Our 6th wedding anniversary was on May 20th, the day we drove home from our cruise. The whole cruise was really an anniversary celebration, but we decided that on the last night, we would "officially" celebrate. After dinner we strolled around the ship, and watched the sunset. Then we splurged and each got a drink and walked around in the quiet and reminisced about the 6th year of marriage. It was a special time for us.
We each came up with our top 5 moments of our 6th year.
Matt's List
5. Bedlam!
4. Mini vacation to Dallas
3. Nathan's first Christmas
2. Our Melting Pot date for our 10 year dating anniversary
1. The cruise- His all time favorite part was the jet ski tour in Key West.
Angela's List
5. Fiesta Bowl watch party
4. Mini vacation to Dallas
3. Melting Pot date for our 10 year dating anniversary
2. Nathan's 1st birthday party
1. The cruise- My all time favorite part was the Atlantis water park
I was wishing that our anniversary could have fallen on a day when we were actually on vacation instead of the day that we drove home, but the more I thought about it, it was fitting that our anniversary was at the end of our vacation. Our marriage and our Happily Ever After is about being home. Sure we love the ocean sunsets, sparkling blue water, three course dinners, pampering, room stewards, sand between our toes, and freedom from obligations, but that's not what defines our marriage day in and day out. It's the budgeting and bills, sippy cups and Sesame Street, good morning kisses and good night cuddles. It's dinner and dirty dishes, evening walks and bath time, It's falling asleep to a movie on Friday nights, board games with friends on Saturday nights and church as a family on Sunday mornings. It's schedules and story time and play dates, making decisions together and resolving conflict. It's date nights and "How was your day?" and finding time to make our marriage a priority amidst busy schedules. That's our fairy tale, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
So we came home on our anniversary to loads of dirty laundry and a very excited baby boy who smiled and giggled and wanted to be passed back and forth between the two of us a million times like he wished we could both hold him at the same time. It really was a wonderful anniversary.
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