Disclaimer: Last year for our anniversary we shopped for bath towels and sprinklers with a toddler in tow. Just wanted to add some perspective of what our anniversary is usually like :)
My husband and I actually went on a vacation! And here's the really big part-without our kids. For a week! I know, I could hardly believe it was really happening until we were actually sitting on the plane headed to San Francisco.
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We were especially excited for this trip because we hit 10 years of marriage this summer. We have been telling ourselves for the last few years that we would do a trip for our tenth anniversary, but at the beginning of this year I prepared myself to not be disappointed when it didn't happen. Things fell into place though, and we were able to do a trip after all. Most importantly my mom, my sister, and my in-laws were willing to step up and take care of our three energetic kiddos. Without them, our trip never would have happened.
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