you till the day I die. You have been everything to me and hopefully I can continue to do things to make you happy. Happy Anniversary.

Glenn