Christian and I ventured into the city last Friday
to celebrate our 5th anniversary.
We've only been married 5 years, and so much has happened!
It's wild!
Christmastime in NYC is so magical!
We checked into our stylish hotel on the East Side and then
walked around the city looking for a place to eat and to escape the cold.
All the stores were decorated for Christmas with glowing lights
and magical window displays. Our hotel room overlooked the
majestic Empire State Building,
which was illuminated in red and green for the holiday season.
Christian and I discussed the last five years of marriage.
They have been very rewarding and hard
but mostly just completely amazing.
While we waited for our dinner to come out,
we jotted down on a napkin a timeline
of our last five years together.
Here's what we came up with:
-We've moved three times.
-Lived in and bought three houses.
-Had three children.
-Christian graduated from BYU.
-We got a dog (Jimmy!).
-We've bought three cars and sold one.
-We've both worked with the youth in The Church.
-Said goodbye to a sister after a long struggle with cancer.
-Said goodbye to two siblings on missions.
-Visited Hawaii and drove cross-country from Utah to New Jersey.
We probably wrote down more, but that's all I can remember right now.
The next morning, when we woke up at 10:00!
Did you hear me!? I said 10:00!!!!
We drove to SoHo for brunch and ended our anniversary trip
with a bit of Christmas shopping.
It was nice getting home to our three monkeys and officially
start our own family Christmas celebrations!
