Six Years Together

Our engagement photo

Kyle and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary yesterday.  We celebrated our anniversary quite differently compared to previous years.  First we went to visit my grandma at her apartment in the morning.  For lunch we drove to Smoke's Poutinerie in the Exchange District and then headed home to get the girls down for their naps.  Once the girls woke up I put a load of wash on then a little while later I heard a loud bang and found the laundry soap had fallen off the shelf and exploded all over the floor in the mudroom. Ahhhh!  Kyle nicely offered to clean it all up, what a great anniversary gift!  After that eventful episode Kyle made some delicious smoked ribs on the BBQ for dinner.  We had hope to go out for dinner tonight to celebrate our anniversary minus our two girls but unfortunately we were unable to find a babysitter for them.  Hopefully we can go for a dinner date next weekend. 

I came across a fun idea on a another blog Modern Mom and I thought it would be fun to write something similar about Kyle and I for our anniversary. 

One of the best day's of my life 

How long have you been together? How did you meet? 

We have been married for six years and before that we were together for six years. We met in 2001 through mutual friends. My best friend Angela was dating one of Kyle's friends, Dustin. I went to the bar for my 18th birthday with Angela and she introduced me to all of Dustin's friends including Kyle. We started dating the following year. 

How did he propose?

We went for a canoe trip to the Whiteshell. It was early fall in 2007. It was a gorgeous weekend and we thought we would take advantage of the hot weather before the cool fall weather came. Once we arrived at Big Whiteshell Lake, we loaded up the canoe, paddled out on the lake. We arrived at the little island that is in the centre of the lake that we like to camp on, (I like it because it's less likely bears or wild life will be visiting us on an island) We made a yummy dinner and settled in to watch the sunset with our wine glasses full. Kyle had asked me to grad something near the tent and when I got back I noticed something was in my wine glass, a diamond ring. AHHH! I was so shocked and excited, I started crying and he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I don't remember everything he said to me because I was in a fog. I wasn't expecting it at all. I loved how it all happened and I couldn't stop staring at my ring the whole night. We continued on with our canoe trip, fishing and lounging in the sun, it was a fantastic weekend. 

What was your wedding like? 

Planning our wedding was fun and wasn't stressful at all. We seem to check everything off our list with little effort. Our wedding day took place on an extremely hot summer day. Our ceremony began at 2:00 pm at Captain Kennedy Tea House outside the city, right along the river. It was a nice intimate ceremony with our close friends and family. We then went off to take pictures and met our guests for cocktails at 5:30 pm and dinner at 6:30 pm at Rembrandts Bistro in Lockport. It was a great party and we danced the night away. We then flew off for our honeymoon a few days later to Kauai, Hawaii for a couple weeks. 

Our first trip to Europe 2007

Our trip to Chicago in 2004

What do you love to do together? 

We love to travel together when we have the chance. We have now traveled to Europe, Hawaii, New York, Chicago, Orlando, Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Montreal and Banff. We still have many more places we want to see together. We love to go canoeing, camping and backpacking (though since we've had our girls it's been awhile since we done these things.) We also love to workout together, usually it's separate right now while one of us watches the girls but we love to stay in shape. We really enjoy cooking together too, Kyle loves to experiment and change up recipes and I will usually end up cleaning up the mess he's made. On a warm summer day we like to chill out on the deck with something refreshing and either read or have a nap. 

What are your favourite things about him?

Kyle is hard working and dependable. He always puts me and the girls first. He has learned how to balance work and family life so well these last couple years, it isn't easy but he makes it look effortless. He just became partner at his accounting firm this past winter and I couldn't be more proud of all that he's accomplished. He is able to keep me calm when I get stressed out and knows what to say at the right time. 

He is great at being romantic and planning fun things for us to do together. Spa dates, planning my 30th birthday party and sending me flowers at work. He also knows what to write in cards to make me cry every time. I love reading his cards! 

What are his favourite things about you?

He likes my tenacity because I never give up on something. He likes that I give everything 110%. He admires that I am selfless because I always put others before myself. He appreciates that I support him whatever he wants to do, such as playing golf or soccer, and going to Jets and Bomber games. 

Our family photo while I was pregnant with Claire