Anniversaries

Our Anniversary Celebrations

Several years have gone by since our marriage and we treasure each anniversary and thank the Lord for each other. We have enjoyed celebrating our anniversary over a special dinner on each June 3rd.

In 2001, we took our Venezuelan pastor and his wife out to Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida. What a special night!
In 2002, we ate at our favorite restaurant, Victoria and Albert's, at the Grand Floridian Hotel.
In 2003, we dined on top of CK's revolving rooftop restaurant, Marsha's fabulous choice.
In 2004, we dined at Restaurant Bonaparte in Montreal, Canada during a 5-day vacation trip.
In 2005, we invited our close friends, Tracy & Denise, to dine at luxurious Victoria and Albert's.
In 2006, we ate at the elegant restaurant of the hotel Medeo in Kostanay, Kazakhstan.
In 2007, we dined by the ocean at Ferraro's Ristorante at the Four Seasons Hotel in Maui.
In 2008, we ate at one of our favorites, Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida. However, we also decided to celebrate our Anniversary at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, FL at The Grill.
In 2009, we tried a new place and enjoyed dinner at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse in Tampa.

Cutting the 1 year old defrosted cake for our 1 year anniversary	Doug & Marsha cutting the cake with Sigrid, Doug's mom.
Ian and Nora, our pastors in Venezuela, celebrating our 1 year anniversary at Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida	The dessert room of Bern's Steakhouse
In 2002, we celebrated our anniversary at our favorite restaurant, Victoria and Albert's, located in Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. This is the same hotel where we had our honeymoon!
CK's revolving restaurant at Tampa International Airport was Marsha's choice for our 3rd anniversary.	The dinner and atmosphere were fabulous. Marsha says it was one of the most fun things that she has ever done--especially since we could watch all the planes land and take off from TIA.
Using "Frequent Flier Miles" and some "Hilton HHonor Points" we took a trip to Montreal and ate at one of the finest restaurants in Canada and Montreal: Restaurant Bonaparte. (4th)	The dinner and atmosphere were fabulous. Marsha had a lobster and Doug had chicken for the main course, but each one was prepared in elegant French style. (4th anniversary)
Our 5th anniversary had to be special so we invited our friends Pastor Tracy & Denise Larson to join us at our special place: Victoria & Albert's!	The Grand Floridian Hotel in Disney World is elegant in every way! It is always a delight to visit the place where we had our honeymoon.
Our 6th anniversary was spent at the restaurant in hotel Medeo in Kostanay, Kazakhstan during our 5+ week trip to the country of Kazakhstan where we adopted a precious 6-year old boy, Dimitri. The artwork surrounding the place is magnificent.	This restaurant was a very fine place to eat and even had Caesar salad and good ice cream. It was a special place since we had agreed upon adopting Dimitri at this restaurant a week earlier.
Our 7th anniversary was spent in Hawaii on the beautiful Island of Maui (after playing golf on the Island of Molokai earlier in the day). We decided to spend the special evening at one of our favorite hotels, where we stayed as a couple in November of 2005.	We dined by the ocean at Ferraro's Ristorante at the Four Seasons Hotel in Maui. The restaurant served fine Italian food, most of which we could not read on the menu, but the close ocean view and sounds of the waves coupled with lighted torches made the evening extra special.
For our 8th anniversary, we ate at one of our favorite local restaurants, Bern's Steakhouse.	The restaurant is very fancy on the inside, and it serves some of the finest steaks around.
For our 8th anniversary, we also decided to celebrate with a night at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida and eat at their grand restaurant, The Grill.	The Grill restaurant had the best steak that we ever had!!! All the food was magnificent! It certainly was a great way to celebrate our 8th anniversary.
For our 9th anniversary, we checked out a new Restaurant that was rated highly by Zagat's Guide: Fleming's Prime Steakhouse.	Marsha enjoyed her fish while Doug enjoyed his steak.