Over the weekend Mark and I celebrated our one year anniversary! Neither of us can believe we've already been married a year. Are all the years going to fly by as fast as this one? I hope not! Although people have been telling us they only go faster the older you get...I remember on our drive up to our honeymoon I told Mark, "People say you grow to love each other more and more every year of your marriage but I don't think I could possibly ever love you more than I do today." Well, I was wrong. Mark and I both agreed that we have grown more and more in love every day of this past year. I can't imagine how much I'll love him on our 50th anniversary!
To celebrate our first anniversary, Mark took me back to the Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast where we went on our honeymoon. This place brought back so many beautiful memories. I cried when we walked into the exact honeymoon suite where we stayed a year ago and remembered walking in there the first time, freezing in my wedding dress.
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| Mark's favorite picture of this creepy old man with children |
Last year, we carved our names and wedding date into a tree near the lodge, down by the river bank.
My favorite part about the Whispering Pines lodge is their BREAKFAST. I'm telling you, I remember on our honeymoon going on and on about how they had the best breakfast I had ever eaten in my whole life. I was a little worried that maybe it was also the excitement of our honeymoon and being so in love that everything tasted better but going back now I know it truly was just the delicious breakfast!!
First of all, they have EVERYTHING anyone could ever want to eat for breakfast...cold cereal, english muffins, bagels, toast, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, cheesy potatoes, two kinds of quiche, biscuits and gravy, pastries, fresh fruit, banana bread, pumpkin bread, LEMON SQUARES (my favorite) and all kinds of juices, milk, and hot cocoa. Second of all, everything is the best [insert food item here] you've ever tasted! Thinking back now, I realize they don't have pancakes. But I don't like pancakes, ha, so oh well.
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| Day 1 |
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| Day 2 |
After breakfast, we went on a little adventure in the forest. We hiked up near this stream, only I wasn't aware we were going on a hike so I had my Dr. Martens on and I kept sliding and was so scared I was going to fall into the river. I was half laughing, half terrified and when we finally got to the top I told Mark we would have to find another way back. Then we found a convenient staircase that led all the way up to where we had just roughed it over the dirt and spiderwebs. I was only a little ticked off.
After our hike, we went into town and looked in all the antique shops. We were wanting to do some Christmas shopping but everything looked like it belonged in my grandma's house so we didn't have much luck. But I did have fun pretending to be a reindeer in this beanie...
I forgot to mention that Mark was SICK on this trip! So after window shopping, we went back to the lodge so he could rest up and I watched You've Got Mail. :) Then we went to Cheryl's Diner for dinner. Pretty good, but when you're from LA it's kinda hard to find anything better than what you could find there...and it definitely didn't have nothin' on our favorite diner, Cafe 50's! Although the pie was good...
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| Apple pie a la mode for moi |
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| Banana Cream for Mark (his was better) |
Then Saturday night we came back home and went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner! My favorite, although the place was packed. Thanks for the gift card mom!
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| Mark's cheesecake: Toasted Marshmallow S'mores Galore |
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| Banana Cream for me (mine was better!) |
After dinner, we came home and wrapped each other's presents and wrote in our cards. I was so giddy!!! Mark gave me the most adorable card ever, which made me cry and I suddenly realized I'm turning into my mom!
Then, when I thought he couldn't possibly top that, I opened my present.
This is the best gift anyone has ever given me. First of all, how did he think of this?? I mean, come on, he is a guy!!! Second, it's EXACTLY my taste!!! I couldn't have picked a better necklace if I had researched myself for hours (which, let's face it, I probably would have if he had let me). It has our initials with a heart and then our wedding date with a forever sign! AHHH so in love, so in love...
I got Mark a pretty lame gift in comparison. I finally got around to making our wedding album and we got to look through it together for the first time. It was pretty beautiful but he definitely beat me in the gifts department (hey, I'm not complaining...)
To finish the perfect night, we moved the TV into our bedroom and fell asleep to "While You Were Sleeping". It was so cozy and relaxing and perfect.
Happy Anniversary to us :)
