20 Years of Love and Commitment...

SEPTEMBER 3, 1988

Wedding day pictures from 20years ago are so full of memories! The ceremony, our bridal party, our parents proud faces, the reception and the all out celebration that took place between two people who deeply love each other.

This is our story...I went to Cardinal Stritch HS and Dave went to Oak Harbor HS... you need to know that our High Schools were HUGE rivals! I was a cheerleader and Dave played every sport available because he comes from an athletically gifted family. The Weirich boys' name was known in every surrounding city and town where he grew up. So, as a cheerleader I had my eye on him. One night (about 3 years after we graduated) while out dancing I laid my eyes on him. I went up to his friend (Doug St. Clair) and asked what his name was he said "Dave Weirich, why do you know him?" I said, "Yes, I was a cheerleader for Stritch." Then his friend (Doug) said, "Oh, well I played guard for Oak Harbor" and I was thinking....sorry dude, I didn't notice YOU! Dave also had an older brother who played and I never noticed him either (God didn't give me an eye for his older brother although he's very handsome too).

We began to date and from that moment of our first date - literally we knew we had found our forever love!

Our first date was Jan 30, 1987 and we were married the next year on September 3, 1988

At 11:00am on September 3, 2008 (20 years later) the garage door went up and Dave arrived with these 20 roses for me. We shared lunch together and he went back to work

Then about an hour after that, the doorbell rang. My wonderful and faithful sister Judy and her partner Jodi sent this really cool gift. It has pancake mix, jelly etc. for breakfast in bed! Great gift idea! The card read "Dance in the hog trough today!" For those of you who were at our wedding 20 years ago then you know that Judy (2 years older than me) and Danny (a year older than David) had to dance in the hog trough together because it is a German tradition that if the older sibling is not married yet then they dance for goodluck! It was quite an entertaining thing to watch especially since Danny (David's older brother) had a little too much to drink. :)

The next day this beautiful bouquet arrived from my parents in Ohio.

We had steak, spiced potatoe wedges and brocolli for dinner with the kids.

I made him jump in for a quick anniversary picture! We got a partial smile going...he's still cute as ever! :)

Of course we had to have carrot cake for dessert...it's one of our favorite!

A little better pose! We have a 20th anniversary trip planned in January. We leave for the Dominican Republic for 10 days of beach and relaxation while Super Auntie JuJu comes to take care of our kids!

Thank you to all of you who shared our special day 20 years ago - you are still a very important part of our lives!