Time Flies When You're Havin' Fun

A year.....can you believe it!!!!! An entire year has past and Scott and I are still as happy as the day we got married. I remember being at my Mom's a year ago tonight, hanging out, just getting things ready for the next 3 days of celebration. It still hadn't sunk in that I was getting married the next day. I stayed up pretty late, only because I wanted to make sure all the pictures and bridesmaids gifts were perfect. I really didn't have any trouble going to sleep that night and I believe that was the first night that Scott and I hadn't talked to each other. I wanted to be as traditional as possible and didn't want to see or talk to him the night before.

I woke up the next morning, still not feeling the butterflies feeling and not feeling rushed either. Getting married in the afternoon was the best decision ever! Scott told me that he got up that day and watched a movie, washed his car, etc. Then he got ready to go and get married. haha Neither of us really had cold feet, I think we were more than ready to end the engagement and start the marriage.

Over the past year.....wow....so much has happened. We bought our house before we got married, so we focused a lot of our energy in August and September on making our house our home. Thanks a lot to Brandon, Charley and Chris for all their hard work. Pretty sure Scott and I would be completely lost without your guidance and advice. Oh and thanks to Robyn for my much needed decorations!!!! School quickly started for both of us and unfortunately, besides weekends we rarely saw each other. The rest of 2008 was kind of a blur, because it just went by so fast!

One new thing I tried in our first year was making Thanksgiving dinner. Of course my mom helped, but I am proud to say that I cooked the turkey all by myself!

My Mom and me cooking away in the kitchen.Scott carving the amazing turkey I just made. Makita is another milestone in our lives. About 2 months after we got married, Scott started complaining that he wasn't ever going to be able to get the Husky that he has always wanted. I was more than willing to get a second dog, but just didn't want to raise a puppy while we were both in school. So, we had decided that we would get a Husky when he graduated law school. Little did I know, Makita would come into our lives much sooner. About a week before Thanksgiving, Scott was looking on KSL at Huskies that were for sale. He found an ad for Makita and fell in love.....the best part is that he was very inexpensive. Scott emailed the ad to me at work with the subject line: "Merry Christmas Maybe????" I looked at Makita, and liked that he was 5 years old. I definitely wasn't interested in raising a puppy right now and for a purebread Seppala Husky, he was very cheap. My response: "Yes". Within a matter of a seconds my phone was ringing and Scott could barely speak. We visited Makita on Thanksgiving and it was love at first sight. Within 2 weeks we were the proud new owners of the most beautiful and lovable husky.

Scott giving Makita his first Christmas present. Our beautiful Makita
I front loaded my last semester of school, so January to March just kind of melts together. I doubt I slept more than 4 hours each night and was constantly doing homework, at school or sleeping. Yeah, wasn't the funnest 7 weeks of my life. By front loading the first 7 weeks, I was able to enjoy the last 7 weeks of my schooling and had the opportunity to go on a trip to Poland and Prague in May. That was the first time that Scott and I were apart since we got married. It was such an awesome and rewarding trip, but still extremely hard to be away from Scott. Especially with the time difference, it was very hard to have more than a 5 min conversation. We made it through the trip and I came home and graduated!!!! Yea!!!!!

In the Jewish Ghetto, Warsaw Poland. This is where they fought for freedom against the Communist Party.At the "Unknown Soliders Tomb", Warsaw Poland. The tomb is behind me. There are soliders guarding the tomb 24 hours a day and you are not allowed to go into the area.Auschwitz - The most difficult place for me to visit, but a place that needed to be visited. Krakow, Poland.Trying to get through the gate to enter into an old castle. I don't think anyone is home. Prague, Czech Republic. Unfortunately Scott has had to continue with his school through the summer, but we have made time for many camping trips and road trips with friends and The Fray concert. We recently returned from Denver where we saw a Rockies game. Scott was in heaven and I had a blast. The atmosphere at the game was amazing and the nachos were delightful! We had such a great time in Denver and can't wait for the next baseball road trip......Seattle maybe????Scott is doing amazing in his schooling.....pulling off a 4.0 for his spring semester. He has been working so hard this summer and I believe he will see the reward for his hard work. The sad part is, he has to go and take a mid-term tomorrow morning. What a way to spend his 1st year anniversary! I love him for his ambition and hard work! He definitely surpasses me in this area. He is an amazing man and I am so blessed to be with him for eternity.
HAPPY 1ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!