In Which We Celebrate

I was first awakened yesterday morning by a tenant rushing around getting ready for class. It's new for us to have someone living directly above our room. I sense those noise-canceling headphones becoming key in our future. :) I guess Phoebe thought the stirring above was a signal for us to begin our day, too, because it wasn't long until she had two little paws up on the side of the bed, tail wagging feverishly to see if it was time for me to be interested in getting up to play. 

So I got up and ready and we headed to the dog-sitters'. Yes. The dog-sitters got dog-sitters. We've been having Sean and Sarah hang out with Phoebe in the rare moments that we need to be completely gone for a while, but yesterday was a very busy day for them, so we elected to ask some friends if they'd mind watching her for us. THANK YOU, Wayne and Shari, for filling in. She had the best time with you!

We wanted to start our day over at WBCL, visiting the very place where Ryan proposed. It was such fun to be there again and to get to see the people I worked with every day for four years. We grabbed a couple of selfies while we were there. 

Here we are right in front of the studio where Ryan proposed!

And a front-of-the-building selfie, in which I look disproportionately monstrous next to Ryan. LOL!! 

Like I told you yesterday, our first plan for lunch was thwarted by the permanent closing of the restaurant. I think we ended up on plan C or D - and that took us to B. Antonio's Pizza. We had the place nearly to ourselves and had the NICEST server! Food was delicious!

(Sorry my halo is so bright there!) 

We picked up Phoebe on our way back home and then I think all three of us collapsed and took a nap for a couple of hours!

We ended up rescheduling our pictures for next week (rain), but we did scoot to the post office to see if my Bible study had been delivered. And on the way back, we saw a beautiful rainbow!

My Bible study had indeed arrived, and I was eager to dive right in!

And before the night was over, our guest list grew by one. We're playing aunt and uncle for a day or so!

(She's pretty excited about the dog-dog.) 

And that's how we celebrated nine years of engagement! Oh! And we enjoyed this beautiful gift of nine yellow roses from Wayne, Shari, and Phoebe!