first (of many) anniversary plans!

Because we wanted an outside wedding but still wanted it to be cool (I have a low tolerance for heat) we decided on an October wedding. Because we fell in love (as did many many other people) with the venue to hold the reception we didn't have much of an option for days. It was a Friday, or Halloween. Now, I have nothing against Halloween and nothing against anyone who chooses to get married on Halloween, but that's just not us. Therefore we were sort of left with a Friday which just happened to be the day before hubs mother's birthday.

At first I didn't think this would be a big deal, we'd sing happy birthday to her at the wedding, and celebrate a little the next day. For some reason I didn't think about the years to come... aka anniversary's/anniversary weekends away... this is still going to take some planning in the years to come but for our first anniversary we're going to stay pretty close, visiting some places we've talked about going for quite a while now.

Skyline Drive

Apple Picking

Vineyards

We'll get to spend some quality, quiet, relaxing alone time together in Virginia for a day and a half and make it back in time to celebrate MIL's birthday the next day. Phew! If momma ain't happy ain't nobody happy... even if it is our anniversary!

Definitely looking forward to getting away for a little while and certainly wondering where the time went! This year has just flown by; I feel like the wedding was just a short time ago!

mmm.

In other news, the hubs and I have our first anniversary coming up and while we're still discussing celebration options, we are more than excited to eat our cake! Our cake was probably the most delicious thing you'd ever eat in your life! (I'm not biased or anything!)

We went fairly non-traditional with a Tres Leches cake with a meringue topping and raspberry sauce on the side. It's a very light cake that sort of melts in your mouth! Delish! We weren't able to keep the top because, being filled with 3 milks, the cake doesn't last for more than a couple of hours, so our bakery generously offered to make us one for our first anniversary!