10 year anniversary

We celebrated our 10 year anniversary on Dec 22.  Being so close to Christmas we hardly ever do anything to celebrate.  Because it was our 10th I wanted to a big trip, but getting pregnant put that on hold.  We did go out though and went to dinner and a BYU Basketball game.  I did put a lot of though into Kevin's present and wanted to post it on here, so we can remember what I did.  I bought 20 balloons and numbered 10 of them 1-10.  Then I tied those balloons to their corresponding presents.  Each present represented a year we were married and the present reminded me of something for that year.  It was fun watching him find each present and then think about what the present could be and when he opened it if he had the same thoughts I did when I bought the present.

Year 1- A San Diego tie clip with our anniversary date engraved on it.  (We were married in the San Diego Temple
2.  A Harry Potter book on CD.  In our 2nd year of marriage we did a lot of traveling and we listened to these CDS
3.  A picture cube with a picture of Kevin with each kid on the sides.  We had our first baby.
4.  An air compressor.  To represent buying our first house.
5.  The children's book, Answered Prayers.  About the BYU football win over Utah with the famous, Beck to Harline pass to win.
6.  I framed his MBA Diploma.  This was the year he graduated from the EMBA program.
7.  A flash for his camera.  His big camera was a major purchase for us.
8.  A new drill set to represent us buying our second house.
9.  A toy man and a wheelchair.  He had 2 knee surgeries this year, and we pushed him around Disneyland in a wheelchair.
10.  A pewter Florida gators key chain.  Aluminum is the 10 year anniversary gift, so pewter is representative of that and the FLorida is for the wonderful family vacation we took this summer.


Kevin was very impressed with this present and mentioned several times how cool it was.  I had fun putting it together, but if I do it for our 20, I'm only doing years 11-20!