How could we forget? 16 years!

It's kinda sad. Last weekend I was driving down the road all by myself. After a while, I turned the radio off and was just enjoying the silence. Trying to clear my head and pray. And a thought popped into my head. We forgot!
It was 10 days earlier, that was the 16 year anniversary of Jason and I being a couple.
We are sentimental and sappy. We don't forget things like that. Well, my sweet husband sometimes needs reminders, but I certainly don't forget those things.
Wow.
We forgot.
As if celebrating 16 years isn't SUPER important?!?!
It is! We think it's a huge accomplishment and are so thankful for our life together.
I picked up to call him right away.
He couldn't believe we forgot either, but wished me a happy 16 years and 10 days anniversary. And then I was ok with forgetting.
Because really..... the "16 years and 10 days" day is just as important as that one day that marked approximately 5,840 days of being in love. And the number just keeps going up.
And I'm so thankful.
Here's the sweet little story that I posted a year ago about how "smooth" we were and how we officially came to be a couple. Give us a break... we were teenagers :)

But seriously, I think it's probably time for us to take some time out and focus on each other. We've been too busy and focused on surviving, raising kids and trying to succeed in business. We're constantly being told by that if we're not going on an alone date at least once a month that we're making a huge mistake that we will later regret. For the past couple years, on average, we go on a date about once every 3 months or so.
How many of you really "date" often? I really want to know, so comment! I know it's important, but how many of you with kids actually take the time out to do it regularly? I keep thinking that more people in our generation are like us, than those who really go out all the time. Am I wrong??

PS: Those people who used to always smile at us when we were young and tell us to enjoy life because it passes by so fast... they were right.
Hardly seems possible that it's been 16 years. We've been together more years than we've been apart. I don't even care to think about where I'd be right now without him. I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again.

He's the cheese to my macaroni.