1 year Anniversary

So, when our anniversary morning approached, (Aug. 14th) I was just full of love, joy, and gratitude. I watched our wedding video a number of times, and had to share it with the world! (It's on this page if you want to see it). Blake isn't usually into the wedding video at all..but...yesterday he was!!! He actually LIKED watching it with me!! And WANTED to watch it!! :) proud moment in my life, thats for sure. But there really is no better feeling then going through the temple with the one that you love knowing that you will be spending the rest of your life with them! So it was awesome to be able to have that little gem of a video. I'm sure I will make it a tradition to make him watch it with me each year! No matter how fat, or wrinkly we get. It will be nice to know we looked good on the best day of our lives right!?

I had been planning our anniversary for a while. Given our situation, I thought Blake would be working ALLL day, so I just planned a dinner. A dinner that I would make! I hadn't cooked in FOREVER!! (Not exactly doable in a hotel room). I was excited. But to add to the excitment, our awesome head tech Chance, gave blake the rest of the day off!!!! (Big Thanks to Amy as well for that ;) ). We weren't expecting this, so we had to make last minute plans..what was it? We went to ....the name is escaping me now...but it was a beautiful nature park!!! It's a little penninsula of New Brunswick, with coast all around it. Blake was determined to find creatures, so we drove, and hiked, and HE searched and got gross. It was fun!! So much better then me sitting at home alone, not knowing when I should start dinner. :)



When we got home I started dinner. It was a pretty late dinner. I made Ham and Cheese Chicken Bake (SOO good!!) with Bleu Cheese mashed potatoes (yes I made them) and a salad! I had also planned to have a somewhat romantic Sparkling cider as a beverage but I couldn't find any..so Coke in wine glasses would have to suffice. After an hour and a half, the chicken was cooked, and the potatoes mashed. We were ready to chow. All that was left was to get the salad out and washed. Blake had been waiting patiently at the table the whole time. He was anxious. He wanted to get the salad ready..so..as he was making way to the fridge..it was slow motion. His elbow caught the top of the Wine glass, and it tipped. CRASH! It was Broken. At this point I could NOT stop laughing.




Why was I laughing? Well, the night before I had made spaghetti. The table was set, and it was our first real dinner together since being out in New Brunswick. The table was set with glasses, that were..in fact glass. I had originally put out the plastic cups, but I switched to the glass ones because I thought it looked more appealing. Well..in the midde of dinner, Blakes elbow had caught the glass, I have no idea how, but it did, and knocked to the ground. Also, just to add, Blake had an aboslutely HORRIBLE day with installs..he was already in a bad mood.

After a repeat, I handed Blake a plastic cup and said with a smile " Sorry Hun, you're not ready for glass." He frowned. Then I added "Or..more so the glass isn't ready for you." We finally got dinner on the table, unfortunately having to nuke it in the microwave, because of the clean up we had to do. He felt so bad!! I just had to keep telling him it was okay! But it probably didn't help that during dinner after my glass was out of coke, and he had to refill his, because his 1st serving was now soaked into papertowels in the garbage can, that I said "Dang, we should've got more coke!" hahah. He didn't appreciate that. But all in all, the dinner was a success. The food was great, and the company was greater.

While we were waiting for our food to settle, so that we could move onto to dessert (Fudge Sundaes), we were lying on the bed, and just back and forth were asking eachother "What was your favorite experience of our 1st year being married" "What was your least favorite" etc. "I love you" "I love you too" , and me of course asking "are you glad you married me?" I always ask that. :) and I always get the same answer "Nope. not at all" *sarcasm*.



Blake and I live such a wonderful life. Yes, there have been many up's and downs, and when people say the first year is the hardest, I can honestly say that it is. At least, this far. At times it really has been a struggle for me. But as we continue down our path of an eternal marriage, and life together, I know that Blake and I will continue to grow as individuals, and as a couple. I'm so excited for whats ahead! I am so happy about the woman I am becoming, and the wife that I have become. I am so happy to have a husband that works so hard for the both of us, and really does carry the weight of our lives on his shoulders. I couldn't do it with out him.

Happy Anniversary Babe!!!