Our 1st Wedding Anniversary...Kinda

If you feel like you've just read this blog a few months ago about our wedding anniversary, you are correct. But this wedding anniversary is the one we hold dearer to our hearts as it is the wedding anniversary that united us in the Catholic Church. This wedding anniversary means much more than the civil anniversary we celebrated a few months ago. On New Year's Eve, three years ago, Chris proposed to me in Spain and we immediately set the date for New Year's Eve 2011. I picked this date for several reasons: a) we would have a hard time forgetting the date, b) I've always wanted a wedding around the Christmas season, and c) New Year's Eve fell on a Saturday in 2011 and what a way to ring it in!

In one of my first posts, I displayed several of my favorite pictures and talked about our wonderful day. It really does not seem like it's been a year. That is very cliche, but it is true. We have had a fantastic first year of marriage. We have enjoyed getting to know each other better, growing in our love, adopting a new basset hound, and slowly remodeling our house. It hasn't always been easy, but that's what prayer is for. God has shown us what it takes to make this first year work and what we need to keep working on to celebrate many more happy years together. I thank God for allowing us to have this first year of marriage and look forward to what this next year has in store for us.

2nd Civil Anniversary

Two years ago, on a warm September Thursday in San Antonio, I skipped class and married my sweetheart. With a gathering of about 15 people, we said traditional vows and kept it low-key. I bought a dress for $99 and Chris bought a white shirt from The Gap. This wedding was much different than the one we had 9 months ago.

It was a beautiful day and we just kicked back. We had lunch at an Italian restaurant and one of my college friends bought us a wedding cake.

My mom bought us some flowers and my other college friend bought my veil. My closest friends and family came down to San Antonio to celebrate with us. It was so nice to see them all there supporting us in this new adventure.

People have always asked us if we will celebrate both anniversaries, the civil and church one. We really didn't think too much about it, but as the civil one got closer we realized that we wanted to recognize it and celebrate that special day.

This year, that day fell on a Sunday and Chris happened to be off that day too. We made a day of going out and enjoying the nice weather.

We started our day with a big lunch at Romano's Macaroni Grill. We got a gift card from our wedding in December and finally found good use for it. Chris had never been there before, but he loved it and we will be going back. Even though it tries to push itself as a swanky restaurant, they put paper on the tables and give you crayons to color with. Chris couldn't help himself.

 And this is my terrible drawing. I really hope our kids do not inherit my lack of artistic ability.

 We had Macaroni and cheese bites and something else with bacon on it for an appetizer. I had chicken and mushroom canelloni and Chris had a delicious pasta dish that I cannot remember the name of.

We headed to Old Navy where I got skinny jeans and red jeans for $19 a piece. Chris found a hoodie and swim shorts on clearance. I just assumed that there would be an Academy in Cedar Hill and there wasn't. Chris was a bit peeved at me for not finding out exactly before we left the house, but I made up for it. We went to Dick's Sporting Store and he found some new trainers.

We ended our day at the movies. We went to go see Looper with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It was a total guy movie; lots of f-bombs and blowing people up. It wasn't my kind of movie, but it did have a good plot and acting.

Next time I get to pick the movie

We had a fantastic day and look forward to many more years together!