happy anniversary

happy anniversary to us!!!

our anniversary was july 21st, and it just so happened that we were in priest lake.

even though we were on a family vacay, that didn't stop us from doing a little celebrating!

dawson took me out on a hot date, and we took the boat over to a restaurant on the lake.

it was quite the little adventure, 

and we had so much fun going over memories of our first year of marriage over dinner.

but the REAL surprise of the day....

dawson got me a wedding band!

he had known i wanted a gold band ever since we got married,

but we had decided that we would get one for our 5 year anniversary (newlywed budget!).

being the sneaky guy that he is, he slipped the ring on my finger while i was sleeping.

we woke up early because daws was going golfing with the boys.

i didn't noticed the ring until after i had kissed him goodbye and almost fallen back asleep 

(it was 6am people).

but once i noticed i had some new bling on my finger, 

i had to run and chase him down so i could give him a huge smooch and say thank you!!!

isn't it B-E-A-U-tiful?!

once we got home we wanted to REALLY celebrate our anniversary

(come on, 1 year is quite an accomplishment)!

dawson planned a day date to lagoon, because he knows how much i love the place.

we had a blast rollercoaster hopping, and the new ride "air race" is way legit.

although my favorite will always be the tilt-o-whirl.

i have so much fun with my husband and he always makes me laugh so hard.

i was cracking up because daw had heard about how indians would hold water in their 

mouths and then go running for 50 miles without water but would stay hydrated because of 

the water in their mouth.  he was convinced this was legit, and was going through the 

park holding water in his mouth as long as he could.

ok maybe it doesn't sound that funny right now, but at the time it was hilarious.

for the night, i chose the bombay house for dinner.

mmmm mmmm goood.

then we went up to the chateaux at silver lake to spend the night.

it was so gorgeous up there in the mountains.

i mentioned to dawson how it reminded me of the mountains in switzerland,

and he decided that it was necessary to make me speak swiss (german) for the next 10 minutes.

i have to say though, i did a pretty good job.

i dare anyone else to try to speak nothing but swiss for 10 minutes straight when 

they don't actually know a word of the language.

we also had to eat our wedding cake of course,

which we did while laying in the big comfy bed.

we still have enough left to last us for the next 5 years.

another side note: 

as soon as we checked in at the lobby, "our song" came on the overhead speakers.

it had come on the radio right after we got engaged,

after we picked up our marriage certificate,

when we got home from our honeymoon,

and when we were on our boating date.

if that's not a sign that we are meant to be then i don't know what is!

the next day (after sleeping in) we went out for breakfast.

we had to get dawson's favorite unlimited french toast from kneaders.

and then we went and checked out the farmers market on main street.

i loved all of our anniversary celebrations so much,

but i love my sweet husband even more.

i still feel like the luckiest girl in the world

and i am so blessed to be able to call him mine.