Happy 6th Anniversary!!!!

August 12th
Today is me and Mike's 6th Wedding Anniversary.  I can't believe it's been 6 six years since our wedding!  Here are a few flash back pics of the big day - August 12, 2006

About a month ago me and Mike started talking about our anniversary and were trying to decide how we were going to celebrate it.  Last year I was extremely pregnant with Alex and it was literally 110 outside on our Anniversary date - so I think we barely made it out to eat - if that.  This year we wanted to do something fun, but couldn't think of anything.  A few weeks ago - Mike said to me, "  I think I'll take care of the planning for the Anniversary - it will be a surprise for you".  I was a little excited, a surprise date.  I didn't know if it would just be dinner - or one of Mike's favorite, a movie.....but either way I knew it would be fun because I wouldn't have to stress about planning anything.  Also, our gift to each other was just the fun date and to exchange cards, so I didn't have to worry over a big gift either. 

So the fun begins....
This week I was trying my hardest to get out of mike just what we were doing.  I couldn't get hardly any clues from him whatsoever.  I finally blamed it on my wardrobe and told him I had to know what to wear!  he told me - don't wear heels, you might have to walk some.  I though - oh no, we are going walking in 100 plus heat - fun...but I went with it. 

Friday morning I got to drop the kids off at my mom's so I could go get a pedicure and go shopping for a new dress.  While I was at my mom's I got the below FIRST HINT of what we would be doing.  My itenerary. 

The itinerary got me excited about the date.  It looked like Mike put a lot of thought into it and it was going to be fun.

my pedicure was the longest, slowest pedicure I have ever gotten.  I took this picture of the guy so I would be sure not to get him next time.  Good news was though it actually was a pretty good one.

Mike took a half day off work (yes he is perfect). and came home around 2pm and walk in the door with these.  I was very excited - beautiful pink roses, my favorite.

I took a quick picture of us before we headed out the door.  I found a new casual dress at Target I was excited about, and yes - wore my flip flops prepared to walk - haha

Mike drove me straight to our first stop - I had no clue where we were going.  He pulled up to the place where we first met - "The Duplex".  He got out of the car and he had placed a card at each mystery spot before the date for me to read.  They were so sweet, and some even funny. For those of you who don't know how me and Mike met, a short version is that my best friend went to Australia to study abroad.  When she came back she needed a new place to live, and found a Duplex off Dawn Street in Fayetteville.  Mike and his two best friends moved in next door.  I think me and Mike saw each other almost every day after the first day we met.

One of the 12 stops was to take me to the place we went on our first date. Pattaya.  We even sat in the same booth.  Again, the waiter handed me a card from Mike, so sweet.

My cards started to pile up!

We went to the church where we got married, The Links at Lowell where he proposed, Embassy suites hotel where we spent the first night of our honeymoon, the U of A where we hung out a lot and found my name on the sidewalk - where he hid a card for me in the bush next to my name.  Another place we went was Copelands.  We had dessert here.  We used to meet at Copelands all of the time after we both got off work and order our favorite - Jazzy wings.  We wanted something sweet so we shared cheesecake

more of my cards!

Stop number 11 was a movie - we took this picture before we headed into the movie - and yes - we got popcorn, a coke, AND candy - definately a special night - haha

Here is me at the end of the night with all of my cards!  After the date was over we headed back to our house and played scrablle and than got about 9 hours of sleep - it was great.  Thank you mom and dad for babysitting the kids especially Alex who had an ear infection and didn't sleep great....or at all. We owe you we know.

We remembered many memories on this date and made even more memories.  I know that sounds corny, but it's the truth.  We had so much fun telling old stories and going through our last 6 years.  One of my favorite places he took me was Washington Regional Hospital.  This place is so significant to us.  Not only did Mike go to so so so many doctor's appointments with me here, but this is where we have spent about 2 of the longest weeks of our lives welcoming our 2 boys into the world and it's where we became a family.  It was so sweet for Mike to take me here and talk about those 2 special times in our lives.

Thank you Mike for a great night and for being such a great husband.  I definatley couldn't have planned a more perfect much needed date.

Here's to starting our 7th HOG season as a married couple! haha