2000:

A time when we were friends.

2001:

The beginning of our relationship at prom.

2002:

We chose to continue our relationship long distance when my family moved to Arizona and I visited Tyler in the summer.

2003:

Tyler came down to Arizona for my graduation & to stay for a few weeks during the summer.

2004:

We went across the country together to attend college in New York.

2005:

We took a road trip to Arizona for the summer.

2006:

Tyler and I attended a dance for my sorority.

2007:

The Summer we got engaged in New York!!

2008:

The engaged life when we were planning our wedding in Arizona.

2009:

The first year of being married & we finally purchased our first house together!

Here’s to another decade. . .

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.

Me & Katers over the weekend

We went to Lake Pleasant again over the weekend. This time we came prepared – cooler, food, & floats. My float was rolled up for so long in my parents’ garage that it remained rolled up the entire time.

While we were mingling and relaxing we noticed a dust devil form near us and actually this family’s things, inflatable toys, table, and tent go up in the air. An hour later it happened again on the other side. It was like watching a tornado in a movie. Too bad we were all into watching it and did not take a picture. It’d be easier to just take pictures with our own eyes… a new eye-camera implant coming out 2030! :P

Tyler took his wedding ring off before he took a dip in the lake and placed it in the trunk of my car. Don’t ask why.

Now it’s nowhere to be found.

Poor Tyler was frantically looking for his ring when it was 109 degrees outside. And it was not helping him when I kept asking why he didn’t put it in the glove box. We’re hoping it’s still somewhere in the car and will still keep looking for it.

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend!