Our Anniversary

On October 13, 2009, I celebrated two wonderful years of marriage with my wonderful, handsome husband. We celebrated all week with time off work and lots of fun things to do. In keeping with our tradition, we exchanged gifts based on our "year," that is, what you buy someone for each particular year. The second anniversary is the year for cotton. I gave Bryan two t-shirts: one OU shirt for football season and one UK shirt for basketball season. He surprised me with a beautiful arrangements of flowers (reminiscent of our wedding flowers, pictured above) with a lovely black/gray cotton scarf wrapped around the vase. He also gave me another bouquet (pictured below)! :-)

For our anniversary date, we stayed at the Rosewood Mansion at Turtle Creek. It's the only 5 star, 5 diamond hotel in Texas . . . and it was WONDERFUL! The service is beyond belief! We were greeted with an anniversary card when we checked in. Just a few minutes after we reached our room, a friendly butler delivered fruit tea and chocolate-covered strawberries to our room. The hotel staff also checks your ice bucket regularly--no joke. They make sure your ice never melts. So wild. We enjoyed a three-course dinner in the hotel restaurant, where we also received an anniversary card from the chef. Not to mention, all the staff knew our names and were aware of our big day. When the waiters brought out our desserts, the chef had caramelized Happy Anniversary on both our plates.

On Wednesday, we enjoyed our day in Dallas with shopping and more dining. That evening we went to the Stars vs. Predators game. Sadly, the Preds lost terribly. Oh well, win some and lose some!

Friday we traveled to Rough Creek Lodge, which was amazing. We never knew it existed until Bryan was invited to this NTSP retreat. The time there was full of surprises; I'll share more about that later!

Saturday evening rounded out our anniversary week celebration. We took a dessert cooking class at Central Market. It was stretching for me, but a lot of fun. In two hours, we baked lemon pudding cake, creme brulee, lava chocolate cakes, and berry shortcake. I learned a lot and would love to do it again (hint, hint).

Overall, the week was great; but the best part was spending time with my great man. He impresses me everyday with his integrity and compassion. Bryan, I love you! Thanks for asking me to be your wife!