Life With Briana: 25th Wedding Anniversary Recap

May 30, 2022

25th Wedding Anniversary Recap

We had such a nice anniversary. Doug was supposed to be on that trip to Utah for work that day, but he told his company he really wanted to be home with me for our 25th anniversary, and they were totally cool with it. He headed out the next day. Little did we know that day was the calm before the storm of Covid in our household, but it was obviously better that we didn't know.

Here we were 25 years ago and this year...

We are holding up pretty well I think - heh.

That morning, we exchanged gifts.

I gave Doug a silver pocket watch and a blanket I created on Shutterfly with pictures of our travels together over the last 25 years (I couldn't fit all our trips on there!)...

Doug got me beautiful diamond earrings and a diamond necklace (with a silver chain) from Tiffany and Co...

My parents bought us a sentimental picture our wedding song typed into the shape of a record...

We weren't sure what we wanted to do that day, but Doug had mentioned a while back something about a nearby waterfall. I had been really wanting to check it out and we thought going on a quiet Tuesday morning would be a perfect time to go.

There is a small parking lot visitors can park in and there is a short walk past a very old cemetery to get back to the waterfall (it is a shame that some of the headstones are on their sides - not sure if they fell or were pushed)...

Once we got back to the waterfall, it was beautiful. Unfortunately, some people had been there the day/night before and left their garbage there. Burnt tealight candles, disposable cups, etc. There were garbage cans literally 15 feet away from the picnic table. I just don't know what is wrong with people. Trying to ignore the trash, the waterfall itself was so pretty...

There was hardly anyone there - but there was a very nice man visiting from Michigan who offered to take our picture...

We took his picture as well and we got to talking for a little while. This man was down in Georgia helping out a friend and he told us he likes to drive around looking at waterfalls. Doug was born in Michigan (St. Joseph) and his grandparents lived in Benton Harbor. His uncle still lives in Michigan near Kalamazoo. This man knew a lot of the same areas as Doug, so it was really nice talking to him.

Here we are - 25 years...