5 Year Anniversary

On March 4, 2011, Chris and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. To start it off, Chris got me two great gifts!

First:

Normally, he gets me Sunflowers, since they are my favorite flower, but he surprised me this year with long stem roses! It was a nice change. And, now, they are fully opened and I have to say, they are quite beautiful and smell amazing!

Second:

Ever since I have been dieting and being more health conscious, I have wanted one of these bad boys. This one is awesome and I use it all the time now. I love how Chris remembers the little things I mention it would be nice to have and then gets it for me, he is great!

Then, when he got home from work, our good friends watched our kids so that we could go out on our annual date. This year we went to a restaurant called, Stir Crazy. I was in charge of picking the place this year, because Chris wanted to make sure we went somewhere I could actually eat at, since I am still trying to eat right and lose some more weight and so; when I googled, "healthy" restaurants" for our area, this is one of them that came up. The food was okay. For the price we paid, we were not too impressed, but it wasn't bad so overall we enjoyed it. I ate Miso Pan Seared Sea Scallops served on a bed of brown rice with garlic sauteed spinach and mushrooms and Chris got his usual Asian meal out, Sweet and Sour Chicken. 

Although the food was just so so, the dessert we got, that they are famous for, was delicious! Yes, I had a bite, afterall, I was celebrating, right? The dessert was Banana Stuffed Fried Wontons. It was bliss! The wontons were fried and then sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, and stuffed with white chocolate and bananas. Then, caramel was drizzled all over them and it was served with vanilla bean ice cream. My one bite took me to banana heaven for a bit. Chris loved this dessert and asked if I could figure out how to make it, I just might have to try. So, we decided we would go back for dessert, but skip the food.

Then, Chris and I went bowling. We have not been bowling in a long, LONG time, so we were quite bad at it, but we had fun. It was nice to do something different for a change. 

It was a very relaxing and low key anniversary, but it was nice to remember our marriage and evaluate us as a couple. 5 years has gone by fast and I am looking forward to the next 5 and the next 5 after that, etc.

I love Chris and am grateful he chose me to be his wife and I have enjoyed our life together thus far and look forward to the future. Anniversaries are great!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Today was Dr. Seuss's birthday and so I hosted a light luncheon to celebrate this special day. I love Dr. Seuss and what he did for children's literature. I love his books and I am so happy that Lexi loves his books now too! Her all time favorite Dr. Seuss book is The Cat in the Hat. She also really loves Green Eggs and Ham and Hop on Pop, all classics!

Here is a glimpse of our Seuss Luncheon:

The Birthday Banner

Have I told you lately how much I love scrapbook paper? It has been a long time since I have actually scrapbooked, but I love the opportunities I have to make cute simple stuff with beautiful paper, such as this banner!

David and Karina joined us with their moms. I love how David had his mouth stuffed when I took this picture! We also had another baby come to the luncheon who is a month younger than Christine, but  I forgot to take a picture of her. Anyways, thanks for coming, it was fun!

Here is the centerpiece for the table. I love, LOVE red and blue together. It is so fun and festive for a Dr. Seuss tribute!

Some more decor. I love these feathers, however, they shed so it was a little messy, but cute, nonetheless.

The napkins and silverware. Aren't they festive?

The food Table

All of the food had a fun label themed after his books. Here are some close ups of the food to explain:

Thing 1 and Thing 2 cupcakes. They were red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! These were a big hit with the kids. I think they turned out so cute!

Diffendoofer Fruit Salad

Poodles with Noodles

I think you can read that sign pretty good, so I won't rewrite the title. 

The fish bowl and feathers gave it a cute touch.

The pink ink were raspberry lemonade and pink lemonade, yum!

This is a horrible picture, but these rolls were delicious! And, yes, I had one. I know, I am bad, but I just had to try these babies. They were filled with sharp cheddar cheese and had a italian crumb topping. If I do say so myself, they were so good! I loved them. 

These, of course, had to be included!

Because the food was the star of the luncheon, I had to make it good. I am happy to say, it was good. I did try everything, except dessert and lemonade, and I was quite proud. I seriously love to cook and host parties. It brings me so much happiness to see people enjoying themselves and loving the food I make. Anyways, we read some Dr. Seuss books, of course, and just chatted and had a good, relaxing time. Thanks for coming you guys! 

And, Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss, the Glidewell family loves you!

P.S. If you want the amazing pasta salad, fruit salad, and roll recipes I made for this luncheon, go to my food blog, because they are posted! Seriously, these things are no ordinary dishes, they are excellent!