December 2012
Phil and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary on January 5th. I knew that he was going to be out of town on an away rotation on our actual day so I planned something during his Christmas break. It was rather impromptu but so fun! We have been awful about going out on dates since school and kids have ruled our world.
On a whim I bought tickets to see The Piano Guys and then we went out for sushi. The concert was so good and we both really enjoyed their music. Such incredible talent! It was my first time eating sushi too. We ordered two sushi plates and then a small plate of coconut shrimp. It was delicious but I really had to not think about the texture and what I was eating. Ha! And me using chopsticks was ridiculous.
I have no pictures of our evening out since we left my cell phone with the babysitter, as we have no land line. Hauling around my big camera was also not conducive to our date. Did you catch that? A BABYSITTER!! Pretty sure my resolution this year is to quit being penny pinching fuddy-duddies and get out more. We hired a girl in our ward and she is perfect. She is quite young, not yet 12 and we were actually her first gig. I was a little nervous about that but since there were no bedtimes, bath times or cooking dinner involved with her stay I figured they would all do fine. They had sandwiches for dinner, played and watched a movie. The kids loved her and she even picked up all the toys. We have a keeper!
Phil had to come home this past weekend to fix a flat tire. He was planning on being away the entire month in northern AZ. The distracted guy actually forgot it was our anniversary but I wasn't upset since we had technically celebrated already. On our actual anniversary we had an impromptu dinner date with our neighbors, Kendra and Dusty. We ate chicken alfredo, that awesome pear salad, Phil made his bread and we drank Italian sodas. For dessert we had chocolate lava cakes à la mode. The kids played and we had a wonderful evening. Why we haven't been doing dinner dates at home with friends is beyond me!
So here we are, 11 years later. Older, hopefully wiser and Phil is sporting some gray hairs. We have four children, are in the thick of our eternal quest with this medical education, we stress, learn and grow. We have a good life. And I wouldn't want to do it without this man by my side.
7 comments:
Happy 11 years you two! I love this post. And these pictures are gorgeous!!!!!
Happy anniversary!
Beautiful couple -- Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! I'm putting my stamp of approval on your New Year's resolution, by the way. Dates do a tired mommy (and couple) good! :)
I love these pictures!!! And I will say that date night money is well worth it! You will never regret those fun memories. Never!! With that said, we have been bad lately and that is a New Years resolution for us too.
Such a cute picture of you love birds...such a fun anniversary! And I'll tell you why I don't do dinner dates with friends more...because then I have to clean my whole house before they come so I can enjoy them and not feel stressed about the messes!
You guys are adorable! I still have to kind of chuckle when I think of that evening we had together at your place when you told Dave and I about your courtship and engagement. I love it. Could you ever have imagined it would have worked out so well? Good luck with these away rotations. It is not easy. If you ever need a good chat I am always just a call away! Happy 11th!!
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