Twelve

Whack picture taken on our date night with no flash using my cell phone.  But this post needed a pic of the two of us so I'm working with what I got.

As of last Sunday we have been hitched for 12 years!  We did most of our celebrating on Saturday with a a trip to the beach with the kids and a sushi dinner date by ourselves.  On Sunday we just tried to soak up as much family time as we could and that was enough celebration for us.

We stopped for something sweet and a little coffee before we came back home and as I sat there drinking from my cup I look down and see they are advertising that their treats are perfect for anniversaries.  How cute.

We started our anniversary celebration off earlier that day by taking our crew to the beach at Capitola, our favorite spot.  It may be a lot of work to get two babies and a toddler and a stroller (that has to be carried over the sand) and a box of pizza and a blanket and a beach bag to a nice spot on the beach but we loved every minute of it.  We love going to the beach so we couldn't think of anything we would rather be doing for our anniversary than celebrating it just like this with our children.  As we were lugging all of our gear back to the van Brett and I both said we wanted to come back immediately and do it all again.  Ok, maybe I was the one that said that but Brett agreed.

Charlotte watches the waves.

Ruby swipes Hank's sippy cup.

Hank in awe of the waves.

The weather at Capitola that day was GORGEOUS!  My heart is aching to get back there soon!

All twelve years have been great but the last year has been the best.  We added to our family and our hearts grew even more.  Especially for each other.

-a