4 Years

Almost 2 weeks already we celebrated our 4th Wedding Anniversary. Like always I can't believe how fast time is flying by and that Andrew and I have been married 4 years already!

A couple of days before, I had logged onto our Verizon account and was looking at the points we have accumulated....we had looked at them before but couldn't figure out how to use them without spending money. What we saw before was if you use a certain number of points then you can purchase gift cards or merchandise at a reduced rate, cause your points give you a percentage off. We wanted to get something totally free with our points but didn't see an option....however the other day I figured it out. They have "points only" auctions, so I started bidding on restaurant.com gift cards with our points to see if I could win one to use on our anniversary, instead of spending money that we'd rather put towards debt. I bid on about 6-8 different auctions throughout the day but got outbid last second every time. Until about 6:30, right as Andrew pulled up in the driveway I WON an auction for a $50 giftcard to restaurants.com! Needless to say I was SO excited and yelled at Andrew to get up into the house quickly. Well here we are 2 weeks later and still haven't received the giftcard...it's a good thing we didn't put off our anniversary dinner for it to arrive! We ended up going to The Stirling Hotel (not actually a hotel, just a restaurant and bar). We had been wanting to go with the kids cause they have chickens and a little play area for them...and Andrew had gone when I was out of town and really liked the food. The food was VERY delicious....Andrew and I both got burgers (I know, just burgers you say?) but they were really really good. I would get the same thing in a heartbeat. The kids split an adult half portion of Mac n Cheese which was devoured by all of us...it had garlic, was super creamy and there were breadcrumbs on top. I told Andrew I could see myself wanting a "take out order" of the mac n cheese after baby is born on a day when I can't get around to making a decent meal. He said "hint taken" =)

 

 

Anyway, it was a delicious meal...and of course I love having an excuse to make a dessert so I made no-bakes. With the intention of Andrew taking some to work so I wouldn't eat them all but they didn't set too well. I gave a couple to a friend but you can be sure I ate every last one of them (not all on one day though). We also pulled out our wedding glasses and drank a bottle of sparkling cider. Nothing too crazy for this anniversary but was still a very delightful evening.

 

Then the following day, Kiewit (Andrews company) was having a get together at Pier 13 in Hoboken so we had a chance to take our yearly picture with our chalkboard...with the lights of Manhattan behind us. Yes, that's the Empire State Building.

It turned out WAY better than I thought it would (Andrew proved me wrong), I really like it!

Never would I have thought we'd be living on the East Coast and I still find myself in shock that we live a half hour away from New York City. These last 4 years have been quite the adventure but at least I have the man of my dreams, my best friend and now 2, soon to be 3, new best buddies to share in all of these adventures. We are so truly blessed.