Happy Anniversay to Us

Today is 11 years to the date we met - Thanksgiving - November 24th - 1999

Happy day we met Anniversary Murray :)

5 Years - 1825 Days with the world's greatest man

Friday, May 28th we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversay

Murray even popped across the street to capture the love note he carved into the newly laid sidewalk a few weeks ago - sweet :) (He had been staking it out for weeks - waiting for them to lay this concrete just near our place!)

And one of his gifts to me - a wood plaque to celebrate the Woods on our wood (traditional gift for 5 years) anniversary - how very very thoughtful!!

We went out to dinner for a very fancy Mexican meal at Vera Cruz in Cremorne

The meals were really lovely - but this dessert was AMAZING!!!!

Loved the churros as well!

We ate until we felt like we would explode - especially me!!

Happy M&M Day to us :)

Today is our 10 year dating anniversary!!! Way back when we first started dating we decided we wouldn't celebrate valentines day, but instead would celebrate what we decided was our first 'real' date - Feb 24th, 2000 - which we call M&M day.

We went out for lunch together which was lovely, and mid afternoon Murray called me at my desk to say I still hadn't wished him Happy M&M day:( Opps!!!! I blame pregnancy brain. I did buy him a present the week before, but it just slipped my mind on the day!!

Anyhow, Murray made some lovely lamb on the BBQ for dinner then we exchanged gifts. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the dress he got me. So thoughtful after my complaining last week that I am running out of casual things that fit! It has a lot of room for the bump and is SO cute!

Wow - 10 years - I can hardly believe it! I love you Murray :)

10 years ago today.........

10 years ago today, I was celebrating Thanksgiving in London with my study abroad group. We decided to go out after the meal our school put on for us, and ended up in Leicester Square.
We started at a pub (the Fawn & Firkin) and then moved on to the Zoo Bar.
There, I met a tall blonde guy named Zac. He had spiked hair, and a long black leather coat - and I thought he was gorgeous!!!!

I dont' have the first pic ever of us to post from that night, because it is in my London scrapbook that my parents are bringing over soon. But I do have a picture of Zac (his American nickname as with his accent people could understand him saying Murray:) and I at Joe's Crab Shack, where we went for a goodbye dinner at the end of his first visit to Minnesota.

I knew from the moment I met him there was something very very special about this guy, and after that first visit I knew I was head over heels in love.

I love you Murray - Happy 'Dating' Anniversary

Meet Betty

Meet Betty :)


Isn't she cute:)

Also - the lovely anniversary flowers Murray gave me

Just like the flowers from our wedding - stargazer lilies - beautiful!

9 Years & Counting!

Yesterday (the 24th) was our 9th 'dating' anniversary - what we like to call M&M day!
Way back when we started dating overseas, we decided to just pick a date that would be the official start of our dating (although we met a few months previously in 1999 in London, we don't consider that we officially started dating until after Murray's first trip to Minnesota in 2000 when we decided we were meant for each other!) So - we picked February 24th - th2 24th day of the month is significant to us because we met on the 24th of November, and we decided not to celebrate Valentines day - so instead - M&M day was created!!

SO yesterday we decided to get out of the house and go for a walk because it was such a gorgeous day
We walked to Manly Wharf and then followed the Manly to Spit Bridge path up past the gorgeous Fairlight area (I love how a lot of the beaches have these little 'pools' that you can swim in as well as the beach, they fill up naturally with sea water - but are nice and protected)

Such gorgeous beaches back in this area - and only locals around - lovely

We also spotted this cute little kookaburra

I HAD to have a photo of this house's pool as we walked by - um WOW - what a cool pool!!!!

We actually only ended up doing half of the Manly to Spit Bridge walk - but it was a HOT day! 2 1/2 hours of walking was enough!

You can usually cross this part of the walk when the tide is low - I wasn't up for scaling the rocks though, so we took the path that went up onto the road and then back down instead

It really is a lovely walkway - passing by stunning little beaches and some of the path is through lovely bush land

This gal came running AT us as we walked down the path - I think she was protecting eggs

Because she didn't move at ALL once she got to this spot

Me at our final destination - Reef Beach in Sydney Harbour National Park

Walking back again - this is near the North Harbour Reserve - tons of gorgeous boats in here

Me near the path again - now with North Harbour on my right

Later that afternoon we decided to run back up to the home superstore we had been to yesterday and exchange the door mat we bought for a bigger one - HOORAY this one is now perfect - just the right size to protect the carpet as you enter the flat!

Then in the evening we walked back down to Manly and grabbed a great window spot to toast our 9 years & enjoy a pizza!

Me & Murray - 2009

Me & Murray 2000

Wow - time really does fly! Here is to another great 9 years:)