Our 4th Year Anniv!

We finally hit our 4th! Woohoo! : )



Before anything else, let me recall our anniversary celebrations in the past... (no worries, just 4 years)

1st year - Disneyland/California Adventure, Stayed at the Hyatt, was one of the nicest hotels I've been in.
Gifts - I bought him a pair of Oakley Shades. He bought me everything I wanted at the Disney store.

2nd year - NO celebration... Mark was on deployment somewhere in the middle of nowhere. But I remembered him sending me a package. It was an unopened bag of COTTON BALLS... I kept thinking why on earth would he send me that?! 2nd year wedding aniv... COTTON! DUH. It took me awhile to figure that out. How pathetic could I be?! A pink work-out outfit came along with it too. I love PINK!
Gifts - He got me cotton and clothes. I sent him a package with lotsa SNACKS and candy.

3rd year - Big Bear/Snow Summit, the hubby rented out a cabin and surprised me with roses, candles, chocolates and balloons. For the first time, I was surprised on our anniversary. lol
Gifts - We got each other nothing. haha.

And so today - we celebrated our 4th year anniversary! 4 years??? I can't believe it myself. But yeah, we were suppose to go elsewhere, but that'll come along and surely if it does, it'll be a continuation for this celebration.
Gifts - He gave me a card. I gave him nothing. We are trying to save for something else (... to be continued...)

The night was young and we celebrated our special occassion at Benihana. I had fried rice and Filet Mignon and Mark had steamed rice and a different kind of steak all that came with vegtables. This was my 2nd time there, and we always like watching the chefs cook in front of us (even if they do the same thing over and over).

So yeah, I leave you with a couple of videos. : ) Thanks for visiting!

Chef Taki makes a HEART for our anniversary... it's beating!


Chef Taki cooking our steak and veggies. Smells sooooo goooood!

Happy Anniversary: Take TWO!

I woke up this morning knowing it was the 14th of April. Nothing really popped in my head. No appointments, no errands, no meetings.. just some important phone calls I had to make and that was it besides the "normal" stuff. It was just a very ordinary day for us... the same, the usual. The hubby came home in the afternoon and we stayed home. While watching t.v., the mom knocked on the door and handed us an envelope with giftcards in it. Mark and I looked at each other with questioning eyes. He had thought it was for my birthday, but to our SURPRISE, it said HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! We both looked at the calendar and thought, how could we have forgotten?! And we just smiled.

Not that we intentionally forgot, but some of you may not know that we have been and will continue to celebrate our civil marriage - January 27, just because it's more meaningful to us. Two years later, that's when we finally had our church wedding - April 14, 2007. We've been married for a little more than 3 years now (not 1). Needless to say, we could not have had it any sooner, but as most of you know the hubby is in the service and working around the schedule isn't all that easy. If you're also a military spouse, then you'd know and understand what exactly it is I'm trying to say.

Anyhow, this year for our anniversary, Mark surprised me by taking me to Big Bear Mountain/Snow Summit. It was both our first time there and driving took almost 3 hours. Funny how it was all sunny driving in the valley, but the scenery changed once we made our way to the top. From Spring to Winter in an instant! It was amazing... the trees were full of snow and the lakes were icy...it was just beautiful! Mark rented out a cabin. It has been a terribly long time since I last went camping and this brought back many memories. I won't get into details since it'll only make this blog longer, but yes, it was definitely a joyful experience!