7.21.11

happy 2nd anniversary!

with everything that has been going on in our lives lately,

we decided to make this year a very laid back anniversary celebration.

no anniversary trip obviously meant that we could spend our day eating as much food as possible,

so our first stop was dawson's surprise choice of a breakfast spot. 

pig & a jelly jar did not disappoint. 

i pulled the classic restaurant girl trick:

find two things i want off the menu consisting of one semi-healthy thing that I can order, 

and then something ridiculous unhealthy for dawson to get that i can't justify ordering myself 

but can somehow eat as much as i want to off of dawson's plate and it's fine because HE ordered it.

i'm glad i did because while my egg sandwich was fantastic,

his biscuits and gravy were so freaking amazing that i was leaning over the table

eating off of his plate for most of breakfast.

after our breakfast put us in a minor food coma,

we did our favorite saturday activity:

going to open houses and pretending we are in the market to buy one.

since it was our anniversary we decided to go to classier open houses,

and fell in love with a darling house that was about $200,000 over our imaginary budget.

(which is sadly still bigger than our actual budget)

we decided that it will be a few more anniversaries til that can be a reality.

then we had to hang out with the dasher of course,

so we went on a quick hike to dog lake.

dash usually makes the whole hike with ease, 

but the 100 degree heat didn't agree with his black body so daw had to help him out a little.

that's why his tongue is hanging out like he is has rabies.

when we finally decided we could fit some more food in our bellies,

we headed to my surprise choice of dinner.

i had heard from so many people that pallet was amazing,

and we now officially agree with them.

granted we are very talented orderers and can usually pick out the best items on the menu,

but that night we were especially on top of our game.

gnocchi for an appetizer, ravioli for dawson and salmon for me

(yep, sticking with the same ordering style from breakfast).

we went from planning on taking half of our meals home for leftovers,

to fighting over the last bite and licking our plates clean.

my mouth is watering just remembering all this food deliciousness.

hanging out with dawson all day was the best anniversary celebration i could have asked for.

i'm even more grateful for him now at two years of marriage than i was on our last anniversary.  this second year of marriage has taught us so much about each other and the strength of our relationship.  dawson is my very best friend, and it amazes me that we can continue to grow closer and i can still fall more in love with him every day.  my life got better the minute dawson became a part of it, and i will forever be in amazement that i was lucky enough to become his wife.

i can't wait for what the future holds in store for us in our 3rd year together as

  mr. and mrs. kent.