I told Doug several weeks ago that there was only one thing that I would have changed about our wedding. I loved everything about it, but if I knew then what I know now, I would have picked a different month. I did not realize until my children started school that May would become our family's busiest month of the year next to December. End of year picnics, spring sports finals, music programs, graduations, First Communion, and Confirmation took up a lot of our days in May. Adding in Mother's Day and Cal's birthday as well as multiple awards programs when the Heinisch children got older, left Doug and I with no time to celebrate our wedding anniversary.
At first, we would find a day in May to go out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. Over time, however, a card and maybe small gift was plenty for the two of us. Some years, we even forgo that tradition as it seemed forced as we tried to squeeze in a little bit of time for just the two of us with our family's crazy May schedule. I thought that I would be upset about the lack of anniversary celebrations, but in the end neither Doug nor I cared. We had worked hard every day to build a nice life with our family. A celebration in honor of that wasn't needed for us to be happy.
With no one at home this year, Doug and I decided to celebrate differently. We booked a night at Port Orleans Riverside and spent the evening celebrating at Disney World. It was so much fun. We went to Hollywood Studios for several hours before traveling back to Riverside to hang out in the piano bar. From there we walked over to the French Quarter for beignets for dessert before heading back to our room. Nick and Meg stopped by to say hello before they left for Magic Kingdom and then again before leaving for home. It was a lot of fun and a great way to celebrate our 32nd anniversary.
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