1st Anniversary

The man did well, my friends, very well. My hubby of exactly 1 yr (as of 3:00 this afternoon) came up with a couple of the cutest ideas ever to help make our 1st anniversary weekend very special. We had the most relaxing yet productive as well as delicious weekend!

Saturday we did quite a bit of work outside landscaping and working on house stuff- we love being able to do this because we don't often have 'free' weekends during the summer for this AND the bonus was the beautiful weather! After this, a pitcher of margaritas, a walk around the pond behind our house and chatting with new neighbor friends, we showered and got dressed up all cute for our dinner reservation at Daniel Arthur's. We enjoyed one of the most delicious meals either of us had ever had. We are talking amazing food! First we were greeted with an appetizer from the chef of a small piece of seared ahi tuna atop a piece of juicy watermelon and drizzled with balsamic glaze. Then we enjoyed warm foccacia bread with sweet & spicy jalapeno jelly. For dinner Mike ordered a surf & turf special of beef tenderloin, skatewing (fish we'd never heard of) and a potato & aged cheddar gratin. He was in heaven. My heavenly meal came in the form of the most tender and perfectly cooked bone-in ribeye (my fave cut of meat) which, get this, was then topped with the sweetest most delicious crab as well as slices of buttery avocado. The combination was fabulous and my mouth waters again as I write about it! All of this we enjoyed with a bottle of Pinot Noir from Argentina. Sigh. Perfection. We then made our way downstairs to the bar/outside eating area where we enjoyed live blues music while sipping martinis (chocolate- mint for me, dirty for Mike) and chatted the night away, reliving memories and still talking about the awesome meal we'd just enjoyed. Later at home we ate the top of our wedding cake that had been carefully frozen and Mike surprised me with champagne and strawberries to go with it. The cake was as good as it was the day we married- believe it or not!

The surprises from Mike continued as yesterday morning I was awakened with a plate of fresh fruit and glass of mimosa in bed. It was so freaking cute I almost cried. All yesterday we spent more time outside- Mike working in the garage organizing and myself reading and catching some rays. I'll add some pictures of us and our food as soon as I get them uploaded.

Today is the actual day of our anniversary and I'm filled with all sorts of emotions. One of them being sadness which I wasn't expecting. I think I'm sad for how fast the year went and that I can't make time stand still because if I could I'd probably be a newly-wed forever. Although once I did hear that 'newly-wed' is a state of mind so I'm trying to embrace that and try to remember and always keep fresh all those feelings of hope and happiness that come with the decision to join your life with that one person forever. Here's to my hubby and the first year of our life together- it was awesome and I love you!