I've Gone Country A blog about a city girl learning a whole new world

We headed to the beach this past weekend and asked Billy’s parents to go with us.  It was beautiful weather and we really enjoyed the time together.

There was some R and R ….(rest and relaxation)….

Also some sight seeing….

We took a drive to look at some of the Christmas decorations.  This tree was HUGE.

And so were these ornaments.  I thought they were so neat looking and although the Palm trees are not what one usually thinks about when thinking Christmas….. I absolutely love them…….all year long.

I like to take pictures all the time.  I try to always have something to blog about.  I am sure that it gets a little old to Billy.  I suppose that is why it occurred to me while I was going through our pictures of this trip that I am a very fortunate woman.

I especially thought it was sweet that my husband stopped the car and let me take a few pictures for the blog voluntarily.  As we drove around we happened up on this chess set.

Pretty cool huh?  It was at this stop…that I realized just how considerate of a husband I have.  He not only stopped and let me take some more pictures…but he immediately got out of the car with me so you would be able to see just how big this set was by having a  person to show the scale of the object.  Then he proceeded to move to this big checker board.

My mind quickly flashed to a couple of trips ago when he also gave me this nice photo opportunity of this big fish

And this one

of him riding a sea turtle….

It is the little things that we do for one another that mean so much.  I was able to get my pictures, but more importantly he does those things because he wants to make me happy.  And it does…it always makes me smile.

Billy’s parents have been married for 65 1/2 years.

They do most everything together.  Scrabble is one of their favorite past times….and they are GOOD.  Man… they put me and Billy to shame.  But we still enjoy taking the challenge.

I have seen through the years how they both give and take to make the other one happy.  I hope Billy and I will remember to always be willing to give a little as we go through our marriage.

On our way home we stopped at a restaurant to eat.  The waitress asked his parents how long they had been married.  She said I just thought you both looked so happy.

I laughed and told Billy that she didn’t ask how long the two of us had been married….maybe we didn’t look happy.  We laughed.

She is probably like us…. thinking that it is very rare that a couple gets to celebrate this many years together.  One can’t help but notice.

I am so glad that we had this weekend with one another….and I am glad they wanted to spend that time with us.