14 Glorious Years

Tonight, we got to celebrate our 14th wedding anniversary with a quiet dinner for two at one of our favorite waterfront restaurants thanks to our best man (Uncle Z) who graciously agreed to watch the three little fish for a couple of hours.  It was a perfect evening!!!

Our sweet pink fish was our photographer and dictated our poses :-)

11 Years and going strong . . .

So much has changed since we said "I do" eleven years ago . . .

We moved to the East Coast, returned to the West Coast, completed grad school (both of us), started new careers, went from being a full time military family to a part-time (Reserve) military family, suffered through infertility and a miscarriage, had three kiddos, lost our cat, bought a house,

and so much more. 

Through it all, we've made an amazing team!

Love that Alli jumps in the anniversary picture every year ;-)

Lukers was down for the night and Eli was way too busy eating his pizza to jump in the photo! 

We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Stanley and Seaforts!

Cannot wait to see what the future holds for us . . .



10 years ago today . . .

I was spending the morning with some very lovely ladies 

as I anxiously awaited the moment when I could walk down the aisle to marry this handsome man

Just a few short hours later, my dream came true

Now, here I am 10 years later, anxiously awaiting the return of my one true love and best friend

as he is currently in Arizona on business but due home this evening ;-)

The past 10 years have been an amazing journey, that, although not always easy or fun, has always been one worth taking and I cannot wait to see what the future journey holds for us.

I love you more now than I could have ever imagined Garrett!!!

Our trip to Cannon Beach

As we mentioned in a previous post, we decided to celebrate our 10 year anniversary a weekend early and drove down to the Oregon Coast at the recommendation of our friends. WOW! They could not have recommended any place better than The Stephanie Inn in Cannon Beach. It was absolutely amazing!

The above pictures are the backside of The Stephanie Inn (taken from the beach) and G enjoying the fabulous view of the beach and Haystack Rock from our patio.  It was so relaxing and peaceful!

We arrived Saturday afternoon and immediately went to the beach.  It was such a sunny day.

A bit chilly but the clear blue sky and sunshine more than made up for it! 

We checked into our room and found a lovely anniversary present waiting for us . . .

They knew we are expecting as I had to book the prenatal massage ~ how sweet is that????

Once settled, our massage therapists came to our room to get us for our massages ~ they were Heavenly!

We were so relaxed.  After getting cleaned up, we enjoyed the complimentary wine (I had sparkling cider!) and appetizers in the library/game room before heading back to the beach where my crazy hubby decided he had to go for a swim ~ BRRRRRRR!  I was content to stay on the beach and take pictures ;-)

 We had dinner at the dining room in the Inn that evening and the food was so yummy.

As with everything else, the service was above and beyond.  On our dessert plate, they had written Happy Anniversary in chocolate ~ we loved all of the personal touches!

After dinner, we enjoyed the complimentary night caps (more sparkling cider for me!) and chatted with a lovely couple from Bellevue (the husband works for Merrill Lynch so we had lots to chat about).

That night, we watched a great movie Social Network about Facebook.  Okay, so I fell asleep halfway through it but G was willing to watch the second half with me again in the morning ~ such a great hubby!

After enjoying the incredibly yummy, complimentary breakfast, we spent more time on the beach.

 Once again, my handsome and somewhat crazy hubby decided to go for a swim while I took pictures.

While we were there, we decided to try and get a couple "belly shots" of our little Guppy.  Sorry to disappoint but I still don't have much of a belly ~ oh well!  Gotta love the background though ;-)

It was hard to leave as we had such a wonderful time together there, so much so that we decided to return for my birthday weekend and already booked the exact same room!  The kiddos were happy to see us though when we returned and as much fun as we had, home is always great too!

It was just so nice to spend the time together reflecting over the past 10 years of marriage.

Celebrating 10 Years of Marriage

So our anniversary isn't actually until June 16th, but G and I decided to celebrate this weekend by going to the Stephanie Inn in Cannon Beach, OR.

What an AMAZING weekend we had!!!

We drove down Saturday morning, enjoyed walking around downtown and having lunch at a local brewhouse before checking into our hotel, which was the BEST we have ever experienced.  We thoroughly enjoyed our massages that afternoon, relaxed by the ocean and had a fabulous dinner.

We could not have asked for a better weekend.  We loved it so much that we decided to return in September to celebrate my birthday.  Such great service that made for the perfect romantic weekend!

happy anniversary to us

Here we are on our 9th Anniversary, ready to go out for a relaxing dinner . . .

Things have changed a little in 9 years.

We now have a little person jumping in pictures and informing us that she intends to go out to dinner with us ;-)  We probably would have had a little boy in the pic too but he was already in bed!

9 years ago today . . .

I married the most amazing man!!!

I remember that day like it was yesterday!

Hard to believe it has been 9 years already. 

Where did the time go?

I can honestly say, I love him more and am even happier than I was that day!

 Seriously, he is that AWESOME!

I love you Garrett and look forward to the rest of our lives together!!!