This year Nikki and I will be celebrating our 6th anniversary by renewing our vows in the same church we were married in. It’s a fun thing to do, and a whole order of magnitude simpler than our original wedding. We are only having a couple of guests, and no real dinner to plan besides making reservations. I don’t imagine it will be any more fun than that day, but it should be a good time.

Here’s some interesting facts about our anniversary and wedding day:

– March 3, 2001, or 3/3/2001 – all digits in 2001 add up to 3, so that’s three “3s”

– The wedding started at 3:30pm

– Nikki, Jordy and I stood together, all three of us.

– We each had three attendants.

– All of us standing at the front of the church: 9 (not counting Rev. Dave) or 3 x 3.

Altogether, that’s 10 “3s” for our original wedding.

Now, in case you didn’t think that we should be renewing our vows on our 6th, here’s some more:

– March 3, 2007 or 3/3/2007 – all digits in 2007 add to 9, so that’s 5 “3s” all together

– The renewal will start at 3:30pm, naturally.

– This time it will be Nikki and I, our THREE kids, and two attendants each, for a total of 9 not counting Rev. Dave

Altogether, you bet, 10 “3s”.

If that doesn’t bake your noodle, what will? So I’m a huge geek, so what?

Anyway, so there you go, it’s a cosmically significant date to renew my commitment to my wonderful wife. A no-brainer.

*** Update:  Speaking of cosmically significant, how about this?  March 3, 2007 will also be an excellent time to observe a lunar eclipse, where the rising sun will turn blood red.  That’s going to look darn cool, if we can see it.