Friday, July 17, 2009

Our 10th Anniversary

July 17, 2009 marked our 10th wedding anniversary!

Here's what I wrote as my status on Facebook that day: "I married my best friend 10 years ago today! I love you more every day Amy Lynn and I'm so thankful to God for the amazing gift you are to me."

Amy puts many hours of work into creating a photo album that documents our married life and she gave it to me as a gift for our 10th... what an amazing blessing! Amy's hard work and the story of God's faithfulness in that album brought tears to my eyes. Thanks babe for your hard work!



We'd love to share the album with you the next time we see you. Until then, this blog post will be a sneak preview! The next 2-3 blog entries will cover our vacation to NorCal that included a getaway to the mountains to celebrate our 10th anniversary.

We were married July 17, 1999:



The following pictures and captions are taken from one page of the album Amy made that summarizes our 9 anniversary celebrations before this year:

1st Anniversary - 2000 - We stayed overnight at the Vizcaya Mansion Bed & Breakfast in Sacramento and visited Old Sacramento and the state capitol.






2nd Anniversary - 2001 - Dinner at Shadowbrook in Santa Cruz, went for a walk on west cliff and played at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk:





3rd Anniversary - 2002 - Dinner at Green Valley Grill in Watsonville on our anniversary and Alan Jackson concert at Mid-State fair a few days later:





4th Anniversary - 2003 - (NO PICTURE) Stayed at the Hyatt Monterey and had dinner at Tinnery at the Beach in Pacific Grove.

5th Anniversary - 2004 - Dinner at Ristorante Italiano in Santa Cruz and a movie on actual anniversary. Trip to Universal Studios a few weeks later:



6th Anniversary - 2005 - Dinner at Malone's in Scotts Valley and Comedy Sportz show in San Jose:



7th Anniversary - 2006 - (NO PICTURE) - Dinner at Cafe Cruz in Santa Cruz

8th Anniversary - 2007 - Orange County Fair on anniversary included unplanned (and free) Wierd Al concert). Went to FishFest concert a month later (blog post):



9th Anniversary - 2008 - Stayed in Jim and Nancy's guest suite in the mountains (Green Valley Lake, CA). Brunch in Lake Arrowhead and kayaking at Big Bear Lake (blog post):