Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Anniversary Trip

So, as I have said previously, my husband rocks. For our first anniversary he surprised me with a trip to Michigan City, The Indiana Dunes, and Chicago. Our first stop were The Dunes on Lake Michigan.




Our second stop was Chicago. In Chicago we went to see Billy Elliot at the Oriental Theatre. I have been there a few times to see Wicked (my favorite), so it was fun to see something different. Billy Elliot was definitely not Wicked, but it was good!


Chris took me to The Melting Pot for dinner. We have eaten here before, but it's so good we had to go again!

This is again at the Indiana Dunes. We stopped by before we went to the Outlet Malls at Michigan City. Chris hates to shop so the fact that the outlet mall was his idea was so sweet! He didn't complain at all.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Our First Year of Marriage

I was looking back at my previous blogs and realized that I don't blog much about my fantastic husband. So, here is a posting specifically about our first year of marriage!

Last year we got married on June 6, after dating for 7 years. I know. Ridiculous. But we were high school sweethearts and went to separate colleges, so we couldn't get married any earlier. And honestly, I am so thankful for my time in college to form a few friendships that I can't imagine my life without. Here is a picture of us on our wedding day.

We then spent the next week and a half in Colorado for our honeymoon. Quickly after getting married, we moved to the Midwest for Chris to attend graduate school- and our journey began!

Some of my favorite memories of our first year of marriage:
  • -A surprise trip to Chicago for the weekend
-Learning how to cook together- always including a good glass of wine
  • -Planting our first garden, and attempting to make it grow
- Riding our bikes to buy a car battery
- Walking to the farmers Market every Sat. morning (this is my favorite)

-Learning how to use the drier :)
-Painting our entire house together

-Movie and game nights
-Our day trip to Indy our first week here

-Picnics
I really could go on forever, but these are the memories that stand-out from our first year together.
Chris is an amazing husband who would do anything for me. I am spoiled, and I will be the first one to admit it. I could never make it out the door on time if Chris didn't make my coffee, have it in a cup by the door, help pack my lunch and softball bag, and in the winter, start my car to have it de-iced. He really is the greatest blessing in my life.
Chris constantly shows me what it means to be a servant of Christ. When I start to stray he pulls me back on track and pushed me to be better than I am. Chris supports my random new hobbies, my attempts at being a good wife, my attempts at cooking (which I need to take lessons on!), and all of the other activities I try and often fail to do. I knew I loved Chris when we got married- I have loved him since we were 15- but I never knew that I could love him so much more.
The changes that Chris and I have been through over the past year have been such a great experience for us. Getting married, moving hours from home, making new friends, joining a new church, beginning a new career, and learning how to take care of a house. It's been a blast! I can't wait to see what all the future holds...
Here is a picture of our Anniversary celebration on our anniversary:


This past weekend Chris took me to Michigan City and Chicago. It was a blast! I will do another post over it so the pictures are easier to post! :)