We have been married for ONE YEAR!!
I can't believe how time flies!
Happy Anniversary Chad, I LOVE YOU!!!
December 5, 2008 was the happiest day of my life, and still is!!!
At first Chad and I were trying to come up with all these things to do to celebrate our FIRST anniversary ... We thought about going to Vegas then decided that we didn't want to spend the time driving that many hours for such a short amount of time. We thought about going to Snowbird or park city and then decided it wasn't worth spending money on a room to us for... sleeping when we can do that at home for free. So Chad and I decided to stay home, pretend we went somewhere and spend that money we would have spend on a room on anything we wanted during the day!! So here is how our anniversary went down... We woke up and had breakfast together than got ready and went to a movie at 12:45. Chad and my first date was too a movie so there was no better way to start out our anniversary with a movie! (Just a side note, we went to Blind Side and it was an awesome movie! I'd watch it over and over!! It was way better than New Moon even, yep, I said it! It was BETTER!)
Anyway, then we went to the mall. I know it's not much of a fun anniversary activity but we got a couple of Christmas presents so it was successful! After that we went to Bucca di beppo in Salt Lake City for dinner. The food really was good and I'd go back again we just didn't get the right main dish for us. Everything we ate was full of Cheese and if you know me you know I'm not a big cheese person, even Chad thought there was too much cheese though! BUT it was good!!
After that we went to temple square to see the lights. Now here is where I'm REALLY thankful... On our wedding day it was cold but not cold enough that I couldn't go without a coat for pictures before we got married and not cold enough that I couldn't stand to go without a coat for a little bit at night time. The lights just seemed so bright and fresh last year, it seemed that no tree was uncovered. This year it had snowed so the ground was slushy, not good for a white wedding dress. The lights seemed to be fading (but they were still SO AWESOME) and all the trees didn't seem to be covered. Don't get me wrong the lights were still amazingly beautiful HOWEVER, it just seemed that Chad and I picked the most beautiful day we could and Heavenly Father really blessed me with so many little things that I didn't recognize until this year. Maybe in reality because it was my wedding day everything seemed to be perfect, I was just grateful for a beautiful day and I know with all my heart that it was a tender mercy from our Heavenly Father! (I was grateful for the snow not coming until after my wedding day last year, I did recognize that) Anyway, Chad and I walked around temple square for a while and decided, once our legs became numb, that it was time to go. Our next stop was ice skating but our mistake was going to temple square BEFORE going ice skating because we were so cold that we decided if we went we'd freeze to death and so it would be ok to go another night.
So we left and stopped at a maverick gas station for gas and hot chocolate then headed home. When we got home we sat on the couch and watched Alvin and the chipmunks. Well, we watched 2 1/4 minutes of it before we both fell asleep! I told Chad that I was very grateful that we are able to be happy doing little things during the day for our anniversary and that we didn't feel like we failed by not doing something more extravagant. Someday it will be nice to do something that will give us time to spend alone time with one another but right now when we don’t have kids it was a great opportunity to just shut off our phones and have fun, even at home. Honestly I am so happy we didn't spend the money on a hotel, we went out and did something all day, I got to hold my husband's hand all day long, I got to hug him and tell him I love him and I just got to look at him and constantly be grateful that a year ago I married not only my best friend and companion but my eternal best friend and eternal companion. Chad and I get to be married and start a family someday (no, this is NOT an announcement) and what that means to me is that honestly ALL my dreams have come true. I get to grow old with him and always have a laughing partner! One of my favorite little things Chad does is call me Cutie, I’m not exactly sure why I love that, I just do and one day while at his parents’ house I notice that his father calls his mother cutie, or beautiful… or something like that and it just made me so happy and hopefully when Chad and I are older he will still call me cutie cause I think it’s the cutest thing to hear my father in law call my mother in law cute! I am so grateful for so many things; this anniversary is the mark of so much more than Chad and I being married. A year ago not only did I marry my best friend but I married into an amazing family. Growing up I always wanted younger sisters… now I have THREE!! I am grateful for my older Sister who is and always will be my best friend but she’s the reason I’m so thankful to have more… she’s the best sister in the world, who wouldn’t want more of her?? Chad is part of my family now too and I love to see how my family has accepted him and loves him as if he were always a part of the family! Whenever I got o my sister’s house without Chad, without FAIL, my nephews and niece ask me, “Where’s Uncle Chad?” Without question they have called Chad their uncle and I LOVE THAT!!! Chad and I are simple and I love that! I don't need to go anywhere or do anything as long as Chad and I are together, I'm happy! We have family to spend our time with and I love that he loves being around family just as much as I do. I’m really grateful for a loving and wise Heavenly Father who knows my husband and me better than anyone on this earth. If you would have told me the first time I met Chad that he was going to be the man I married I wouldn't have believed it, I would NOT have believed that the very quiet boy I met on a cruise and sat next to during one dinner, and took a VERY RANDOM picture with during that dinner was going to be my husband (really when I say quiet I mean I wouldn't have known what he sounded like if he didn't have to order his own food). We definitely didn't seem, to me, to be that perfect match but we are! Heavenly Father knows His stuff!!!
Moral of this blog... I'm thankful for my life and for the simple things that make it so perfect!
I wish I had picture of us to show... but the camera I brought wouldn't turn on. I didn't know!! :( Oh well...
You know, if I were writing in my personal journal I don’t know that I would want everyone to be able to read my feelings like blogs let everyone… crazy how it’s easy it’s become to write and record your life for everyone to see!
