Steve and I recently celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, he was still at Ft. Lewis on the actual day of our anniversary, so we waited for a few days until he was settled at home. We like to cook together, so we decided to get the boys a pizza and a movie and send them to the family room, while we cooked up a storm. It was fun thumbing through some of our favorite cookbooks last week, trying to decide what we wanted to make. We settled on Julia Child's Coq au Vin for our main course, and it didn't disappoint. We'd planned to make a lovely appetizer from Bob and Melinda Blanchard's "Cook What You Love", but alas, those plans were spoiled by our local supermarket, who seems to have a problem stocking fresh ingredients at times. Boo!
Above is my corny little table display ~ the chapel we were married in, the inn where we spent our wedding night, and the picture of the boys that I gave Steve as an anniversary gift. Tin/aluminum for the tenth anniversary proved to be a bit tricky, so I went with a tin-ish looking picture frame and an impromptu photo shoot with Steve's best boys. I'm afraid Steve really out-did me when he gave me a beautiful strand of pearls ~ something I have always wanted.
When Cam and Griff's movie ended, Camden offered to be our butler.
Things got really crazy when we decided to dig out and try on our wedding attire. I would like to point out that Steve is wearing Camden's bow tie. I'm also pretty sure facial hair is against regulation with that uniform. I would also like to point out that my wedding gown is now too big for me. Not quite sure how that happened, but I'm not complaining. Ha!
When Cam and Griff's movie ended, Camden offered to be our butler.
Things got really crazy when we decided to dig out and try on our wedding attire. I would like to point out that Steve is wearing Camden's bow tie. I'm also pretty sure facial hair is against regulation with that uniform. I would also like to point out that my wedding gown is now too big for me. Not quite sure how that happened, but I'm not complaining. Ha!
We had a great evening that I will never forget. So glad to be blessed with such a great husband!
9 comments:
Heather - That is such a wonderful blog post! I love it that you dug out your wedding clothes and good for you that your dress is too big...2 children later as well! It's great that you had a wonderful time. Now, where's the picture of those pearls?
How lovely! Happy Anniversary to you both! Wonderful that Steve was on home soil again in time for Griffin's birthday and your anniversary - great timing (I'm sure the Army hasn't always worked it that way for you!). Great photos, thanks for sharing your special day. Love the wedding attire photo too :)
You always make everything so special, Heather!
What an awesome post! Wow that your dress is too big! Mine is the opposite - whatever word that would be. ;)
I loved reading about your 10th anniversary celebration. I think it's wonderful that the boys were part of it, too. You're amazing parents.
How very sweet Heather! Congrats on your anniversary, glad it turned out to be so special!
What a wonderful celebration. I love it. Happy Anniversary. You both deserve it so much.
Susan
I think it is so nice that you and Steve enjoy cooking together. The meal looked yummy and the display was so sweet. You have the best ideas! As for fitting into your wedding dress and finding it too big-YAY! The butler was very handsome. You two look just as lovely as you did 10 years ago. Wishing any more happy years for you all.
Thank you, Cheryl! We had a fun evening and are looking forward to many, many, many more years together.
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