It is absolutely crazy to think that this time last year we were on our honeymoon in Carmel. While it did go by fast it is understandable when after reflecting back on all that we have been through in one year. I will give you a brief re-cap so you can better understand what we felt as we sat at the Rhododendron gardens and Mcmenamens: The Grand Lodge on friday celebrating. Since June 14,2008 we: went on a honeymoon, moved 4 times (one of those times we endured the "flood of 2009" that sent us packing our bags and moving around the corner), had our ceiling break in I think just once though it felt like more times... was it twice?(with this experience came the hilarious story of the mummified rat plus it's bazillion rat droppings falling from said ceiling), went to a new church, went to a new school, got a new job 4 times (Wes 3 times), took meteorology which was an experience in of itself, took my first art class, and met some awesome people. oh and took several trips home and had several house guests. It has been an amazing year, hard but amazing. One thing that kept resurfacing in conversations on friday was how 5 or 6 years ago we dreamt of this day and now we are finally here. The one thing Wes and I always looked forward to was when marriage began to feel normal. What I mean is the little things like knowing what regular items you like to have on hand from the grocery store. It feels good that a year has past and it felt amazing that this last quarter finally came to an end. Wes and I celebrated the one year on friday the 12th because we knew we would both have work off that day (and we wouldn't on the 14th). I planned the first half of the day and Wes planned the second so we could both surprise eachother. I chose a picnic at the Rhododendron gardens (gorgeous!) and Wes picked a one night stay at a Mcmenamen's hotel (if you don't know what this is, look it up, amazing!) We had a blast and here are some pictures to prove it... (as usual they are all backwards, sorry)
Mcmenamen's dinner:
Leaving the gardens... 
feeding the ducks...(so much fun)
bottoms-up! look at the ducks...
bottoms-up! look at the ducks...
blue bird joining us...
a long awaited game of chess..
amazing ponds...
ducks everywhere...
green green green
the husband. :)
us.
The end. We are so happy summer has officially arrived. Bring on the camping trip this week. Can't wait for the vacations to begin! love you...