Happy 5th - Still Like Horsing Around With You!

It is now exactly five years ago that I married this long-haired Scottish-Texican highlander in Las Vegas on October 8, 2009, on my 50th birthday. He had chatted me up in 2007 during my lunch break at the college where I work and he had taken mastercam classes.

Although we went through very difficult times during our engagement with our family and financially and I had just got a tumor removed from my throat, we were determined to have a good time at our wedding in Las Vegas.

We wanted it to be special for us instead of showing off for a large crowd of people. We got everything we wanted and more. It was the best time of my life - everything fell into place without any stress.  It just happened as it was meant to happen.

We both managed to completely let go of the problems at home and enjoy the moment of our wedding letting our higher power handle the horrible things beyond our control which eventually worked out perfectly. Somebody up there really looked out for us.

Looking at the pictures it still gives me goosebumps because I remember every minute as if it was yesterday. Everyone at the Golden Nugget Hotel and at the Little White Wedding Chapel went out of their way to make this the best day of our lives. Pastor Thompsen's wedding sermon was so perfect for us like we had hand-picked it. Even Elvis spoke German and Chumlee from the Pawn Stars next door to the White Wedding Chapel's "Tunnel of Love" gave his high five.

Our friends Mario and Oxana came to our wedding, everybody else could watch per live webcam and throw rice against the TV, and Clay's brother Kurt who lived in Las Vegas at that time agreed to be our witness together with Mario. I pray for Kurt when I see him in his Led Zep Shirt on the photos because he is struggling right now in his first year after a lung transplant. I hope he soon can watch this video and laugh and remember. He showed us all the insider hang-outs in Vegas and where we could get the best $5 steak dinner - Scottish ancestry, I mentioned already, they are not wasting money in tourist traps on the strip.

Now enjoy the little video I put together from our wedding photos starting with my bachelorette party at Aqui in Willow Glen (special thanx to the girls for showing up), the Golden Nugget Hotel, the wedding ceremony in the Little White Wedding Chapel Drive Thru, the ride in Elvis' pink Cadillac, the party on Freemont street downtown dancing with strangers and live country music, finishing up the day with chilling pool side in the jacuzzi, and the  hangover picture from next day. I also added the official pictures from our 1st anniversary at Disneyland, our second one at Mission San Juan Bautista, the third one at a Jason Aldean concert, and the fourth one celebrating with Toby Keith at the Shoreline...because this is a happily ever after story, not a happy end.

It has been a ride these five years. I am turning 55,  and I look forward to celebrating many more anniversaries, one at a time enoying every second with the love of my life and my soulmate. I love you Clay!

After a nice birthday dinner, we will horse around in the City of Angels during the weekend exploring all the quirky places we put on our to-do list, visiting the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley where they have a piece of the Berlin Wall,the Autry Museum in Griffith Park currently having a Route 66 exhibit and Native American beading art, our Hotel on Sunset Blvd. right at the walk of fame with pool,the La Brea Tar Pits , Amoeba music, praying for peace in front of  Ghandi's ashes atthe Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, and Grauman's Chinese Theatre and all the Hollywood and Beverly Hills stuff and anything in between. Let the journey continue!