Oh What a Night...

July 10th marked our 5 year wedding anniversary. We have been blessed the last 5 years; no matter what the Lord has thrown at us we have come through it together even stronger. The last 5 years have been awesome! We have moved 3 different times, gone to seminary, were part of an amazing church, gone through multiple crazy jobs, and had a terrific son. Having Owen has not only brought us closer, but it has made me fall in love with him even more. There is nothing like seeing the man you love care for and love on your son that you created together. (I'll save you from all the mushiness as I wrote it in J's card.) We have had an amazing journey up to this point and I can't wait to see what the next 73 years bring (we're both planning on living until we are 100. :))

Originally I was bummed that were weren't going to be able to do anything special like a trip or anything because of finances. I should have known the Lord was looking out for me. :)


To celebrate the event, Jeremy planned a special date night. (Thanks Nana and Papa for babysitting! Hopefully next time he'll go to bed easier for you!) He made reservations at The Mint in downtown Raleigh for early in the evening. We got all dressed up (yeah I forgot to take pictures) and headed to Raleigh. Evidently we are old people already and eat dinner before most hip people in Raleigh so we were the only ones in the restaurant. Jeremy said he "arranged" for private dining. :) We had an AMAZING 3 course dinner! The manager found out it was our anniversary and gave us a gift certificate for 10% off the next time we came.

After dinner, Jeremy had plans for us to peruse an art gallery. Once we got there, it wasn't what we thought so we decided to find something else to do. I suggested we go down to the BTI Center and see if they had any cheap seats left for the play Jersey Boys.


Again the Lord's hand was at work..we found a parking space right in front of the theater (free!) and walked up to the ticket counter. Jeremy asked the lady about seats and she passed some tickets through the window. She told us they were free and to pay it forward to someone else! FREE tickets!! Once inside the theater our seats were upgraded due to empty seats. (Later we looked to see how much those seats would have cost us...$85 a piece!!)

I cannot say enough about this play! Jeremy and I knew we would enjoy it but we didn't realize how much. The play is the story of how the group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons began. Their repertoire includes..Oh What a Night, Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man, Can't Take My Eyes Off of You, and Working My Way Back to You Babe. It was a great show that had you singing all the way through.

We had a wonderful evening full of food and music. It was so nice to spend time just the two of us and to celebrate all the Lord has blessed us with over the last 5 years!