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Jay & Annie Reid

Our 2nd Anniversary Gifts to Each Other

Let’s hop in the time machine and travel all the way to 2009 for our 2nd anniversary gifts! Looking back now, we’re amazed at how far we’ve come and are so happy with the life and family we’ve built together. We were still new to the anniversary gift giving game so it was great that year two eased us in …

Our 11th Anniversary Gifts to Each Other

Hi everyone! Today we’re going back just four years to 2019 to celebrate our 11th anniversary together. This year had two categories – Steel for the traditional gift and Jewelry for modern. At first, steel felt like an impossible category for us and jewelry for Jay would be even harder. But after some creative thinking we think our gifts turned …

Our 4th Anniversary Gifts to Each Other

The 4th anniversary conveniently carries four gifting options. Fruit and Flowers for traditional gifts and Linen and Appliances for the modern choices. Back in 2012, we were still relatively new to this gifting tradition (and young and broke!) so we only gave each other one gift from each of the traditional and modern categories that year. Eventually we started to …

Our 8th Anniversary Gifts to Each Other

Hi everyone! We’ve taken a short break from posting a blog during Thanksgiving week to spend some quality time with family. But now that the leftovers are eaten and Black Friday deals have been shopped, it’s time to get back to recounting Our Present Journey together. Today we’ll be remembering our 8th anniversary, which is one of the biggest category …

NEW Gift Recommendations

Whether you’re joining us from our recent Instagram giveaway or just found us on Google, welcome to Our Present Journey! We’ve had so many new followers and visitors lately that we think it’s a great time to add some new gifts to our site. But before we do that, did you know we have posted nearly 250 anniversary gift recommendations …