Birthdays, anniversaries, special days.  Today is Dan and Julia's special day.  21 years ago we gathered together at a church in Tucson, AZ to witness them say their vows to each other.  How quickly the years pass by.  Twenty one years later they have seven kids, two cats, and a dog.  But they are still at the same location.  They are the stable ones in the family.  Someone has to be.

How well we remember the wedding of our oldest.  People dubbed it the wedding of the grandpas.  Julia's grandpa gave the wedding sermon.  Dan's grandpa had the  opening prayer.  And his other grandpa had the closing prayer.  There was a great grandpa and another grandpa in the audience if memory serves well.  

The bride was radiant, the groom was handsome.  They were so young.  Only 23 and 21.  But they had been dating for seven years exactly.  He took her to a young people's Bible study at a local church that first date.  The former youth pastor returned to Arizona to do the honors.  He told us about their dating conduct.  They were exemplary.  

What will the next 21 years bring?  Surely they will be grandparents long before then.  Probably the nest will be empty.  Odds are the nest will be in the same location.  They love their land and are perfectly content to live out their days there.

Congratulations!  We are proud of you and proud to be your patents.