Our First Year Anniversary

Blaine and I celebrated our first year anniversary in Bend, OR, since we were there over Christmas time. Our anniversary was on December 27th. We spent the day shopping, visiting friends, and eating pizza for lunch at Cibelli's, where Blaine worked for a couple of summers. When it was time for dinner, we could not decide on a place for the life of us! We probably drove toward at least three different restaurants and then changed our minds and drove to a different place. It was mostly my doing, but I just wanted to go to the perfect place to celebrate our first year as a married couple. (Blaine thought I was losing my mind)! Anyway, after much time, debate and frustration, we ended up going to Chan's, our favorite Chinese restaurant in Bend. It was not the nicest restaurant I had in mind, but the food and company was great! Afterward, we went back to my parent's house to eat our original wedding cake my parent's froze for us a year ago. Let me just tell you that it did not taste like the original. Blaine and I spit it out once we took our first bite! In the future, we will not be recommending the "saving of wedding cakes" to our newly married friends! After tossing the cake, we spent the rest of the night playing games with Blaine's brother Brett and his wife Rachel.
I love my husband so much and cannot picture my life without him. He is the most patient and loving person I have ever met and look forward to many more anniversaries in the years ahead. 2008 has been a great year for us and we are so grateful for all the many things we have in our life. May the new year be a blessed one for us all! Happy New Year 2009!