Anniversary Month

We'll never forget a conversation we had way back when we were considering a dating relationship with each other. Soon he was leaving to finish law school in Hawaii and then he was committed to serve in the Marine Corps. I wasn't so thrilled with either of those things, and I bluntly replied, "Well, I would never marry Marine!" Dan was quick to respond, "Well then maybe I'm not meant to marry you then." Oh how we both spoke with confidence -- but I was quite certain I would not be brave enough to marry Marine, and Dan knew he was going to marry me in the end! And here we are. August 11th marked our 2 years of marriage, and also 3 years of Dan being a Marine Corps Officer. Whenever we look back and laugh at the outcome of all our late night relationship talks, Dan loves to boast, "I win!" Well actually, we both won. He was too wonderful for me to resist and we both found what we were looking for in a life partner, right in front of us. Well, here's a video looking back at our wedding day...


To celebrate, we decided to keep it simple this year, especially with the new addition. Anniversary day was a late work night so we at least treated ourselves to some quick sushi at a small place called Delicious Club. We just made it in the door before closing time, but the owner was so kind to seat us, take out all the ingredients he had already put away, get his apron back on and create some yummy rolls (their specialty). It was relaxing, even if Leyna got fussy, since we had the whole place to ourselves - it felt like we had a personal chef at home!

On the weekend we enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner at a popular date restaurant, Sam's by the Sea. Another restaurant to add on our favorites list...an American sized meal (as in lots of food), super delicious food (the best steak I've had so far, drenched in a garlic sauce and topped with garlic chips), and superb customer service. I had to hold Leyna a lot (since she often doesn't like being in the car seat) and when they brought my food, Danno reached over to begin cutting my steak since I only had one arm free to eat...well a manager saw this and immediately stopped Danno, took my plate to the other side of the table, and had a waitress come and cut my whole steak into little pieces! Wow. You'd never get that in America!