Fruit and Flowers

4 years, originally uploaded by Reid Pierce.

Scott and I celebrated four years of matrimony on Wedneday. Four years doesn't sound like very long, considering that it seems like we've been together forever. I suppose the fact that we lived in sin for two years before getting married may skew things.

Since we got married around Thanksgiving, smack in between Scott's birthday and Christmas, we've always been rather low-key about the anniversaries. We decided from the get-go to always follow the traditional gift list. So, the first year we gave each other paper. I got a journal and Scott got a poster. The second year was cotton. Scott got a shirt and I got a scarf. The third year was leather. I got cowgirl boots and Scott got slippers. We were kinda moving up in the world as far as the gifts go.

And then, this year, the list threw us for a loop. Fruit and flowers is the traditional fourth anniversary gift. I tried to think of clever ways to get around that - Fruit of the Loom? Fruit Flavored? But, in the end, keeping it simple was, well, the simplest thing to do. So I got Scott flowers. And he got me a pointsetta (probably should have been the other way around, no?). And we made luxurious chocolate fondue and dipped strawberries and pears and bananas. And, you know what? It was perfect. So maybe that list knows what it's talking about. After four years (and almost two kids) this was just what we needed. A little bit of romance at home.

So happy anniversary to us.