After our cruise, we really felt like we needed to keep our actual anniversary pretty low-key. We agreed on no presents. I felt pretty sneaking going to a craft store in search of something made out of tin, the traditional 10 year wedding gift. I ended up finding a little mini scrapbook that fit inside a little tin. I printed pictures from our cruise and put them inside. You can kind of see it in this picture:
I made Brian a Rainbow Chip cake with Rainbow Chip frosting, the same kind of cake we had out our wedding (except we didn't have Rainbow Chip frosting at our wedding), and I wrapped my little tin in tin foil. I felt so clever.
And then Brian came home with beautiful roses, and got down on a knee to return my wedding ring that he'd taken to get polished while we were on our cruise. Sitting next to my ring was a beautiful, sparkly diamond 10-year anniversary band. Diamonds are the modern gift for a 10-year anniversary. Sneaky, sneaky Brian.
We had a sitter come to watch the kids so we could go on a little date. Gabe was quite distressed that we were not taking him. He wasn't really like this before. I think he was worried that we would leave for a week or so again. I think it was kind of tough on him for us to be gone on our cruise.
We had dinner and then went to the temple to do temple sealings. It was a wonderful evening.
I can hardly believe it's been 10 years since we got married, but mostly time just...is with us. Like it doesn't even matter. I can't picture him not with me, and I sometimes wonder how I lived life before he arrived. These years have been filled with so much joy, tears, heartache, success, failures, and three amazing kids. Life is good!
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