luxe chandelier

My Mom warned me the bunch (Mom, Dad, Grandma & Dad’s best friend Craig) were going to come over tonight to wish us Happy Anniversary since we didn’t see them last night. I usually can’t hear the doorbell (I need to get a doorbell flasher soon!) so Tyler tells me that they’re here and I see my dad dressed like this…

What the heck!? This is not what he normally wears everyday. He has seen Tyler wear black gym shoes before and thinks it’s okay for him to wear black socks & shoes with shorts. We tried explaining to him that he cannot do that! Grandma had the giggles and could not stop giggling over dad’s outfit.

Then Mom tells us to leave and go to our room while she went to the car to get something for us. The bunch got us a gift for our anniversary and I’m in love with it!

I would have never thought of getting something like this! I love how I can change it later on with seashells, pine cones, pumpkins, and etc. Just perfect!

The rest of the evening was full of more laughing & spilling our drinks.

Grandma took a shot of Goldschlager! I think my Mom scared Tyler a little bit…

Mom: Did you do it last night?!

Tyler: What?

Mom: You heard me!!

Dad’s best friend, Craig, is in town visiting. They’ve been best friends since the bachelor days! I swear men have it easier with friendships than women do.

Mom insisted we pucker up! I have to admit I was one of those girls in high school who puckered up when taking pictures of myself and unfortunately my sister was paying attention to me because she does it now all the time. Apparently Mom wants to do the same now…

I’m thankful for… my family who makes me laugh all the time and is always there for me especially when we only live 5 miles away from each other. Tyler’s family who we wish we could see more often & we’re already counting down the days when we’ll see them next time. My awesome friends and new blogging friends who I love talking to through gchat, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and e-mail. AND SO MUCH MORE!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I can’t believe it’s been a year. Yesterday I was remembering the whole day and re-playing it in my head.

Two days ago when I got home I knew Tyler was up to something. I asked him if he did something for our anniversary because we both decided to save money for the Holidays especially right now with the court situation. He smilingly ignored me. I can’t stand the suspense so I quickly ran to his computer to see what he was up to. Tyler’s smart & beat me to the mouse and went to FireFox > Options > History > DELETE!!!

Yesterday at work the receptionist came by my desk with red roses that Tyler sent me! It was perfect and smelled good. Getting the roses in a beautiful vase & our anniversary cake home in one piece was hard work though. Good thing there were not a lot of turning on the way home.

We went to PF Chang’s for dinner and it was probably the first time we’ve really gone out on a date in a while just by ourselves. After getting home we got our anniversary cake out and it was delicious! 

We just love the video Jason, our good friend & awesome photographer, created for us at our wedding with a message from all of our friends in American Sign Language and I’m sorry there are no subtitles. If you fast forward to the end you’ll see everyone saying “I love you”. This is a video we must watch every year on our anniversary!

Wedding Video from steph anne on Vimeo.

This weekend I’ve been getting into the Holiday spirit! Saturday night we celebrated my Mom’s Birthday and went to the Christmas tree lighting ceremony where we live. Apparently it is a big deal since it’s the tallest real animated tree in Arizona. Tyler and I had to laugh at the people we saw bundled up in their coats, wearing hats, & UGG boots. It was chilly but not that cold! I remember the brutal snowy days in New York and how I wanted to cry because my ears hurt from the strong painful wind! I’m so glad we don’t have that weather here but I do miss bundling up sometimes. We’ll have to make a trip up to snowy Flagstaff later in January.

I stayed up Saturday night designing our Christmas cards. I hope to get them mailed our next week and if I do, that will be so amazing since I’m such a procrastinator when it comes to mail.

I have to admit that I’m one of those people who decorate early. After emptying the box with decorations, I realized that we don’t have a lot of decorations for a house. We had enough for an apartment. Tyler thought I was insane when I asked him to pretty please bring the Christmas tree in from the garage. I’ll keep begging him everyday this week… and hopefully he’ll cave in. I’ve always wanted a Christmas tree up at least for Thanksgiving.

I’m so glad I have 2 and half days of work this week!

Me & Tyler at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony