5 years

a great weekend.
started friday with friends chad and haugen coming over to grill out. the kids played and we caught up.
chad took a look at our roof which is in dire shape. he recommends us getting a new one. we had an estimate earlier in the day. the low, low price of 6K. cause we have that kind of money laying around waiting for us to get a roof. one more thing to add to the never-ending home project money sucking list. this one is probably a bit more of a priority though...so we'll see. few more estimates before we decide.
anyway, saturday i hit the gym in the a.m. while the boys ran errands. then we all met up and played outside and enjoyed the great weather. g man took an earlier nap and when he woke up...we packed up and headed over to gregg and dawns. griffin was having a sleep-over with his auntie, uncle and cousins.
dan and i were off to stillwater to celebrate 5 years. it was a hot, sunny day...just like it was 5 years ago. and it fell on a saturday too...just like 5 years ago.

we had a wonderful time. the b&b was everything we remembered it to be. we had a great deck with lounge chairs. we brought our fancy wine that we got in sonoma and we really relaxed, talked about our past, future and all that we are thankful for in our marriage.
we went to a good restaurant and sat outside. we left right when the band started playing "love potion number 9". it took us about 15 minutes to walk back to our b&b and when we were walking up the final hill, they were still playing "love potion number 9".
we were lulled to sleep by the thunderstorms and awoke to coffee, tea and the newspaper. we of course woke up at our usual time (6:30), and missed our little bird, but we reveled in the fact that we could lounge around, reading the paper, talking and not watching baby einstein immediately upon awaking.
the breakfast served was amazing. the gardens and decor were amazing and it was a nice little get-away.



we picked up griffin around 11:30 and gregg informed us that griffin was great. he was very mellow, had a good time with his cousins and he even made us some wonderful art projects. i'm so glad he did well and i'm glad he loves his auntie, uncle and cousins so much.

we arrived home and dan found his anniversary gift from me.
since the traditional 5-year gift was wood, i had bought a tree for our yard. pi and dina planted it for me (they rock) and when we got home it was planted and looking great. dan was super suprised and really liked it.

we spent the day outside. more great weather. griffin had fun with his friends and we had a great time looking at our tree and getting some sun.




a great weekend, a great anniversary celebration and a happy fathers day. I talked to my parents and i'm glad my dad had a good day. I am excited to see him in a couple of weeks and i'll have to do something nice to thank him for being a great dad.

dan got a few fathers day gifts from us. most importantly i want him to know that he is the best daddy. the love he has for griffin is amazing. he is an extremely active dad and he is a huge part of shaping griffin into the funny, caring, loving little guy he is.

we are really lucky to have such a great guy in our lives.
these past 5 years have been nothing short of amazing, i couldn't be more in love with dan and each day it gets better and better. and as much as we loved having a night to ourselves, being back together today as our complete family is the best gift there is.