
On Friday morning I came downstairs to find not one, but two vases of roses from Eric. We were celebrating our five year wedding anniversary, and I couldn’t believe all the roses! They were stunning! He also had a sweet sweet card for me as well.

We decided to celebrate our day by going out to dinner on Saturday night. He took me to Texas de Brazil, which was fantastic. We had excellent service and a wonderful meal. And we indulged in Caipirinhas and the best flan we’ve had in a long time.

And actually we’d gone out to dinner the Saturday before to an amazing Greek restaurant, Zizikis. So it was kind of like we had double the celebration!!
Along with my two vases of roses, he also gave me a single white rose. Before our anniversary each year, I put out the vase that we used for our rose ceremony during our wedding. And each year, he places a single white rose in it, as a continued promise of our vows. That, to me, is the best part of our anniversary.

Since the traditional gift for a fifth anniversary is wood, I decided to gift Eric with some frames. We always print out one or two photos from our trips and hang them. I knew we had at least two trips we’d never printed photos from, and I figured I’d give us a promise for more travel too.

Once the photos are printed, they’ll hang on our gallery wall in the entry of our home. I love love love having all the photos from our travels hanging here together. And it greets you as you come in the front door, so they are always a conversation piece. I can’t wait to get the opportunity to travel again. It’s something we really love to do together, and I always love exploring new places with Eric.

We had a lovely anniversary, and I can’t believe another year has come along. (Eric even let me use his nice macro lens to take some photos of my roses – roses and a photography lesson – you can’t beat that!)

And to think that five years ago, we were here…
