10 year anniversary

10th anniversary, now that we're almost at 11!

 I got 10 balloons for Matt and hid them in the garage until he went to sleep.  I had a picture from each year printed and taped it to the bottom with a little note.  Of course the kids woke up and tangled them up before he saw them so I had to redo it again anyway but he (and especially the kids) seemed to like it.

Date #1 The actual night of May 13th we took the kids on a "date" to sweet tomatoes our favorite restaurant to go with kids.

Date #2 Saturday Marti watched them while we went to dinner and shopping at the mall, something we hardly ever do together. No picture of that.

Date #3 A week or two later we had our "real" date and went to Phantom of the Opera.  We decided to splurge and get 2nd row seats.  It was awesome!  I've known the music forever but I've never seen the play.  The chandelier rubber burst all over us.  I might be ruined for bad theater seats forever after experiencing the good ones.  

Matt's FB comments on the night, "This thing just exploded shards of rubber all over me.  I was under the falling chandelier which was also rigged with a small explosion which shot out small rubber shrapnel."

Date #4 While we were in San Diego we did a date swap with Cody and Emilee and went to the Argentine steak restaurant, Puerto La Boca.  So good!  If you like steak and empanadas we recommend going!

 I kept meaning to take the picture with my wedding dress and never did!  I'll have to do better this year and hope it still fits!

The first 3 years of marriage before kids seem like a blur now.  It is interesting to think about how your relationship, and you as individuals, changes and grows over time.  There have been some highlights (we agree so well on home remodeling! Hawaii!) and surprises (twins! among others) and some hard things as well.  Matt is definitely the smart, hard-working, reliable person I knew I was marrying 10 years ago.  We are both more stubborn than I realized, but also more committed to loving each other despite our differences and each complement each other well as parents.  We enjoy spending time together and working on house projects.  Our sense of humor has adapted to be more similar over time and we've found more movies, shows, and books that we both enjoy.  Some day I'd like to talk him into a big trip, but four dates is still a pretty awesome anniversary!  Happy 10 years to us!