Friday June 8, Eric and I celebrated our 1 yr anniversary. We have been saving up for a while to go on a big trip, but when we found out that we were moving across the country, we decided it would be better to hold on to our money, and do a smaller celebration this year. It was still a wonderful day! We slept in and then went to the Bountiful temple…where we were sealed, and did some temple work for some of my family members. It was such a meaningful experience to be back in the temple where we were sealed.
We haven't been back since that day. Moving to Alabama is really exciting, but we know we will be leaving a big piece of us behind here in the West. We wanted to take advantage of our time left here, so we thought we would be all sentimental and return to all the places we celebrated our wedding the first time around. After we left the temple we went back to the place we held our luncheon, The Old Spaghetti Factory in Trolley Square. The food was great, and once again it was fun to just reminisce about last year, and how fast the time has gone by.
After we ate we decided to get Eric a new bathing suit so we could enjoy the pool at the hotel, so we went to the Gateway Mall and walked around for a little bit, and I was able to get my Anthropologie fix.
We then checked into our hotel, The Grand America, we had a coupon and an awesome free room upgrade that we didn't want to pass up. We went to the pool and enjoyed being in the sun.
That night was fun!! We ordered room service and watched a movie and just enjoyed being together.
Saturday afternoon we checked out, ran into an old friend, had lunch with Eric's mom at the Corner Bakery Cafe, and went to the movies and saw Snow White and the Huntsman!!! Eric and I both really enjoyed the movie. Overall it was just a great weekend. Eric spoiled me with gifts like always. We didn't follow the traditional give paper gifts the first year, but we both loved our gifts. I gave Eric some great luggage he has had his eye on for a while, which I figured would come in handy for the move. He bought me blackout curtains, new sheets, and a duvet cover for our bedroom, along with a sunless tanning package, a new purse, and best of all…an ART STUDIO! So a lot of you might not know this about me, but my favorite, most relaxing hobby is painting. I really got into it in High School after taking 3 art classes, and I love to paint, but obviously due to resources and space I don't have my own little corner and supplies to do it. I told Eric that when we buy a house he can have a man cave but I want my art studio..haha. Well Eric, being the clever man that he is improvised for the time being and bought me uDraw. It is a drawing pad you hook up to the XBOX and you can draw paint do whatever you like. Yes, it isn't exactly the art studio you were thinking but I thought it was so sweet and thoughtful of him. I am so blessed to have him in my life. I can't imagine my life without him in it anymore or what it was like before I met him. All I know is that I hit the jackpot with this guy and I am so lucky to have him in my life! I love you, always have, always will. :)
