July 26, 2008. That's when our family began. Five years ago. July 26, 2013. We are now a family of five. It's amazing how so many things can change so fast.
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| My gift to Steve |
We started our conversation about how to celebrate our 5th Anniversary. Should we travel far? Spend lots of money? Buy each other big gifts? How exactly do you mark the celebration of the 5th year of marriage. Our decision to NOT travel far. NOT spend lots of money and NOT buy each other expensive gifts all came from the same cause - we now have three kids. Three crazy, wild, nutsy, lovable, wonderful, terrific boys who hold us back from doing those things, but give us all sorts of amazing opportunities in return. This weekend, they gave us the chance to celebrate our 5 year anniversary in the same spot we were at 5 years ago, with them this time. and with lots of family and even an old friend. Our wedding anniversary falls the day after my brother Lee's birthday and two days before my dads birthday, so we had an added bonus of celebrating everyone,
Our final plan, we spent two nights at Sweetwater, the bed and breakfast where our wedding party stayed the weekend of our wedding and the site of our rehearsal dinner. Sweetwater is beautiful and since the addition of Grace winery has become (ok, always was) a little $$. We have waited for a justifiable reason to stay there again. This was a perfect fit!
Friday, we loaded the car and headed on the drive from VA to PA. As we drove up the entrance to Sweetwater the memories flowed. We had an amazing weekend there 5 years ago. We thought of all the family and friends who were there with us, and of course, we thought about "the tree" (*who remembers that story*). One thing I did want to do for our anniversary was to get family pictures taken. I was super excited when an opportunity came up with an old friend, who now owns a Photography company. Tori joined us at Sweetwater and photographed our crazy little family. I can't wait to see and share the results! After pictures, Steve and I went out for sushi while the boys hung out with Gma, Poppop and Uncles. A WONDERFUL DAY FOR ALL.
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| A post-photo shoot shot.. too bad it was so dark outside and i didn't get the settings right. |
Saturday was Lee's birthday. We made last minute plans to go Peach picking with the family. Steve and I, Logan, Hayden, Owen, Lee, Mark, Poppop, Dean and Victor all met at Linvilla Orchards. Its an awesome orchard and we picked Peaches, Eggpant, apricots, Blackberries and Blueberries. Everything was so tasty. But the pictures from the day were the most delicious!
Saturday night was a birthday dinner for Lee. Again another fun day and relaxing night!
Our Anniversary weekend ended on Sunday at our cottage at Sweetwater with a brunch with us five, my parents, ALL my brothers, SIL, Uncle Craig and Laurie and family, and Mommom Bunny. We filled our small cottage with a potluck brunch to celebrate Lee and Dad's birthday and to introduce Owen.
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| All the Feinman Kids |
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| Feinman kids with ones they love... |
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| Mom, Dad and the kids with the ones they love :) |
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| ...and with Mommom, the one who started it all |
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| The whole family!!! |
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| 4 Generations! |
I am so grateful to have had such a lovely weekend. A big thank you to everyone we saw this weekend, and to Steve for an exciting five years past and many more to come!!!!!
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