one year

As of Sunday, 08-05-12, we have been married for a year. Marriage has been quite the adventure and we love it. We have known each other (and each other's families) since we were in high school so there weren't too many surprises, but it has been nice to finally live and officially start our life together.

Since our anniversary was on a Sunday we wore our wedding colors to church. (Something about the combination of mustard, navy, and deep red makes me swoon.) They also happened to be the clothes we left our reception in.

 

Leaving the reception was one of those surreal moments where I felt like we were in a movie. I changed out of my wedding dress in the house and then headed down toward the yard under the romantic stars and strings of lights. While Chris and I filled little bags full of treats from the candy and dessert bars, most of our closest friends and family lined up to create a path toward the car. Billie Holiday's I'll Be Seeing You (one of my faves) started playing on the speakers as we crossed the lit bridge from the lawn where the reception was held to the pathway full of people holding sparklers.

We started walking and ended running through all of the sparklers and then drove away in our neighbor's 1940's model car listening to more old romantic jazz music. (He escorted us to our car which was parked just around the corner.) It was a perfect ending to a perfect day!

Besides dressing up, we didn't do too much else to celebrate. Originally we were going to go to New York, but we obviously did that a little early instead (read about it here). So, we kept it pretty simple. After dinner with the family we went outside to sit on the dock by the lake in the backyard. We talked about the year we have had together and the goals and predictions we have for our second year together. On Monday we headed to Williamsburg and celebrated over a nice steak dinner. Doesn't get much better than that. I am so happy to be married to my sweetheart and look forward to the many, many years we will share in the future.