Six Year Celebration

Saturday night John and I celebrated our six year wedding anniversary. Technically, our anniversary was Sunday, May 17th, but since we were unable to celebrate last weekend we decided to do it this weekend. We had a fabulous evening! We chose to have dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse! They sprinkled rose petals on our table to signify that we were celebrating our anniversary! Everyone who came by wished us "Happy Anniversary"! We thought it was a special touch to the dining experience. Wow, the meal was fantastic! We began with the shrimp cocktail appetizer, John ordered filet with lobster tails, and I had petite filet with shrimp....everything was absolutely delicious! Unfortunately, desert was out of the question since we were extremely full!

After dinner, we made our way over to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel to enjoy some cocktails. John and I first met at the Ritz-Carlton in 2002, so we enjoy seeing where "our story" began...although, we didn't officially start dating until six months after we met at the Ritz. We look forward to many happy years to come!

Fifth Anniversary

We had a very nice anniversary and a wonderful evening.

Our morning began with Kyle greeting us in our bedroom to tell us Happy Anniversary! Honestly, we both loved it and thought it was so sweet! John gave me a diamond pendant for our anniversary (yes, it has baguettes). It is absolutely beautiful! Wood is the traditional gift for a 5th Anniversary, but wood just doesn't seem very romantic so we passed on any wood gifts. During the day, we did the usual Saturday type outings and played outside. After taking 93 pictures (yes you read that correctly...93) of Kyle playing we headed inside to prepare for our much anticipated evening out...sans My Little Munchkin. It was a very good feeling to get all "jazzed" up, since I'm always dressed in my "Mommy" attire.

Actually, our anniversary began Friday evening when John brought home a dozen red roses for me. What a great surprise and perfect way to start off the weekend! Who doesn't love roses??

We celebrated at Dominic's Restaurant on The Hill in St. Louis. The restaurant is very elegant and the food was absolutely amazing. We hadn't eaten during the day to be absolutely sure we were hungry and we sure made up for it at dinner. We started with calamari and shrimp cocktail for an appetizer, enjoyed spinach salads, John ordered Veal Osso Buco with Risotto, I ordered Veal alla Crema with Artichokes., and we finished dinner with Bananna's Flambeau for two. Everything was just so and perfect! Hopefully, we will go back again one day for another special occasion.

Of course, I have to include a few photos from the evening. Thanks for looking!

Outside of Dominic's

John before leaving home. Before Heading in Dominic's

After dinner, we went to The Millenium Hotel in downtown St. Louis for a cocktail. The view from the hotel is beautiful and overlooks the St. Louis Arch. A few years ago we went to a restaurant in the hotel for Valentine's Day called The Top Of The Riverfront. The restaurant turns 360 degrees and it is amazing to view the city from all different angles.

We had such a wonderful evening together. We were a bit concerned leaving Kyle with his babystitter since he is now escaping from his crib, but thankfully he was well behaved while she was here. John and I were looking forward to Kyle greeting us again this morning, but he decided to stay put this morning.

Back to the regular routine today. Hope everyone is enjoying the day!

Five Years Ago Today

Five years ago today I married my husband John. Our wedding was very small, but perfect! We were married in New Orleans, LA. at the French Quarter Chateau LeMoyne Hotel in the courtyard.

I definitley consider John my best friend, as well as a wonderful husband and father. He is the only person that truely, completely understands me. We have had many fond memories over the last five years, as well as many hard times. We have proven to each other that we can make it through anything. I look forward to many happy years in the future.

Below, is a small glimpse of "our day". The picture of the hotel and the overview picture of the courtyard wasn't taken on our actual wedding day. I just added these pictures to show, since the setting is so beautiful.

Chateau LeMoyne Hotel where we were married.

Overview Picture of the Courtyard

John and Lindsey - May 17, 2003

With Our Parents

We have an exciting anniversary date planned for this evening. We are really looking forward to celebrating! I know I will be back tomorrow with a recap from our actual anniversary!