3rd anniversary

last wednesday, on july 18, matt and i celebrated our 3rd anniversary. we had a great day together to celebrate! my mom kept evan (i LOVE her being her for a million reasons, and that one is definitely toward the top of the list) and we headed off to greenville for the afternoon/evening. we started at the mall to get my gift. matt and i have been broke our entire marriage so in year one we decided to start a tradition- we can spend $1 for each month we've been married. so this year we got to spend $36 each! i got matt a really nice shirt from banana republic (on sale of course!) and tron (he's been begging for it). he wanted to get me belts, since the only one i own for daily wear is from high school, but that required shopping together. we had a great time and lots of success- i ended up with 3 great belts! after shopping, we went and saw madagascar 3. the madagascar movies are some of matt's favorite movies and we thoroughly enjoyed the 3rd. it was a little out there, but funny and great! we ended the evening at what is probably our favorite restaurant- the melting pot. we ate every. last. bite. and had not a single regret about it.

although 3 years may not seem like a lot, here is the short list of what those 3 years have meant for us:
-2 degrees from USC
-sealed in the orlando temple
-2 high school band director jobs
-3 moves
-3 wards
-2 new cars
-2 puppies
-1 amazing baby
-1 bought home

in a nutshell- a lot! but i wouldn't want to have experience it with anyone else. i'm so thankful for matt and our marriage and our little family- it's all of my dreams come true!