Charleston 5 year anniversary

Matthew and I celebrated 5 years of marriage on Dec. 31, 2010. We decided to take a trip without ella and celebrate. Neither one of us had ever been and it was a place we both wanted to visit. This picture was taken at the hotel before dinner on New Years eve. That night we brought in the new year at Hucks Lowcountry table. Matthew and I consider ourselves foodies so this was a great city to be in. There were too many great restaurants. My friend Jaime gave me a list of what she and her husband thought were the best. 3 days was simply not enough.

Where we stayed

We woke up on Saturday morning and went and had a couples massage. Matthew and I had never done this together

so this was a real treat. We then went and grabbed some lunch

HERE- It was Yummy!

I loved walking around Charleston. It is such a beautiful city. There were random quotes like this along buildings and sidewalks.

We walked past this bookstore and saw this cat in the window. I love unexpected "happy" moments like this.

I'm not a cat person, but this one I could have taken home.

I had been looking forward to eating a cupcake from here

but this sign was in the door.

Broken-hearted we left and I enjoyed my cupcake right at 12:01 on Jan. 2nd. It was actually our last stop on the way home Sunday.

Saturday we walked along the streets and admired all the history.

We had a small photo shoot. :)

I know my husband is a hottie.

We saw a wedding party on New Years day taking pics before the big day. It brought back so many sweet memories of our special day.

We walked down to the farmers market and took pictures of lots of numbers like this one

It is for a project I am working on.

We tried to go to the old slave museum, but it was closed.

That night we enjoyed a little moes (it wasn't on the great list of restaurants but we didn't want to get back out, sent we spent the whole day in Charleston) and then went and hung out at Barnes and Nobles.

Sunday we woke up at breakfast at Hominy Grill. It was a legendary breakfast and will go down in the books as "the best breakfast I have ever had." Even though the big nasty might not sound like the most appetizing meal-but oh it was!

The weekend was great. We celebrated 5 years of marriage and looked ahead to the many more anniversaries that we would have. Tonight while writing this post, we started talking about how we get to share life together for many years to come. With our laptops in our laps while watching tv-I said "that makes me happy."

There are so many things that you have to learn and experience when you are married. We learn more each day about how the other one ticks. Marriage takes work, but I wouldn't dream of living life with any other person. He said "Yes" to me on New years eve 2005 and I will continue to choose him everyday. He challenges me in all areas of life. Thankful for the 5.