Today Steven and I celebrated 10 years of marriage!!!  Whaaahooo!!!  Well, we actually celebrated on Tuesday & Wednesday in Chicago with a fantastic dinner at Rick Bayless’ restaurant Topolobampo (FABULOUS), followed by The Book of Mormon (which was awesome!).  That night we stayed at The James (super cool hotel – thanks Molly:) and did some shopping on Michigan Avenue the next day – loving my new Louis V, what a surprise!  (Thank you so much honey!)  But today actually reminded me of our xmas together, which I meant to post about a while back.  So now seemed like the perfect time to showcase what a terrific husband I have.

Steven always blows me away with his thoughtfulness, but this took the cake.  For xmas last year he gave me a series of 3 packages, all with notes.  The first included coal facial soap and dark imperial stout.  The second included another fine beer along with several LUSH bath bombs (I die!), and a pair of new ear buds.  The final package was such a surprise!  I mean, I knew that Steven had been working on a project downstairs over the month of December, but I wasn’t allow to peek.  I had no idea he put together a new wedding album for us with the photos from a Vegas desert session we did with friends a few years ago.  It was hand made!!!!  He dyed the cheese cloth, peeled the birch park and flattened it, screwed the holes to sew everything by hand.  He even bought an old lace shirt to create overlay pages in the book.  Oh, AND he even tore each page so the edges looked like that!  Stamping it with ‘our love’ was the perfect finishing touch.  This book was something I couldn’t ever have imagined… just like him.

Every day I am so thankful to have a man in my life that loves me so much, takes care of me (and our pups:), who I can truly count on and call my dearest friend.  For EVERYTHING that you do Steven, thank you.  I just love you.  Happy Anniversary!    Forever, Sarah