For our Anniversary I made Wade a book of our life together so far. Just to note, this book does not include any of our family adventures with the kids, I am compiling a separate book for these trips. I wanted to record our life together and all of the fun places we have gone that have started to build our memories of our time together. Here is a recap of what is in the book (shortened version) and what our adventures have been so far.
We visited NY in the spring of 2009. Wade had a work conference, and so I flew out for the weekend to join him. We stayed down town and had a wonderful time. We went out to dinner in little Italy for some of the best food ever and then saw the play Wicked (one of my personal favorites).
The next day we went to brunch at Tavern on the Green and walked around Central Park. We rented a row boat in the middle of Central Park and this is where Wade proposed.
For our Honeymoon we decided to go to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (just like most of our trips, we pick them based on where Alaska flies and where there are Marriott hotels).
Sugar Loaf Mountain with Copacabana in the background
We went our to a salsa club that was three stories high and packed with great people watching.
Christ the Redeemer
We toured the favela (slums) where 1/3 the population lives.
Copacabana Beach...
The summer of 2009 we went to Kamloops Canada and stayed in a cabin with no running water and no electricity. We hiked most of the weekend and just relaxed.
I had a conference in Orlando in August 2009, so Wade flew down for the weekend to meet me. We did Disney adult style - 2 parks per day for the weekend. We saw Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon and Sea World. I did however manage to lose my credit card and drivers license on one of the rides at Sea World...that made getting back on the plane a little more difficult.
Wade wanted me to add the caption that he is petting the monkey..
For Labor Day 2009 we decided to go camping at Cannon Beach since Wade had never been. As you can see in the pictures, the weather wasn't the best. After one night of camping in the rain, Wade was done....so we decided to drive along the coast to see the Red Woods. It was a seven hour drive and absolutely beautiful. Neither of us had ever been to the Red Woods either, so it made for a memorable weekend.
For Wade's 34th birthday we planned a last minute trip to Cabo (about a week and a half before). It was the perfect time to go, as all of the kids had just gone back to school so the resort was empty. We only stayed for 4 days, but it was the perfect amount of time. Wade even found a sports bar on the roof of a building to watch all of the NFL games while I could sit in the sun and read my book. Cabo has quickly become one of our favorite places to go.
In December we went to Maui for a week. I forget how awesome Hawaii is and I can't wait to go back. We had a perfect balance between sight seeing and laying on the beach or by the pool. We stayed at the Marriott and had the most wonderful ocean view room right next to the adult pool. While we were there we also went to the north shore, went to a Luau, woke up way too early and went to see the sun rise on the top of the mountain Haleakala (it was a freezing 40 degrees), drove the road to Hana, and went Snooba diving - my personal favorite ( a mix between scuba diving and snorkeling).
The Sun Rise on Haleakala
The Road to Hana
For New Years eve the past two years we have created a tradition of going to El Gaucho for dinner (awesome steak) and then getting home before midnight and watching all of the fireworks on TV. It is so great to enjoy a nice romantic dinner and be back home before all of the crazies are on the road.
In January 2010 Wade had a conference in Orlando (I am not sure why we always have meetings in the furthest place from where we live). But this time we were able to visit my family. We also spend one night in Savannah which was such a beautiful city, but unfortunately we were visiting during the coldest weather in recent history. Is was below freezing the whole time and colder than it was back home.
In March Wade had a conference in Big Sky MT and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves skiing, eating great food, and spending time in the huge hot tub.
In April we decided to make another last minute trip to Cabo. I was changing jobs (to a job I absolutely love by the way) so before I started my new job we decided to go to Cabo for another 4 days. We went back to the same resort and this time rented a car the whole time. We also did a sunset cruise....I would do that again in a heart beat.
As you can see we had a great past year and a half and we are so fortunate to be able to travel together and have so many great work functions that we can extend into a long weekend. Wade, I love you more than I can say and I am so glad that you have such a passion for life and love to experience all of the new places we do and that you want to share it with me. I look forward to another funfilled year!
