Anniversary Recap

Derek and I take turns planning V-day and our anniversary. This year I planned V-day and this year he planned our anniversary. I had no idea what to expect. First off, one of my friends asked me to baby sit on our anniversary from 2-5 so I knew that nothing would start until after 5. Brooklynn and I went swimming after her first nap and I had to rush home to be there by 2:00. When I got home I put Brooklynn down for a nap, and when I came down the stairs Derek busted through the door with a bouquet of flowers, and said let's go! I was like "wait I can't I have to baby sit." He explained that Whitney was actually babysitting for us (i totally didn't suspect anything). He had that planned for a while. Thanks Whitney! Anyway, off we went on our little adventure. We rode our bikes down to gallup park, where there are some fun bike paths, and through campus, and to yogo blitz a (refreshing frozen yogurt). I LOVE riding my bike, and when I get to do it just for fun with Derek is even better!

Derek told me we had dinner reservations later on that evening, and that he had a baby sitter lined up. For some reason he told me to take my time getting ready. So I took a shower and when I open the door I could smell something cooking. I started to get a little suspicious. Anyway, I came downstairs and the lights were dimmed and Derek had the table decked out with candles lit, and an appetizer. Even though we were at home I felt like I was in a restaurant. In the back ground he had all my favorite love songs and all. Then he brought be out a salad, and after that he brought out the main course: chicken cordon blue, mashed potatoes, asparagus, and rolls. Ok, so I don't take that long to get ready. I was like "Derek, how on earth did you pull all this off?" Well, the last couple of days while I was out working out in the mornings he was busy preparing the dinner. He had the cordon blue all prepared and had our neighbor cook it in her oven. I was so impressed and the meal was sure delicious.

My favorite and biggest surprise of all was the gift he made for me. A couple of months ago my sister in law Lauren tricked me and asked me for some of my favorite love songs, because she told me she was going to make her and Corey's wedding video. Derek had her do that so he could get the songs so he could make our wedding video. That's how we ended the night watching our wedding video. It turned out so cute, and really captured the day! It was PERFECT!!! I was so impressed how thoughtful Derek was about our anniversary, details and all! I don't think I'll be able to top that next year.

My camera stopped working that night, but I got some from our bike ride.


I love how this picture shows how green and beautiful gallup park is.