I wish our household goods were here so I could post my favorite photo of my dad. But it will have to wait until the end of the month for his birthday (our stuff better be here by then!) He said if the weather was nice he'd go fishing but if it rained he'd go to the office. Hope he went fishing...

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When we got married, we had extra space in the back of our wedding album, so we decided to take an anniversary photo every year to keep the album going throughout our marriage. Our four years include moving into our new house in Germany, being apart during Iraq, getting a new puppy, and sitting in an empty apartment waiting for our household goods. Have we aged at all? I don't think so, but I can't wait to look back on these four photos in about 20 years!

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The best decision I ever made was to tell that boy across the hall from me that I had a crush on him. If I hadn't, I probably wouldn't have been standing across from him four years ago today. And then we wouldn't have added that silly puppy to our family one year ago!

We're celebrating our anniversary by going to the port and picking up our car, which has made its way across the Atlantic. And hopefully we can stop at The Bell along the way.

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1 Congratulations and happy anniversary! Welcome back to the States.

Posted by: piercello at June 15, 2006 02:42 AM (6HxBf)

2 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!! Congrats! Have fun getting your car and enjoying a chalupa! My advice, get your car aligned the minute it gets off the boat!

Posted by: Farrah at June 15, 2006 05:22 AM (cCnDt)

3 Happy Anniversary... I'll never forget what The Husband said when you guys were defining your relationship early on: "Well, it's not like I'm going to marry you or anything." Heh. I couldn't imagine either of you with anyone else. You suit each other perfectly. And eat lots of fatty-nastiness at The Bell. It sounds super.

Posted by: Erin at June 15, 2006 09:20 AM (2IOh+)

4 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to you both. I hope your car travels half as well as your marriage has.

Posted by: Jim - PRS at June 15, 2006 05:12 PM (VPbK+)

5 Happy Anniversary! You DO make the perfect couple and the longer Russ is in our family the more I realize you are perfect for each other. It was fun seeing your wedding picture. I still have people tell me that it was the best wedding they've ever attended--guys in khakis and polo shirts and girls in sundresses and sandals, beautiful weather, delicious food (thank goodness it was catered!), a one-of-a-kind ceremony that made me cry and all of your friends and family there to celebrate! What more could one ask for!?! I love you both. Mama

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The blog is due for a pupdate! I haven't written about Charlie's experiences in the US yet...

I was concerned that Charlie might be overwhelmed by flying alone and staying at my in-laws' house without us. We thought he'd be overjoyed to see us, but when we got there, he gave us a cursory lick and then ran back outside. He loved their doggie door and playing with their dog and two cats. He wrestled one cat constantly, which was hilarious. And he learned about chasing birds and squirrels too.

He then made the trip from Kansas City to Illinois via the new Busch stadium, which he christened with a big fat dump on the sidewalk. He did fine at my parents' house too, except for the fact that my parents' dog didn't really want to have anything to do with him. He spent the two weeks baiting their dog, pushing him with his nose and pouncing, hoping he'd want to play back.

Moving appeared to be a maturing process; we were able to leave him out of the crate most of the time because he had other animals to occupy him. He had one ridiculous lapse in judgement that nearly got him strangled though: on the last night at my parents' house he ate my brand new $27 hank of beautiful wool. It was sitting next to a $2 skein that I had gotten on sale, but naturally he didn't want that one. Other than that near-fatal mistake, he was very good on his vacation.

He made the 15-hour car ride with us out to our new post. He did surprisingly well in his crate the whole way, until we got about two hours out. At that point, he completely wigged out and started banging his head on the bars and yelping. I let him sit in my lap the rest of the way.

He did fine in the Army hotel, considering we were in the "pet section" and there were barking dogs all around us. He didn't like the constant come-and-go of the cleaning crew, but overall he did OK. He's been pretty good in the new apartment as well. It's funny that none of our furniture is here, and we have tan carpet and walls; I can never find him because he camouflages so well into his surroundings! He took up a fascination last night with those springy door stop things: he constantly boings it, and he's already eaten the rubber stopper off.

But most of the time he's content right here at the patio door.

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I took this photo before we left my parents' house. My collection of cookbooks doubled when I hit the ground a month ago...

It's a wonder we fit everything in the car...now we just have to fit it all in 500 less square feet!

We made it. The place is nice, if just a tad small. But we'll live for six months. We're still getting settled; our unaccompanied baggage gets delivered on Tuesday, so we should be on the internet within a day or two. Can't wait to be connected again.

And can't wait to start cooking!

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