Whitney & Ryan: Wedding Anniversary #7

Last weekend Ryan & I celebrated our 7th year of marriage. This year we have navigated through some rough waters and had some really great family time. We took trips to Colorado, Hilton Head, and New Mexico which were incredibly fun and new places to see. We are concluding our 7th year with a big hoorah trip out on the sea. Cheers to lucky #7!

You might recall when we celebrated our first anniversary and the gift that kept on giving all year long. We had a great time on our monthly dates and continued to enjoy our passion for exploring. For year two, I combined cotton & china into a beautiful Thanksgiving week getaway up in Mont Tremblant, Canada. In year three, a traditional leather gift came in the form of a TUMI travel wallet while the modern crystal gift included a Thanksgiving dinner at The Crystal Hotel in Portland, OR. Year four brought "tropical" fruits & flowers together with a trip to Bermuda followed by an upgraded {appliance} TV for our bedroom. Our fifth year was about "wood" and "silver which included a bamboo sushi set for two, wine cork cuff links with the year 2011, and a trip to the Greenbrier. The sixth year of our marriage included iron & candy meaning bikes to burn off those personalized M&Ms and the trip to Schimpff's Confectionary in Indiana.

This year I wanted to *again* stick with tradition and put a spin on the modern gift. Traditionally wool is the gift of choice for year #7. Wool is thought to represent warmth & renewal. Copper is the modern gift indicating beauty & durability.

Ryan loves hats. He has a whole slew of them and basically hangs them on showcase in our closet. A few years ago on a trip up to Boston, we stopped in the Goorin Bros Hat Shop. It has the neatest store front and is nestled in a side street. Decorated in chic fashion, Ryan bought a hat and keeps it safe in his special hat box.  What better way to incorporate "wool" into a gift than buy adding to his collection with a wool fedora. 

For copper, I had a pocket watch made & engraved for him. One side says, Happy 7th Anniversary Ryan, and the other side reads: 11-11-11. It is a bit old fashioned and something that I felt went along nicely with the wool fedora. Two throwback gifts that represent the meaning of our 7th wedding anniversary with grace & style!

 I truly love following the traditional and modern celebrations of each year. I hope when we look back on all of the years we can enjoy the way we celebrated as well as the special moments of each passing year!