Anniversary Gifts

I love Tim soooooo much, but he is one of my least favorite people to shop for. Why? Because he doesn't want or need much of anything. He really has to try hard to come up with a Christmas list for my mom and by the time Christmas is over and it's time for our anniversary there is not a whole lot left to get him. He's not that into clothes but he does love technology. Tim is also a minimalist though and lets be honest one only needs so many iphones and computers (aside from the fact that they are too expensive to just buy at random). And I would never feel at liberty to make any large technological purchases without his say anyway, because unlike me who LOVES surprises, Tim likes the picking out and taking home of a new trinket. With that said I have been dreading getting him an anniversary gift (our five year anniversary is this Saturday). I've been doing a little bit of searching and not enjoying it at all. Last year we said we had to get each other scents (cologne or perfume) easy right? This year we tried to do that by saying lets do something for the hand.....but he already had three watches and that is already one too many for the minimalist and I don't see him wearing anything else on his hands, so we had to toss out that idea. You get the drift.....

Yesterday afternoon I asked Logan and Tim what they wanted to do. I said I wanted to take pictures and they just sat there with not much input. Then after a minute Logan shared that he wanted to go for a bike ride. Great idea Logan, except for none of us have bikes......And that is when it all started. We could buy bikes. We should totally buy ourselves bikes and give them to each other for our anniversary and then we will have a fun thing to do as a family. So we went to Target and picked out a cute set of Schwinn bikes (I got a horn for mine) and of course we had to get a little seat for Oliver which meant we also had to get him the cutest little bike helmet. Tim and Logan happily rode the bikes home while I drove Oliver. After taking way too long to assemble Olivers seat we got to take a short ride around the block before the sun went down. It was such a great ride and now I am giddy over the thought of being able to go on a nice little ride with Oliver. And, now I don't have to worry about getting Tim an anniversary gift. Good idea Logan, seriously!!!!

In the Target Parking lot (some things just need to be documented)

Putting Oliver's seat together was not as quick as we anticipated and it's high stakes because it's kinda important that it's put together well. You know, so he doesn't fall out.

Ready to take our Maiden Ride

Please Note:

1) Logan Photo bombing this photo, he looks pretty happy to be on this ride.

2) How awesome this photo is with everything around us out of focus (Tim took it with his iphone)

3) I have wanted a beach cruiser since we moved to San Diego (4 1/2 years ago). Thank you Tim for making my dreams come true!

4) I haven't owned a bike since I was in middle school. This is pretty exciting for me.

Addendum (thanks to Maren): Tim was wearing a helmet on our ride. I plan on wearing a helmet every time I go for a bike ride and I promise I had brought one outside to put on, but my excitement must have gotten the best of me and I pedaled off without it :-/ Thanks for looking out Maren and Rachy B