nine years.

yesterday was our anniversary. celebrating nine years together. NINE years? how is that possible? and really, i'll be honest and admit that i really celebrated the day with the girls. by cleaning out the toy box, waiting for the installers to come and put in the new kitchen counter tops and going to swimming lessons.

this guy and i celebrated with some mcdonald's drive-thru, an episode of big brother (we're a few episodes behind!), attempting to put our kitchen back together and this cake. which we ate approximately six minutes before our anniversary was over.

the cake is a new tradition this year. we got married on what would've been my dad's birthday. and this was the cake he always requested. so after getting the recipe from my mom, i've now dubbed it our anniversary cake. and put candles on it - one for each year. love the double meaning of the cake. and that our anniversary makes august 16th a happy day of celebration again.

and i still have a piece of our wedding cake in our freezer. each year i ask andy if he'd like some and he politely declines. but i think for anniversary number ten next year, it'll be mandatory...

Comments

[brandi]

WOW. 9 years? Incredible. You guys are amazing.

[April]

Happy Anniversary!

[lisa truesdell]

happy happy 9 years. love the tradition - so sweet.

[laura]

Happy Anniversary, and yes, love the tradition. I'm sure the cake was delish!

[Brooke]

Happy Anniversary. I love the tradition too. We are up for number 10 next year too. Seeing as we have hardly celebrated for the past 8 years (!) we are planning something big for number 10.

[becky larson]

Happy Anniversary to you two. I love the sweet double meaning of the cake; I hope you get to savor a wedding cake bite next year.

[Carron]

Congrats! Cute photo. ;)

[Sarah]

Happy Anniversary! LOVE that you had McD's for your dinner...sounds like something that would happen at my house. Glad we got to see you at playgroup today!