Five Years!

John and I celebrated our fifth anniversary this month. It was amazing! We went on a formal date and exchanged gifts. Bowling, Sherlock Holmes, and Chinese food doesn't sound that incredible on paper, but it really was. The best part was just being with each other. John gave me the most amazing gift this year. He printed off photos of the highlights of our five years of marriage. He put it in a beautiful photo album with notes about why that memory is special. Talk about a tear jerker. :)

I won't go too much into the mush and gush (I'll save that for him). Only let me say that John is such a wonderful husband. He goes to so much effort to make me happy. So thank you, John, for making the last five years the best of my life!

From my journal: Best anniversary yet. I feel so lucky to be more in love than ever. I seriously think that our marriage is the happiest that it has ever been and it just continues to get better.   Our anniversary was a two day event that started out with my parents watching the kids and us going bowling, seeing Sherlock Holmes 2 (good movie), and out to dinner. It was really fun. We went to ABC Mandarin, and it was definitely a restaurant we want to frequent.  Then later that week we gave each other our gifts, which was so nice! We made a special treat. John surprised me with flowers. We opened a bottle of sparkling cider, and gave each other our presents. I gave John a box to keep all of his keepsakes from me and kids in. I also wrote him a letter. John gave me the most amazing gift ever. He printed out a bunch of pictures from our five years of marriage, all of the major events. Then the best part was that he put it all in a picture album and wrote a little loved note to go with them saying what it is and why it makes him love me. He is so wonderful!!!! Seriously I cannot believe that I was so lucky to get it him for a husband. I look back to our courtship and can’t believe that there was ever a doubt in my mind whether or not he would be the best thing that ever happened to me. I feel so blessed to have him for a husband!!! 

For another fun date night recently we went to the bookstore and each found a recipe that sounded fun to try. We love eating!