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May 5, 2006
Today JB and I have been married for five years. Five!
One of our first dates; this is early 1999, I think. Notice anything weird about this photo, other than our vibrant youth (does JB look fifteen here, or what)? I totally Photoshopped out my armband tattoo so JB could send the picture to his parents.
(They know about it now, of course, and since I have finally provided them with a male heir to the JB dynasty I believe it’s possible I have been at least partially forgiven.)
The moment JB proposed, caught on camera on New Year’s Eve, 2000 (the armband is back!).
Our wedding day in 2001.
Our honeymoon; we took a cruise to the Western Carribbean.
A random moment from 2002.
Another cruise, this one to Mexico in 2003.
Hiking somewhere near Coos Bay in 2004.
Pregnant in Hawaii in 2005.
Oh, five years have just flown by. I look back on these photos and remember all that we’ve done, all the days and moments that we were together, and I feel impossibly rich; I am so lucky, we are so good for each other.
My future has never shone so brightly. My past has never seemed so worthy. I feel like I am perfectly aimed, I am walking in the right direction, hand in hand.
Happy anniversary, baby.
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Oh my god you guys look like babies in that first photo. Also, why are there like 10 people at your wedding? Beautiful wedding photo though. Congratulations! Whoo hoo!
Congratulations! You do really look like babies in the first photo.
Oh, we invited a bunch of people but no one showed up. Isn’t it SAD?
Not really – I wanted a small wedding. Big weddings sound like horrific fucking nightmares to me.
Beautiful post. Also, Young JB looks remarkably like Michael J. Fox. And you look great in pigtails, by the way!
*sniff* Happy Anniversary, you two. And just so you know — the gift for this one is “Wood”. JB. A-hem. I’m just saying. (P.S. Is JB Michael J. Fox’s brother? or what?!) And another thing — the engagement picture? Priceless. I love that one.
oh my gosh! jb looks like a completely different person! and you are just so cute in all the pictures. you look different in each of them but adorable :)
i’m so happy to see such a happy couple and a happy marriage. you give hope to people like me that hope for what you have and doubt that it exists.
This was just plain sweet. Congratulations, y’all.
awww. happy anniversary.
Happy Day Sundry and JB. Here’s to what the next five years will bring.
Nice Post. They say the first five years are the toughest. ;-) Congrats.
I have been married for 27 years this July coming and I TOTALLY agree with the above comment that the first five years are the toughest! Thanks for sharing your pics, especially the engagement one – it really is beautiful. xx
Awwww. Congrats, you guys.
Happy anniversary! I love the photo sequence, and I love your words at the end, too. I’m so happy for you, that you’re so happy! (As redundant as I’m sure that is.)
Sweet pictures, congratulations to you two. Many happy anniversaries to come. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun?
Happy Anniversary! (BTW, I was trying to imagine what JB had to say about that boyfriend of yours in the last entry. They use kids like that for skeet in Coos Bay, don’t they?)
Happy Anniversary! You guys are too cute.
Aww, congratulations, kids! Happy anniversary, and here’s to the next five years… and the next five… and the next five… and the next…
Congratulations for 5 years of bedded wiss… I mean wedded bliss. And with a male heir, too. You are truly blessed. Here’s to many more years together and many more excellent entries.
JB looks like Michael J. Fox in the first picture! How cute. =) The wedding photo is truly beautiful! Congratulations.
Thank you for sharing so much of your wonderful life. Your frustration, your shame, your joy, your happiness… You story about kicking Dog by accident made me cry. Your many pictures of Riley made me smile. Your goth picture made me cover my mouth with “Oh my God!” Your entry today warms my heart. Thank you.
Happy Anniversary!
Aw, you are the SCHMOOPY.
Happy anniversary to you both. Here’s to better and brighter things all the time.
Happy Anniversary you two! And nothing says “Happy Grandparents Day” like an infant arm band tattoo for Riley. Just be sure to tell them it washes off before MIL has a coronary.
You two are so cute, and this whole thing is so touching, I can’t stand it. Happy Anniversary, guys.
That picture from your engagement is like a magazine photo, it’s so perfect.
And looking at you guys on your cruise in 2003, it was weird to think, “There was NO RILEY yet. They didn’t know they’d have Riley now! Riley wasn’t even on the way yet!”
JB looks so different without his facial hair!
Happy Anniversary! Lovely pictures. I really like the wedding photo, small and private and just beautiful. Here’s to many more years of happiness for you guys!!
Congratulations on the five year mark, kiddo.
I can’t remember what movie it was in (recent), but the best words to describe marriage was something to the effect of ‘to have a witness to my life’ and ‘someone who is always on my side’. Anyone know what movie I am talking about? Anyhow, it struck me as such solid, truthful words and I think about that often. It’s a beautiful way to think about marriage. I think anyhow. :)
I love the engagement photo too. How great is it that you have that moment forever captured?
Lucky!! Was someone standing by, who was *in the know* or did it just happen serendipitously?
Either/or, still very, very awesome.
Aww, happy anniversary! Very cool photo retrospective. :)
Not that you guys are aged-you are both younger than me for crying out loud but you have aged well together- especially that JB- he had such a baby face and now he is such a handsome dude. Riley is going to be a HOTTIE!
That was totally awesome. But the most awesome part is little Riley’s face in that last picture. “Huh? How did we get here, folks?”
So nice. I’m very happy for you.
Congrats to the cutie patooties!!! This entry is so sweet; I hope JB went diving for wild pearls for you :)
Happy Anniversary, Sundry and JB!
wait, you got hitched on cinco de mayo?
awesome!
Tears sorta welling up. Beautifully put as usual – congrats to both of you on 5 great years. Here’s to many more!!
Those pics are beautiful. You both look so so so happy. JB is totally handsome cleanshaven. (I mean, he’s great with the facial hair and all, but without it? ROWR!) And you, Linda, are cute, cute, cute caliente. It’s clear how much you love each other. Happy Anniversary!
happy anniversary! and great, great pics.
today is the 5th anniversary of the night I met my husband (all hail cinco de mayo), so it’s anniversaries all around. we wanted to get married on 5/5/05 but alas, thursday weddings? not so cool with our guests.
now back to my regularly scheduled lurking.
You guys are both beautiful.
And, totally, that first people of JB is so Michael J. Fox and then the one where he’s proposing made my heart hurt, it’s so sweet.
Happy Anniversary.
Congrats!!!
aw, happy anniversary!
Congratulations! You are my favorite internet family and you deserve all sorts of happiness. That picture of his proposing makes me friggin cry, what a great photo.
Love this…and congratulations to you two. Oh, and a special congrats to Riley for winding up with some awesome parents!
This post is a great anniversary present. The next 5 will FLY faster if your experience is like ours. Best to you!
Congrats! Here’s to many more blissful years with your wonderful family.
Awww, Happy Anny, Sundry and JB! You both look so happy in all those pics. And that church is beautiful!
Congrats & Happy Anniversary! Doesn’t the time just fly by crazily? We got married in ’99 and & always think that was just a couple of years ago….um, not so much any more! Have a great weekend!
Happy Anniversary. What sweet photos! Your engagement pic is so perfect. Cheers!
Happy anniversary! You guys are so cute. =)
Happy Anniversary! :) I love your pictures! Oh and the picture you had on the previous post… he he he … nice! :) :) :)
Have a great weekend!
Repetez: Schmoopy.
No, you’re the schmoopy.
Nuh-uh, you. Schmoopy schmoopy schmoopy.
In all seriousness, a very sweet retrospective. Happy anniversary!
Awww, dude! This post, the family you’ve created, your beautiful photos… it’s all just so wonderful. Happy anniversary to you and JB!
Happy Anniversary, awesome married people! I’m so glad I know you both.
Actually I was kidding. I have been married for 13 years so I can say the first 13 years are the toughest. ;-) Next year it will be the first 14 years.
BTW I looked it up. The traditional gift for five years is Power Tools.