Happy Anniversary to me!

I meant to post this on Sunday, but being out of town and without Internet access made that kind of difficult.

Sunday marked Michael and my one year anniversary. I cannot believe it's been a year already. It seems like our wedding was only yesterday, and yet, it also feels like we have been married for 10 years (in a good way).

There is no one else in the world I'd rather be with than my amazing husband, Michael. He means the world to me and I am one lucky lady!

We had an amazing first year of marriage, with lots of highs every month.

September

We got married!

I bought my first pair of skis.

We went apple and pumpkin picking with our friends.

October

We went to a NU football game.

We went on our honeymoon. SO AMAZING!

November

We cut down our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, our yearly tradition.

And put up our Christmas lights on Thanksgiving Day.

December

We did our Advent calendar again.

We went to Hollidazzle.

We enjoyed Christmas at our house and our parents' homes.

We went to the cabin with the S family for New Years.

January

We made bolognese for the first time.

We celebrated Michael's birthday.

We painted our bathroom.

February

We went to a show.

We became obsessed with our Nespresso machine and breakfast cookbook.

March

We went on Ski Trip with Jami and Chris.

We framed our wedding photos.

Jessi came to visit.

April

We celebrated my 30th birthday in wine country in CA.

We had a lot of snow!

May

We planted our garden.

We went to our first Twins game of the season.

We went to the cabin and "opened" it for the summer.

June

We went to Chicago twice: once for a wedding...

...and once for Amy's graduation.

We got Winnie!!!

July

We spent the 4th of July at the cabin.

Winnie started puppy kindergarten.

We competed in and completed our first triathlon.

The S family came to the cabin for a weekend.

We went to Minot for my cousin's wedding.

August

Winnie graduated from puppy kindergarten.

We had our first Couples Weekend at the cabin.

We spent Labor Day weekend at the cabin.

For our anniversary, we went exactly where you think we did: the cabin. We couldn't think of a place we'd rather be than there on our anniversary, since it was the place where we got married. We celebrated Saturday and Sunday: we opened our wine box and read our love letters to each other, then replaced those with new wine and love letters; we looked at our photo album and watched our wedding video; we ate our wedding cake (new from our baker; no freezer cake for us!); and we just relished our day, knowing that it was the first of many anniversaries we will celebrate together.

I am looking forward to another exciting year of marriage. We have several trips planned or in the planning process (Europe, Los Angeles, Ski Trip, skiing with M's family, maybe another trip to wine country), we're contemplating life changes (professionally and personally), and we just know what it's like to be partners in our life now. I am so happy to call myself Jenni Beadle, and I'm finally used to calling myself that and writing Beadle (the transition from a to d has been hard for me!). Here's to many more anniversaries to come!!!