I am thankful she said YES!!!

Thrity years have come and gone since I asked Melody to marry me. We have had a wonderful life together and I truly believe the best is yet to come. This was our engagement photo taken in the fall of 1982. I was 19 and she was 17. We were married in July of 1983 when I was 20 and she was 18.
Over the next couple of days we are taking in a marrige conference, yes even after 30 years you can still learn something. Tonight was the first night and it was wonderful and we are looking forward to the next two days.

[Kerri]

:) Happy thanksgiving

[Sharon]

That is so sweet. It is heart warming to know people still work at relationships. My husband and I started dating in 1978 but did not marry until 10 years later.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Love your pic and what a wonderful sentiment to live by- I totally agree! Here's to the future!

[Menarose]

I love romance, and this is it!!!! :-)

[Ellen Young]

That is Awesome bkb! And you are so right ...you can never stop learning something!! :) Awesome sentiment and she is lucky too, to have you ! :)

[Jennifer Ruge]

Fantastic! Wishing you many more wonderful year together.

[Maggiemae]

Love these old and innocent photos. Sounds like an interesting conference! Congrats for the 30 years!

[Ramesh Chand]

Very nice old shot......I also wish you many more wonderful year together.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

What a wonderful photo of you both.

[Claire]

Awww, so lovely:0)

[Brenda Baird]

Very Nice and a big Congratulations of 30 years!

[Cindy Rez]

Congrats on 30 years together!!!

[Danette Thompson]

Congrats on 30 years! Those conferences are important.

[Dave Morrow]

CONGRATULATIONS!!

[Michel Dumas]

Congrats!

[👑 AnaZad]

OMG you got married so young. Congrats on 30 years!!!

[John]

Awwww you haven't changed a bit, well maybe a bit wiser.

[Pat Knowles]

Ah young love & aren't we lucky these days to have lasted so long....you picked well!!!

[MarryJane]

Love is in the air!

[Jordan]

aww this is very sweet, yay for making it for 30 years.

[Kathy Burzynski]

Oh this is very nice - My husband & I married very young too. He proposed in December 1974 and we were married May 9th 1975. I was 17 and he was 18.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Aww, what a sweet shot. You both were so young.

[june milner]

heart congratulations.
and you are both so right.. Nothing stands still , we re-invent ourselves and our relationships all the time.

[Ian Fisher]

A great memory shot. Congratulations on your 30 years - and you are so right, always something new to learn!

[Vanilla Spice]

What a cute photo! Congrats, you too!

[Vanilla Spice]

TWO! (dang auto correct! :)

[Mrs. Smith]

Wonderful picture...and such a happy time for you both. Congratulations on 30 years!

[Shirley Banford]

Awesome photo.

[Harry J Benson]

Congratulations, we are all never to old to learn and improve

[Kim]

You are an exceptional couple and a relationship to be admired. Love this look back - adorable.

[ladyjane]

Congratulations! I thought I was young to be married at almost 20 - you guys were babies!

[Hubregt Visser]

Congratulations!

[Tony]

Great looking couple and so YOUNG 8-)

[Pyrrhula]

Congratulations and thanks fpr sharing this wonderful moments with us. Hope the next couple of 30 years may be as happy as nice as they have been

[summerfield]

it warms my heart to know these little things about you and melody. i'm so happy for the two of you and i wish you longer life together. take good care of her and never ever make her cry or i'm going to whack you in the head, brian! :-D say hello to mel for me, please.

[Netkonnexion]

Wonderful statement. Well done and congrats.

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@tesnonian Wow you have been together for many years as well then

[bkb in the city]

@ruthmouch Thanks Ruth

[bkb in the city]

@titam Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@ellimae Appreciate the wonderful words Ellen

[bkb in the city]

@jenniferruge Thanks Jennifer

[bkb in the city]

@maggiemae Thanks Maggie. The conference has been so wonderful

[bkb in the city]

@pawar_ramesh Thanks Ramesh

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj Thanks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk Thank you Claire

[bkb in the city]

@doitforfun Thanks Brenda

[bkb in the city]

@cindyrez Thank you Cindy

[bkb in the city]

@danette Thanks Danette. This one has been wonderful. You can check it out on FB (if you are on that) at NAME Canada

[bkb in the city]

@wadazomo Thank you Dave

[bkb in the city]

@midumas Thanks Michel

[bkb in the city]

@anazad511 Thank you.

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs I hope so

[bkb in the city]

@happypat Thanks Pat

[bkb in the city]

@marryjane Oh yes it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@jwoz1988 Thanks Jordan

[bkb in the city]

@myhrhelper It seems that these are the marriages that last

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Thanks Marilyn

[bkb in the city]

@june That is very true

[bkb in the city]

@if1 Thanks Ian

[bkb in the city]

@scrappy Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@mrssmith Thanks Carla

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Thanks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@hjbenson Thanks Harry

[bkb in the city]

@kimshots Appreciate the kind words Kim

[bkb in the city]

@ladyjane Yes we were

[bkb in the city]

@hjv Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Thanks Tony

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula Thank you very much

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Mel says thanks for watching out for her. Summerfield you absolutely crack me up I love your sense of humor:)

[Frida]

This is such a sweet tribute to your life together, and a lovely lovely photo Brian!

[bkb in the city]

@netkonnexion Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@frida Thanks Frida

[Ellen E]

Aw, so sweet! The two of you are an inspiration! I wish you many more happy years together

[michelle mcintyre]

A sweet shot - relationships always need working on ...l started going out with my husband in '74...we married in 1980 ....l hope you enjoy your weekend!!

[Carole Imes]

Awww, what an extra special shot. I wish you many more happy years together. It is so encouraging to see a marriage work so well like yours. Bless you both.

[❀ Lynn]

Congratulations....it is so nice to see the marriages that last and keep growing! And from the comments above there are more than we hear about! Wonder why that is that we only hear the doom and gloom.....Keep on truckin'! :)

[Christie Hicks]

Love the flashback photo. Hope you enjoy the conference together.

[Allison]

glad things are still going great for you. as my mom says, everyone can use some counseling in their lives :) hope you have another fantastic 30+ years ahead of you!

[bkb in the city]

@ellen Thank you so much

[bkb in the city]

@michelle58 thanks Michelle. It was wonderful

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 Thank you Carole

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb Thanks Lynn

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Your faces haven't changed a bit! How wonderful! I always look at those conferences as great tools for honing skills- glad you had an enjoyable time there.

[Leila]

Very sweet young couple. Congratulations on 30 years, still looking fantastic and going strong.

[Sue]

congratulations on 30yrs. Hard to believe all that time has passed I bet!

[bkb in the city]

@speedy0901 Appreciate that Allison

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann. It was really a great time and we learned a lot of new things

[bkb in the city]

@leilaboyd Thanks Leila

[bkb in the city]

@redpants Thanks Sue. Yes the time has gone by so fast

[Maaikel]

How nice! Thank you for sharing this.

[bruni]

A wonderful tribute of 30 years of Happiness. love your photo//you both were so young...wishing you another round of 30 years holding hands..so nice to see.

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Thank you very much. Appreciate the kind words

[Darlene]

You are such a romantic, Brian and much like my husband as he is also. Love this photo of the two of you. Happy 30 years together.

[bkb in the city]

@darsphotos Thanks Darlene

[Wendy Bowden]

Congratulations on 30 years!!

[bkb in the city]

@wenbow Thank you very much