Tuesday, September 20, 2011

How we spent our 1st Anniversary Part 3

Get caught up here:
Post 1 - Friday night
Post 2 - Saturday
Post 3 - Saturday

Post 4 - Sunday
Post 5 - Sunday

For our Anniversary we ate at Top of Waikiki.  The restaurant makes 1 full revolution (yes it spins) every hour so you can see the city.  Here's one of the photos I got, and of course, spinning restaurant with low lights=blurry!

Happy 1 Year Anniversary baby!




If you remember, the first wedding anniversary traditional present is "paper".


Last summer I wrote our story out from beginning to the proposal (my side of course) so I went through, made it flow into a book, added highlight photos, had a graphic designer in our Marketing Services department do up a cover and had the print shop here at work print it, and bind it for me.  It may be corny, but it was what I did.

The title may be a little corny, but you know what, I like corny!







It is 87 pages total, they printed it front and back so you are looking at about 44 pages plus the cover and back.  Will he read it?  I don't know, he's already read it before.  Will he always have it though?  You betcha!

I debated for a long time, to put pictures or not, everyone said, DO IT.  If I didn't I'd be sad when I was 60 that they weren't included, so I Did It :)

I hope my Prince Charming (gag I know) loves it as much as I loved putting it together for him.

So when we were still even dating I think, I told him someday I wanted a charm bracelet, it is just to be between us, the charms should be things about me, him or us including but not limited to milestones, highlights, hobbies, etc.  So then he heard that the first year was "paper" and it stumped him a bit.  So my charm bracelet has a "book" on it that says our names, 1st year of marriage and the date!

this was my dinner, I had Tomato Parmesan.

And he had Chicken Panzanella.  Mine was good, his was BETTER!


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11 comments:

Jessica said...

What a sweet gift you gave him!

Prince Charming said...

Since she didnt put any do's and don'ts I will add them.

DO go to Hawaii for your anniversary.
DO go to Top of Waikiki
Don't expect to walk away from Top of Waikiki without spending some money!! ;)

Jill said...

I think that idea is AWESOME!!! So sweet!!

My parents ate at a revolving restaurant nearby in Ottawa years ago for their anniversary - Mom said you couldn't even tell it was moving, until she looked down and realized her purse, which she had set on the floor near her chair, was half-way across the restaurant! It was on the part of the floor that was not revolving! haha!!

jacin {lovely little details} said...

what an adorable gift!!!

fernvalley01 said...

what a wonderful idea, I am sure he will cherish the book.

Dancy said...

Those are both great gifts!! Good thinking on his part to add a book charm for "paper" - v. cool. ;)

Cookie said...

Congratulations! I linked to you from the Crazy Cooking Challenge and we just celebrated our 1st anniversary over the weekend! :)

Lourie said...

So not corny! That book will become a treasured piece of history! Love the charm for the bracelet what a smart idea.

Megan said...

YUM!! Y'alls food looks amazing!! I love your gift to him! That's SO SO sweet! I want to print out my posts about our story and wedding and make them into a book!

Too Much To Do So Little Time said...

What a WONDERFUL dinner! I *LOVE* the book idea! The title is GREAT.

Stef at TooMuchToDoSoLittleTime.com

Jennifer said...

Aw, how sweet!!! I love corny too. ;) Love the charm bracelet idea!

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