Fourth Wedding Anniversary

On July 6th Thomas and I celebrated our four year wedding anniversary! I can't believe that it's already been four years!! Due to the 6th falling in the middle of the week we had an extended celebration this year, a staycation if you will :)

On Wednesday Thomas had to work in the morning and when he got home he had an Edible Arrangement for me. I prefer these over flowers any day ;) The chocolate covered strawberries were delicious! Next up on our agenda was to head to the hospital for T to get an MRI on his shoulder. #reallife It ended up taking way longer than we anticipated, but once that was over we headed to Rockwell-Republic for happy hour drinks and sushi! The main event of the evening was the Tour + Tasting we did at Founders. It was awesome! We were both blown away. I'll post a full recap soon. Bottom line: if you're ever in Grand Rapids do this tour!

The rest of the celebration took place on Friday when we stayed the night at the JW Marriott. My friend Michelle gave us her F&F discount so we took advantage of it. We were even upgraded to a river view room! The hotel is impeccable and so fancy. We headed over to The BOB for dinner before going to the movie in the park. This week it was A League of Their Own.

We had the room until noon on Saturday so we took our time, grabbed breakfast, and checked out the pool before I headed next door to The Amway Grand hotel for my massage and facial. It was my first time getting a facial done and now I want to get them all the time! So relaxing and definitely needed.

It was the perfect celebration and I wouldn't want to do life with anyone else <3

Wedding Wednesday | Our Engagement

It's been over six months since my wedding and I'm just getting around to recapping it! I figured I'd start from the beginning and then post one event/topic every Wednesday.

So let's head back ALL the way to the beginning ;) T and I have been together since November 13, 2006. He left for Army basic training on July 7, 2009. The first phone call I got from him was two days later and at the end he said something along the lines of "What do you think about getting married?" to which I responded "Are you kidding me?! Where'd this come from?!"  It was the first time marriage had been brought up and to be honest it scared the living sh*t out of me! He went on to explain that he realized who/what was important to him in the first 48hrs he was cut off from the world. I told him that we'd talk about it another time (which happened to be through letters that I still have!) and we'd see how things went while he was away.

Fast forward to his leave time between graduating from basic training and moving to his duty station (Ft. Polk, LA) I assumed a proposal was coming (because we had already talked about it- so no it wasn't a complete surprise) it was just a matter of when. One day when I happened to be off work we decided to go to a nearby lake that we always went to and have a picnic. We found a secluded section, ate the yummy food, and then T said "Hey why don't we stand up and take a picture" so while we were doing that he got down on one knee.

 Newburgh Lake October 28, 2009

Before (I really wish I wore a different outfit and did my hair...)

After (definitely needed to be resized & I wish I did my nails...)

After the picnic was over we headed back home, packed our bags, and headed to Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth, MI. It was perfect to me and such a great memory to look back on.

On the drive to Frankenmuth

One of my favorite pictures of us

& a better picture of the ring!

I am so lucky :)