Team Hatfield: Celebrating our vows "In sickness & in health"

Engagement Feb 2006

July 22, Tommy and I celebrated 2 fantastic years of marriage. We have had so much fun in these 2 years. Lots of traveling and I do means lots!!! We had a dream vacation planned by Tommy last November. Seriously, we feel so blessed w/ our health, family, friends, and adventures.
This anniversary we decided to head to Denver for a few days. Tommy has always wanted to take me to the Red Rocks in Denver for a concert. He claims that it is the BEST place to hear a concert. So, there happened to be a concert on our anniversary, The Police (Sting). No we are not Police groupies, but we like them well enough to hear them at the Red Rocks. Then we planned on meeting up w/ friends back in South Padre, Texas mid week for a little beach action.

Nothing went as planned.
For starters Hurricane Dolly was predicted to hit Padre on Wed..right when we were due to arrive. So, we nixed that plan and looked for another destination to finish out our week.

Monday, July 21. Headed to Denver (after a not so sick free weekend for me)
I was feeling decent when the trip started. The flight was OK, a little too hot and feeling queasy on the flight, but not too bad. But, we did cancel our dinner reservations in Denver and headed a little more low key dinner on the way to the hotel.

Tuesday, July 22. Happy Anniversary!! I slept in late. We headed out to a local Pizza buffet for some yummy food. About 4 minutes after sitting down at the restaurant I started to feel sick, really hot, queasy, heart pounding. I take about 3 bites of food and decide we gotta go before I pass out. Poor Tommy was so hungry and trying to eat so fast. We paid and headed back to the hotel w/ the a/c full blast in the car. Tommy got me settled in the room, a/c on 65, ice rag on my neck, and then he headed to the store for snacks, Gatorade, bottle water, and food for me. Our goal was for me to rest up because we had the concert in a few hours. About 1 hour 1/2 before the concert I tossed my "cookies". Oh, it was horrible!!!! We decided to try and sell the concert tickets because the heat at the out door concert probably was not the best place for me. UGGHHH! We were so disappointed. But, luckily the tickets sold. So, we ordered room service, discussed our alternative South Padre plans (thanks Hurricane Dolly), rented a $14.99 movie via the hotel. Fun Stuff!!! We love you baby H! I felt so bad that our whole reason for the Denver trip was to go to the Red Rocks and here I was sick as could be in a hotel room. I was hoping for a fun date night w/ my husband. Tommy was such a trooper! He reminded me that as bad as I felt we were still celebrating a blessing w/ this baby. He is so right!! We are one healthy little family, just morning, noon, and night sickness and this will pass. Thank you honey, for celebrating in sickness and in health, in good times and bad. Sorry it was not what we had planned, but we were together and as always made the very best of the day.

Wednesday, July 23. In bed all day. Up long enough to shower and pack bags. Headed to the airport just in time to go home. We canceled the idea of heading to a beach location for the rest of the week since I still was feeling pretty bad. At this point I need our bed!!! Get to the airport for a 2 hour delay. YEAH!!! Flight home was good. And Thank Goodness for great friends that pick you up at 1130 pm on a weeknight. Love you Leslie, you were right it was much better than a cab. Welcome to a dead car battery..no problem easy fix.

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Tommy!! I love you w/ all my heart and queasy tummy. You are so giving, loving, thoughful.... thank you for taking the care of me and baby h...no one could do it better than you. I am sure next year will be full of surprises too.

OH, We did not take one stinkin' photo of the trip. All we would get capture would be: hotel room, airport, room service, Bennigans, rental car.

Wedding Day July 22, 2006