September 28, 2008- Marks One Year!

It is hard to believe that it has already been one year since Brandon and I got married. This last year has gone by so fast! Brandon and I had so much fun reminiscing on the last year of events and thinking of all the things that we have been able to do together and the things that we have learned. We have both learned a lot about each other :) And I was surprised to remember how much we had done in a year! It has been such a fun year and we look forward to many more of those to come...... In celebration of our one year, Brandon planned a fun little getaway. It is best told in pictures.

He first surprised me by taking me to dinner. We went to Bonsai, which is a Japanese Steakhouse. So good! Here we are enjoying our dinner...

And then of course we had to get a picture with the cook! How about this pic? It is possible the cook is putting up his hands in defense because he is afraid I may pounce on him. I am obviously twice the size of him and could hurt him greatly. Brandon took Karate in his youth and therefore felt a bondness with the cook... After dinner, Brandon made me put on this blind fold as he drove to our destination. I was pretty upset about having to sit in the car for 25 minutes not knowing were we were going. Since I was complaining, Brandon was paranoid the whole time that I was peeking. Knowing that I would most likely blog about this, I decided to take a pic of myself....

Brandon finally pulled over and opened my door and took off my blindfold. There we were, up in the mountains and he was standing there with a rose and a candle. He then read me a poem that he wrote about us. I honestly had no idea that he was a poet! It was very cute and very well done! I quickly forgave him for blindfolding me :) We then enjoyed a nights stay at the Cliff Lodge up at Snowbird. The next day we took the tram up to the top of the mountain... tram is shown behind me

It was beautiful on top of the mountain! Brandon and I enjoyed walking around and he told me all about his snowboarding stories... Then we wondered into the cave connecting the Peruvian Lift to Mineral Basin.... we enjoyed taking many pictures of ourselves in here

I believe this pose was inspired by our cook at Bonsai...
Then we took some modeling shots against the wall, cause we thought it looked cool...

Wow. He is really handsome... And then of course, these pictures were inspired by Brandon. Sunglasses and all. Look at this skill! He couldn't be happier....

I, on the other hand, am not as graceful but just as happy. This took more effort then anyone will know. Jumping is not my skill. But I did what i could...

Instead of taking the tram back down the mountain, we decided to enjoy the outside air and rode the peruvian ski lift back down. We entertained ourselves by taking more pointless pictures of which I was unable to post... I was pretty scared at first and was afraid of letting go of the bar...

Brandon has no fear and is very strong. As you can tell...

One more of the many pointless pictures on the lift...

When we got down to the bottom, we found that Octoberfest was beginning! We asked two different people, at different times, to take the picture of us below and we were surprised to find out that our chances of getting a good picture did not increase. Both seemed to cut our feet off.

We ended up finishing our celebration by walking around Octoberfest for a while before heading home. I really did have such a good time and can't thank Brandon enough for planning everything and for keeping it a surprise. He is such a good husband and I am so lucky to have him. I love you Brandon!

Anniversary Day....

We kept to the old tradition and ate the top of our wedding cake on our one year anniversary. My Mother was kind enough to freeze it and had it all ready for us to eat the day of our Anniversary. Here we are cutting it togther just like a year ago...

And enjoying...

So, maybe some of you are wondering...how did it taste? Well, I suggest freezing a cake for a year and trying it out yourself. :)