How we celebrate

Last week I told you about the celebration that was the anniversary of a unique friendship of ten years, I think this week I'll finally let you in on how we celebrated.


Before I show you, I think a little historic tale is in order first.


It's a bit over nine years ago, almost a week after I gave birth to my son, when I had to miss out on Leonie's wedding. It's totally legit to blame your son right? I mean, he decided he didn't want to be born on time but two weeks late, so it's not my fault I missed it. If he wasn't so amazing, I would still hold that against him but I got over it, even after I saw pictures of the happy couple.


Eighteen months later, my friend Leonie decided not to get pregnant but witness my wedding. In fact, she helped make our day even more unforgettable; She and her husband were masters of ceremony.


But after both our weddings, our dresses returned to closets, hardly to ever be touched again and we never liked that. For years we spoke of 'wedding gown days', a day to celebrate the beauty of the gown we got to wear for just one day, to put it on once more and have an amazing day in it.


Of course we never actually went ahead and do it. I grew out of it and all that was left was the dream of one day fit into it again and suggest it again when that time came.


That time came not too long ago and yes of course I suggested it for our tenth anniversary that was coming up. But instead of just a dinner, I wanted something bigger, something that we would remember forever (I am such a sap, I know).


That's when I came up with the idea to combine our anniversary with hubby's love for photography. Ding dong, celebration set; we would have pictures taken in a way only hubby knows best how to do. 


Without further ado, here's our memory...
(oh, and Ewan; check the last picture for the giant napkin explanation. I seem to remember you asking why we needed one :))

(now, you'd think that the napkin would have the whole 'keep clothes clean'-situation covered, right? WRONG! Leonie still managed to get chocolate cake on hers! It's a talent, I swear ;))