Our Tales of Two Cities: Two years.

Two years ago, on this very day, Matt and I got married.

We have been through so much in two years – three moves, three jobs, flight school, new puppy, being away from friends and family – it has been quite an incredible adventure. And through it all, we have had each other. And that has been the best.

You are probably wondering why I am posting a blog when we should be out celebrating. Well, of course, Matt is scheduled to fly tonight so I don’t get to see him. But don’t worry – we had plenty of time to celebrate this weekend - and celebrate we did.

Since we weren’t able to take a honeymoon (we had to leave from the wedding and get down to Corpus for flight school) or celebrate our first year anniversary (we were in the middle of the move from Texas to Florida), we decided to go all out for this one. Matt planned a surprise for me on Saturday and I planned one for him on Sunday.

Here is Matt’s surprise for me:

yep, that's right. sky sailing!

we glided through the air in a plane. kind of like hang gliding, but in an aircraft.

i look calm, but looks can be deceiving...

this is the plane that towed us...i didn't realize that they were going to release us until i heard the radio call.

what an amazing view!

this certainly gave me a deeper appreciation for matt's job!

this was when we decided to get a little crazy...

i survived! it was such an amazing experience - a once in a lifetime adventure.

well done, matt, well done.

Here is my surprise for Matt:

a massage for two at the hard rock hotel.

matt provided the adventure and i provided the relaxation:)

We were able to fit in a few more fun anniversary activities between surprises. On our way back to the city on Saturday afternoon, we stopped by Julian, California. It is a small historic town in the mountains filled with my favorite things – antique stores, bookstores, bakeries, wineries, and coffee shops. We walked around, shopped, and tried some of their famous pies. Unfortunately, we did not get pictures because I dropped the camera for the 50^th time. I guess 50 is the max dropping capacity, because it broke. So we also got another unexpected anniversary surprise – a new camera.

That evening we walked down to Seaport Village, a cute touristy area in downtown San Diego. I felt bad about leaving Sadie all day, so we decided to bring her to dinner. Besides how could we celebrate such a momentous occasion without her! We have a long-standing (7 years) tradition of getting crabs on our anniversary, so we found a seafood restaurant that had anything crab on their menu and were set.

As we were walking home, we heard fireworks in the distance. Comic Con was this weekend in San Diego (more on that in another blog post) and they were setting fireworks off on Saturday evening. It was such a fun way to end the evening. And for those wondering, Sadie did much better with her second round of fireworks.

All in all, it was the perfect anniversary. So perfect that we just might have to celebrate it every yearJ