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Happy 3rd Anniversary!! I love celebrating my anniversary. On Monday night I expressed my excitement for tomorrow's celebratory day and Marshall insisted that our real anniversary was on Black Friday. My reply to this was, "Okay, I can spoil you tomorrow and you can spoil me on both days!" We both laughed and he told me I was "adorable." I can live with that.

Some of you may know of our anniversary song tradition (you can find the past year's songs by clicking here.) This year's pick goes to Amos Lee's "Sweet Pea." It's adorable. Just like me, according to my husband :).


When I woke up this morning, I was surprised and so happy to see a fresh blanket of snow and the snowflakes still falling. It was a gift from the Heavens! Naturally, I took a video. 



Keeping with tradition, I made coconut pumpkin waffles for breakfast, though this year I made them the day before so that they would be ready for a quick grab-n-go meal for Marshall, As much as I love that guy, I wasn't feeling like waking up at 4 am to make breakfast. This worked out perfectly and they were easily warmed up in the toaster oven. I enjoyed mine with a hefty dose of real, unsweetened whipped cream. I may or may not have had a lot more cream than what is pictured below...




A love note from him to me, as he left before I woke up: 

I am really looking forward to giving him his treat today. Yesterday I made homemade caramels, as that is his favorite candy and then I hid them in the back seat of his truck. Today I will call him and tell him a surprise is waiting for him there. I hope it is successful. 

For dinner we are having dall sheep steaks (thank you Jodie Bauer), garlic mashed potatoes, and a Brussels sprout salad. 

Nice and simple, yet super special. Happy 3 years my love! 


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  1. Wonderful post Jenessa and I agree with Marshall, you are adorable. It makes me so happy to see what happy marriages my children have. Congratulations on 3 wonderful years. Keep up the good work! Mom

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  2. Happy Anniversary! Love the song - it IS adorable! :) Also, your breakfast and dinner sound DELICIOUS. Yum. What a fun surprise for Marshall! I hope it works out like you want it to! :)

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    1. I think it did! He said I was sneaky :), but he almost caught me putting it in there last night...glad he did not.

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