Y'all, can you believe it's been FOUR years?
Me neither!
What a fun ride we have been on.
Mitch and I are best friends, and it sure is fun to share life with your bestie!
So when our 1 year anniversary rolled around I decided I wanted to follow the traditional
wedding anniversary gift guide.
I thought it would add something fun and creative for us to do!
Let's review each anniversary:
Year 1 is paper so we gave each other tickets to go on a cruise!
Apparently, August is hurricane season, so our fabulous cruise to
Turks and Caicos was re-routed to Key West, Costa Maya and Cozumel.
(No wonder it was only $500/ person for a full week in August! Hurricane waters are NO joke!)
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| Adrenaline Junkies! :) |
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| Always searching for an adventure! |
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| I'll write a blog later on this but how annoying is it that I thought I was SO fat here! The most I had weighed in my life.. I'd like to kick my own butt. |
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| Mitch won the cruise dance off! Hahahahaha! |
Year 2 is cotton so we set out on a road trip to Fredericksburg, Texas to the Cottonwood Gin Village.
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| Cute cabin for the weekend! |
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| Cotton gifts! |
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| Cotton bow on the flowers! |
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| Curtains! |
Year 3 is Leather. We had a brand new baby who came with us to dinner!
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| Such fun presents that will always be a reminder of a life milestone! |
This year, year 4 is flowers!
Mitch booked us a trip to Hawaii for the occasion but unfortunately life is so hectic that I'm sure we won't even be able to go until Christmas! Lol! Here's to hoping we make it there by our 5 year Anniversary!
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| Mitch took me on a surprise date to see Phantom of the Opera! |
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| Theatre selfie |
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| I tried to keep his gifts in theme... Cologne is made of flowers, right? |
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| I got my brother, Ryan, a Nespresso for his birthday given he is the family coffee connoisseur he liked it so much I thought I'd get Mitch one too... coffee is a bean- which is kinda like a flower, right? |
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| Dinner at Ocean Prime! Caviar Deviled Eggs! |
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| Scotch + Steak Lobster + Miller Lite :) |
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| So I was feeling all kinds of neutral on this particular day! I love love love a half turtle neck & paired it with a cute skort! Neutrals on Neutrals on Neutrals! |
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| Fun assortment of bone and stingray! |
Overall having a fun theme to mark every anniversary has been great! We enjoy trying to be creative with our gifts!
I cannot wait to see what the next 60 years holds for us!
I know we are called to be a foundation for generations to come!
xx,
Lauren
| Anniversary | Traditional | Modern |
| 1st | Paper | Clocks |
| 2nd | Cotton | China |
| 3rd | Leather | Crystal/Glass |
| 4th | Fruit/Flowers | Appliances |
| 5th | Wood | Silverware |
| 6th | Candy/Iron | Wood |
| 7th | Wool/Copper | Desk Sets |
| 8th | Pottery/Bronze | Linens/Lace |
| 9th | Willow/Pottery | Leather |
| 10th | Tin/Aluminum | Diamond Jewelry |
| 11th | Steel | Fashion Jewelry |
| 12th | Silk/Linen | Pearls |
| 13th | Lace | Textile Furs |
| 14th | Animals* | Gold Jewelry |
| 15th | Crystal | Watches |
| 20th | China | Platinum |
| 25th | Silver | Silver |
| 30th | Pearl | Diamond |
| 35th | Coral | Jade |
| 40th | Ruby | Ruby |
| 45th | Sapphire | Sapphire |
| 50th | Gold | Gold |
| 60th | Diamond | Diamond |
