February 5, 2005 – February 5, 2006
Firsts. Head-over-heels. Love. Heartbreak. Tears. High school. Young.
February 5, 2006 – February 5, 2007
Reconciliation. Summer. Sleepovers. Camping. Moving. College. Promise Ring.
February 5, 2007 – February 5, 2008
Living together. Money. Happiness. Road Trip. Wedding. Family. Fishing. Fun.
February 5, 2008 – February 5, 2009
Plans. Moving away together. Kamloops. Loneliness. Homesickness. Unemployed. School. Webster.
February 5, 2009 – February 5, 2010
Adventure. Challenges. Choices. Long-distance. Career. Love. Phone. Webcam. Countdowns. LOVE.
“Now, I’m not going to lie to you and say it’s always been easy. We’ve had our share of tragedy and we’ve said a few things we wish we could take back. But, for the most part, we’ve been lucky because we’ve always been able to remember what made us fall in love in the first place.” – Quote from Desperate Housewives that I love and feel describes us so well.
We’ve had rough times. But we’ve stuck it out and we’ve had more good times than bad, more laughs than tears, more smiles than frowns. We’re in it together. We know that love isn’t easy, but that’s OK, because it wouldn’t be as special if it was.
Here’s to another 5, 10, 15, 20 and 50 years together.
Happy Anniversary, Eric. I love you. Very much. XO
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Congratulations to both you and Eric. Your photographs and words show an amazing love. Here’s to the next 5 (10,15…)
Aww that’s lovely! Congratulations to you and Eric! 5 years is a good chunk of your young life, and I wish you all the best for the future. I loved the photos, too.
What a beautiful post! And I can’t get over how long your hair is in that first picture! Happy Anniversary to you two!!!
Love that post. Such adorable pictures. I met my Eric just about the same time- we’ll be at five years in March, so funny
Happy Anniversary!!
Congratulations, Amber! I hope you and Eric have many, MANY more happy years together. :o) (Those pictures are beautiful, by the way. So much love.)
Happy Anniversary! Such a great post!
Congrats on your anniversary! I love those pics - they’re just so cute.
Ahem, do you have the first one in colour though, because, you’re hair? It don’t look so red… I really didn’t understand it until I went through the next couple of pics and realised: it’s the girl with the red hair - only, without the red hair. lol
I went through a phase in high school where I dyed my hair DARK BROWN! Haha, so that picture is from that phase. I used a temporary dye and actually got to experience a number of different hair colours over the 3-4 months it took to wash out!
I think that’s actually one of the only pictures I have of myself with the dark brown hair!
What a beautiful post! You guys are such a couple! If have learned anything in my nearly 29 years, it’s that relationships aren’t easy, but the right ones are worth fighting for.
Happy Anniversary to you & E! Bet you can’t wait to see him on the 17th!!
Whoops, meant to say you guys are such a special couple… Apparently I can’t type!
Happy Anniversary! Lovely post.
Aww! I love that quote. I’m gonna steal it!
Aw, so sweet! Happy Anniversary!
Woo! Happy anniversary! Here’s to at least 50 more =)
Congratulations to you both! Here’s to many, many more years together!!
happy anniversary!
and no I would not be able to survive in Canada. I still wonder how I made it through 4 years of school in Rochester, NY. I didn’t really have a winter coat for the past 5 years, I just finally got one this past fall. And boy was that perfect timing!
Happy anniversary!! I loved all your pictures!!! What a neat post!
Happy Anniversary!!! i absolutely Love the way you did the pictures - and the sepia (ish?) tone of them. Very cute!!!
Hope you guys have a celebration planned - 5 years is a big step!
Happy Anniversary to you & Eric! Great pics! xoxo
Already five years!!! WAHOO time flys when your having fun with your best friend an love of your life! You two are such a great match, much love to you both and congrats
Haha the anonymous was meeee
Beautiful pics
Happy anniversary to both of you!
Happy Anniversary! This is adorable, I love the pics!
You guys are too cute! Congratulations
Congratulations on 5 years! Those pictures are wonderful. What you and Eric have found takes many people lifetimes to find. You are such an amazing couple!
Happy anniversary to you and Eric! You guys seem like a great couple
Happy Anniversary you two <3
Congratulations on your 5 years together!!!!
Aw, cute. I love the recap of each year and the difference between the pics and growing up. Such a great idea for your anniversary!
awww this is my fav post ever!
Hi! It’s my first time stopping by. Made my way here through 20SB.
Congratulations on 5 years! Beautiful photos. I think it’s important for couples to go through rough times (not too many though!) so we can really appreciate all the good times!
very sweet post. Congrats! My husband and I did long distance all last year - me in Toronto and him in Halifax. So I totally feel you with that - it sucks so much!
Happy Anniversary!!
Happy Anniversary to you and Eric! And I love the pictures you posted! Especially the first and last one
So cute, love the time line of your relationship! Happy Anniversary to you both, here’s to many years of happiness!
Awwww!! Such a great post. Congratulations on 5 years! This post made me all warm and fuzzy inside
This is beautiful!! Happy anniversary to you both!
CONGRATULATIONS DARLING! I know how hard it is to maintain a relationship like yours and Eric’s and you two are amazing.
I love this post, it gave me goosebumps!!! I loved seeing the evolution of the two of you in pictures
I hope you two make it for another 50 years, you seem to make such an awesome couple
And you deserve it!!
Happy anniversary, Amber! Such cute pictures and it’s amazing that you two have made it to five years with so many obstacles and hurdles. Congrats!
THAT’S AWESOME!!! I can’t wait to be at 5 years with Alex. Tomorrow we are at two and it has been such a great ride so far. Congrats to you and Eric, for making it work through the ups and downs and all the fun along the way!
awe amber, this is really nice!! congrats to you and eric (and PS it was mine and shaynes 7 months on feb 5!! haha!)
Beautiful!
This is so sweet
I love the pictures. Happy Anniversary to you two!
Aww, congrats! Love the one picture per year recap … it must have been so hard to choose just one photo from each year. Happy Anniversary
So sweet… you guys are too cute! Happy Anniversary.
Well this just made me tear right on up.
Love the photos and the summaries under them.
Wishing you two all the happiness in the world.
<3.
super sweet! congrats on five years! you are so lucky to have found someone who makes you feel so loved and of course Eric is so lucky to have found a woman as amazing as you! I know you two will be together a long time because you have a love that is real and true and based on a solid foundation. whenever you write about Eric or your relationship I can literally feel the love!
Am so happy for the two of you! This year marks 5 for us as well, and it has been such a whirlwind. I’ve never seen Desperate Housewives, but I absolutely love the quote you included.
I meant to comment on this a million years ago — just wanted to say CONGRATS!!! I’m so happy for you guys! Your love for one another really shines through your writing. You guys are so adorable together and I am definitely rooting for you! Here’s to many, many happy more years together! I love all of your photos & the captions. You guys have been through a lot together and I think you’ve built a strong, happy relationship. You should totally frame that last photo! Too cute.