Saturday, February 07, 2009

Fifth Anniversary Recap

Yesterday was our 5th wedding anniversary and it was fantastic! What was especially neat about this year's celebration is that the days of the week aligned the same they did five years ago, ie February 6th was on a Friday this year just as it was in 2004 when we got married. So all week I've been saying to Will, "Five years ago today was my last day of work before we got married", etc. It's been fun to stroll down memory lane and remember all the wonderfulness of our wedding and the past five years of happy marriage.

In the past, we haven't been in quite the position to properly celebrate our anniversary. In fact, the previous four years have been relatively low-key. But this year Will rang in five years of wedded bliss with a bang! It was an incredibly fun night and I am reminded again and again what a thoughtful, loving, kind and generous man I married. Not to mention totally hilarious (C'mon people, I KNOW you can back me up on this one!). And yes, I know I'm bordering on much too sappy for a blog post, but I'm in charge around here, so what I say goes! :-)

For anyone else who's planning an anniversary celebration, here are a few tips from the master himself:

Beautiful flowers, including one rose for every year of marriage:

One spiffied-up couple:


One incredibly FABULOUS restaurant where the food is amazingly wonderful and you are doted on hand and foot:


(Even Il Mulino's take home bags are fancy dancy!)

One gorgeous pearl ring:

And a movie (sorry, no picture). But seriously, watching Liam Neesom kick butt was totally thrilling.
We had a great evening and thanks go out to my parents for watching the rugrats. Everett threw quite the fit as we were leaving, but as I understand it, "Horton Hear a Who" will calm just about any three year old down.
Happy Five Years Will!

13 comments:

Sarah S said...

Happy Anniversary!! You celebrated the big five in style! I love the pearl ring - Will has great taste. He needs to give Ben a few pointers... (we never exchange gifts for our anniversary since it's in December/so close to Christmas, but once in a while it might be nice!)

CJ said...

Yayy! Congrats on 5 years. What a fun evening!

Jessica said...

ooooooohhhhhhh! that restaurant looks super swanky, and i love the doggie bags! looks like y'all had fun. and i love pearls, so i'm a fan of the ring! happy 5th anniversary!

Chelseanator said...

Whoa Girl, how exciting! Happy, happy FIVE YEARS you guys!!! You sure did celebrate in style-how cool and fun is that. I'm so glad you guys got to go all out too, that is so much more fun, and makes it even more special when its something out of the ordinary and for such a sweet event too!

I thought it was pretty darn cool too how this year the days were exactly the same as 5 yrs. ago-I did the same thing Natalie w/ remembering :] We had hoped to do something sweet for ours too (like go away on a little snowboarding trip)but all of our plans fell through, but its ok, it was actually good they did, but we are still planning on celebrating it big later. I think I'm going to refer John to Will though or to your blog page! :] hee heee

I was thinking about you on Friday when I wrote out a check and realized the date. I'm so glad you posted about your special day. You guys look so great and so happy-still the same. I love the ring too (I love pearls too) and the flowers are beautiful. You two are so blessed to have each other and I do agree.....You Both are Hilarious! We love you so much and wish you the best for the next 5 years! Yeehaw~*

Love your newlywed friends always,
Chelsea & John :]

Unknown said...

Congrats! I love the Il Mulino here in the city. Yum!

The Grays: said...

Happy Anniversary! How thoughtful of Will to plan such a special time! You both look great!

Thomas said...

what a swank date!
congratulations on the big cinqo(5)!
and i totally loved taken. so good and i wasn't expecting much.

Thomas said...

this is heidi.
but i am sure thomas would say congratulations too.

Danielle Strong said...

you look beautiful, happy 5th

Andrea, Mrs. said...

Happy Anniversary! Woot! And, WELL DONE on that ring! That is totally you--gorgeous.

Lacey said...

Kudos to Will for rockin the anniversary! I'll definitely be sure to show this post to Ryan :). Congrats on 5 years you guys!

nikki said...

Wow... how do you top that? He just set the bar pretty high, so I hope he can match it or exceed it every year from now on :) Happy Anniversary!

Heather Alvarez said...

hey! how do you post a pdf to your blog? I remember you did at Christmas. Thanks girly!

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