Our Anniversary

Three years ago we celebrated one of the best days of our lives. It was a pretty perfect day in every way!

Jay and I celebrated our first anniversary together. Ok.... so it wasn't really our first, but it was our first one in the same country! For our first anniversary, Jay was training in the field in southern Germany and I was in Poland. Last year, Jay was in Afghanistan while I was back here teaching.

We didn't treat the day much different that any other day as we both had to work. But we did go out to eat at a really great restaurant that night. We also exchanged gifts with each other.

We have decided to do the traditional anniversary gifts each year. It's been fun to think up things that go under each category. The first anniversary gift is paper. Because we weren't around each other, we stuck with cards. We'll I wouldn't even go as far as saying cards. Jay wrote me a note on the back of a piece of scratch paper before he left for the field! But it's something I'll always cherish! Last year while Jay was downrange, I sent him underwear! The gift was supposed to be something cotton, so it worked great, and it was something he needed. This year, the gift was supposed to be leather.

Jay got a new baseball glove. I need someone to play catch with this spring.

I got a new scrapbook and a wallet!

The scrapbook will be a running book. We want to do a two page spread for each year of our marriage. Jay put all the pictures in it from the past three years. Our challenge is going to be getting everything that we've done in a year all on two pages! We've been a lot of places and have done a lot of things!!

We hope this next year supplies us with just as many opportunities to travel as the past few years! Jay won't be going to the field or to any schools, so we should be able to go places. We might as well make the most of our last year here!

Next year, it's fruit or flowers! It's a good thing it's an easy one since we'll be settling into our new home at that time. Jay will just be beginning school. It will be a busy time for us.