10th Anniversary

In March we celebrated our 10th Anniversary!  We thought about sneaking away for a long weekend just the two of us, but decided to go on a big family cruise in the summer instead.  Unfortunately on our actual anniversary there was a snow storm and Tim had a horrible cold.  We exchanged gifts at home and ventured out long enough to have a nice dinner at Clyde's.  (Which is also where we celebrated our 1 Year dating Anniversary on August 28, 1998)  The traditional gift for the 10th anniversary is Tin.  Tim got me a beautiful tin bracelet with 10 hearts stamped into it, along with flowers and a small cake from Heidelberg Bakery, where our wedding cake was from.  I made Tim a collage of our first 10 years, with a tin ornament with our names and 10th Anniversary engraved in it, attached to the canvas.

Here are the pictures that made the collage.

Our Wedding Day

1st Anniversary - Tim planned a day in DC that included an art museum and ice skating.

2nd Anniversary - Mid-way through our Europe trip, in Paris, we had dinner on the Eiffel Tower that night, followed by a river boat cruise down the Seine.  It was unbelievably romantic!

3rd Anniversary - I was 6 months pregnant; we enjoyed dinner at the Melting Pot. 

Timmy's Birth Day!

4th Anniversary - We spent the day at the Baltimore Aquarium, this is in the Rainforest area.

5th Anniversary - On a Cruise!

6th Anniversary - I was 7 months pregnant, we went to L'auberge Chez Francois for an amazing 6 course meal, which came with extra courses of dessert because it was our anniversary!  I was so full that I had to lay the seat down in the car to go home!

Tyler's Birth Day!

7th Anniversary - We spent the day in DC again, with dinner at McCormick and Schmick's and a date at Comedy Club, no picture though, so the next picture of both of us was at Disney for Spring Break!

8th Anniversary - We were in the process of moving on our 8th anniversary so we just grabbed a late dinner, putting off celebrations for our Spring Break trip to Florida again.

9th Anniversary - We took a long weekend to Chicago to celebrate and had a great trip!

10 Years!

Even just these few snapshots from the last 10 years have me counting my blessings!  It hasn't always been picture perfect, but there are far more good times then bad to look back on.  Looking forward to the many years ahead of us!