Happy 5.5 Years

I haven't remembered a monthly anniversary in years. I counted our monthly anniversaries to about one year and then graduated to semiannual reminders until 2 years and now, it's an annually ordeal (probably more reasonable anyway). However, I made it a point to remind myself of the our 5.5 year anniversary this Friday 3/30. We have ups and downs like most couples, though I must admit, there are definitely a lot more ups than downs and I am so blessed for that (the downs are usually due to PMS and/or me being bored and picking fights out of nothing :P). Since I've started this blog for the purpose of documenting all the happy things in life, I figured I can at least dedicate one post on our history so I can re-read this when I am old with poor memory (already suffering from this!). He is definitely one of, if not the biggest, contributors to my happiness and I'm so thankful for him!

My first gift - message is uber sweet though a tad corny

Honeymoon phase - circa 2006

Happy 1 Month cupcakes

Happy 2 Month cookies - I wasn't kidding!

Our first trip - Paris and Luxembourg 2007

Happy 1 Year cake

Spring Fling - circa 2008

Binghamton days - so carefree

Spring Break! Costa Rica 2008

Graduation

 Life post grad - Philly circa 2010

Climbing mountains at Mohonk

 Love singing...

Caribbean Cruise 2011

Taiwan 2012

I don't think the pictures do us justice on everything we've done together, but it still gives a good timeline overall. We are about to buy an apartment together and although I know we are ready for it, it still feels like a big step. I'm excited to see how everything will work out!

Happy 5.5 Years Baby! 

Lion King on Broadway - Celebrating 5 Years

September 30, 2011 (This is yet another belated post - before 2012 starts bringing new adventures, I wonder if I could ever catch up on documenting some old ones from 2011.)

Our 5th year anniversary fell on a Friday :) I surprised Andrew with broadway tickets to Lion King. I had wanted to see it ever since Christine raved about it when she saw it a few years ago when we were still in college. We went to see the show right after work and found our relatively good seats in Orchestra Left of the theater. As soon as we sat down, we noticed how small the Minskoff theater was, relative to the Amber theater where we saw Chicago on the Allure of the Seas during our cruise two weeks ago. 

The show was outstanding and I was really impressed by the creativity of the costumes and setting/decorations with each scene, especially given the limited stage space. For many scenes, there was so much activity and creativity going on, it was difficult to capture and absorb in all the details. I was never a fan of the Disney's Lion King when I was young, and still admit that I am not a big fan. I'm more of the princesses and cheesy love stories kinda gal ;) Nonetheless, it was an amazing show because it was just so colorful and creative.

Before the show, excuse the business-y attire (we went right after work!)

Intermission. Cutie alert.

Fancy wood decor

End of show

It was actually pouring that evening and neither of us had an umbrella. We were starving by the time the show was over (the soda and snacks we purchased at intermission did not cut it), so we ran to Shake Shack Times Square and enjoyed classic burgers, fries, and frozen custard. It's funny because we had Shake Shack for our 3 year anniversary when we were still hungry after a sushi dinner at Poke in the UES. How serendipitous<3

Needless to say, we had an amazing anniversary. Happy 5 Years to us :)