Today we are celebrating 5 wonderful years of marriage. I decided as a way to reflect, Kevin and I would answer 5 questions about our last 5 years, without knowing what the other would say!
Kitty: Hands down, Cairo. Visiting Egypt has been top of my list of places to visit ever since I can remember (top was always China, but Egypt was an extremely close second). It wasn't just visiting Cairo that was amazing, it was sharing that experience with Kevin. This was something so completely new to both of us. It was also our first trip that once arrived, we were escorted around by a private guide (we tend to take a "backpackers" approach to all other vacations). Security, inexpensive tourist guides, and in ability to research recent tourist information about Cairo brought us to this conclusion...and at about $80 a day for a guide, driver and all attractions paid was well worth it. My favorite moment was arriving in Giza at our hotel late in the evening, setting our bags down in the room and opening the curtains to see....giant pyramids outside our window, lit up in the dark. It was completely unreal. There was no one else but Kevin to experience that with me.
Kevin: My favorite trip we have ever taken together was the trip to Australia and New Zealand. We had so many fun and unique experiences like scuba diving, black water rafting, bungy jumping, and my favorite, visiting Hobbiton.
Kevin: The biggest accomplishment during our marriage has to be paying off all our student loans in 2 years
Kitty: Those first few months with Lorelai. Whether it was my uncontrollable sobbing during her first bath at home, or her nursing strikes. Kevin wanted to help me so badly, but neither of us knew what to do. I'm sure a lot of couples go through this, but this type A control freak did not handle it well.
Kevin: The most difficult time in our marriage was probably the first 3 months of having a baby, our lives totally changed and those first 3 months with a baby with colic were pretty rough.
Kitty: Buying a house before selling our last house. Yes, this was only a few months ago....but I was a complete wreck. I knew we could not afford to own two homes for very long, maybe three months and it would drain our savings account if we did. It is not in my nature to do something so risky, but I felt like this amazing opportunity presented itself, and we still are so thankful every day that our new home, and selling our old home as worked out better than we could have hoped.
Kevin: I remember the first time buying a house was pretty scary, it was the biggest purchase we had ever made and the fact that we were buying an old house made it worse. I was afraid we were going to buy it and something would be wrong with it that we didn’t know of when buying it.
Kitty: We clearly did things a little differently, eloping not only to Europe but having to legally sign our marriage certificate 3 months before we left on our trip. I think of our time in Italy as the happiest time in our marriage. We were in Italy for goodness sake. Whether it was the sunsets in Cinque Terre or walking down the streets in Venice...it was by the most romantic experience I can think of.
Kevin: I would say for the most part our whole marriage has been pretty great so it’s hard to pick the happiest time. In general I think when we travel together has been the times I remember the most. It sounds bad but traveling sort of forces us to spend time together and we realize how much we love it.
Favorite trip
Kitty: Hands down, Cairo. Visiting Egypt has been top of my list of places to visit ever since I can remember (top was always China, but Egypt was an extremely close second). It wasn't just visiting Cairo that was amazing, it was sharing that experience with Kevin. This was something so completely new to both of us. It was also our first trip that once arrived, we were escorted around by a private guide (we tend to take a "backpackers" approach to all other vacations). Security, inexpensive tourist guides, and in ability to research recent tourist information about Cairo brought us to this conclusion...and at about $80 a day for a guide, driver and all attractions paid was well worth it. My favorite moment was arriving in Giza at our hotel late in the evening, setting our bags down in the room and opening the curtains to see....giant pyramids outside our window, lit up in the dark. It was completely unreal. There was no one else but Kevin to experience that with me.
Kevin: My favorite trip we have ever taken together was the trip to Australia and New Zealand. We had so many fun and unique experiences like scuba diving, black water rafting, bungy jumping, and my favorite, visiting Hobbiton.
Most exciting accomplishment
Kitty: I'm supposed to say the day our daughter was born right? But honestly that took less effort (thanks to drugs) than paying off our student loans. We not only did something awesome for our financial future, but we did it together. We got on the same page and challenged ourselves to pay the $100,000 of loans off during our first year of marriage. We worked a lot that year, in a lot of different jobs, but we build our marriage on a strong foundation as a result.Kevin: The biggest accomplishment during our marriage has to be paying off all our student loans in 2 years
The most difficult time in our marriage
Kitty: Those first few months with Lorelai. Whether it was my uncontrollable sobbing during her first bath at home, or her nursing strikes. Kevin wanted to help me so badly, but neither of us knew what to do. I'm sure a lot of couples go through this, but this type A control freak did not handle it well.
Kevin: The most difficult time in our marriage was probably the first 3 months of having a baby, our lives totally changed and those first 3 months with a baby with colic were pretty rough.
The scariest time in our marriage
Kitty: Buying a house before selling our last house. Yes, this was only a few months ago....but I was a complete wreck. I knew we could not afford to own two homes for very long, maybe three months and it would drain our savings account if we did. It is not in my nature to do something so risky, but I felt like this amazing opportunity presented itself, and we still are so thankful every day that our new home, and selling our old home as worked out better than we could have hoped.
Kevin: I remember the first time buying a house was pretty scary, it was the biggest purchase we had ever made and the fact that we were buying an old house made it worse. I was afraid we were going to buy it and something would be wrong with it that we didn’t know of when buying it.
The happiest time in our marriage
Kitty: We clearly did things a little differently, eloping not only to Europe but having to legally sign our marriage certificate 3 months before we left on our trip. I think of our time in Italy as the happiest time in our marriage. We were in Italy for goodness sake. Whether it was the sunsets in Cinque Terre or walking down the streets in Venice...it was by the most romantic experience I can think of.
Kevin: I would say for the most part our whole marriage has been pretty great so it’s hard to pick the happiest time. In general I think when we travel together has been the times I remember the most. It sounds bad but traveling sort of forces us to spend time together and we realize how much we love it.
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