Celebrating One Year!

Today me and Danny are celebrating our one year wedding anniversary! You can read all about the big day on these posts: Post Wedding Update, Pictures! and All the Details!

To celebrate our anniversary we went to the Little Dipper in Wilmington! We've been to the Melting Pot before, but this place was seriously a million times better! It was 70's night so it was much more laid back than the Melting Pot.

The food was amazing. We had pepper-jack cheese fondue with veggies and breads. Followed by a yummy salad. Our main course was filet, chicken and shrimp cooked in wine...we chose buffalo sauce, wasabi, terryaki, and a Chianti mustard sauce. SO YUMMY!

We were so stuffed..but there is no way you can go out for fondue and not get chocolate! We decided on the mocha amaretto fondue...and it came with so many yummy goodies. Pineapple, strawberries, bananas, pretzel and mini eclairs! When Danny made the reservations he told them it was our anniversary...and they surprised us with complimentary champagne!

Our first year of marriage has been amazing. Here's to many many many more anniversaries!

The Wedding!

I was going to post this tomorrow..but I couldn't wait to share! As you know, over the weekend my bestie, Katie, got married. It was such a beautiful weekend and I am so happy that I got to be part of everything.

Friday night we had the rehearsal at the chapel. Being a bridesmaid is easy...the groomsmen had tons of work! Escorting people, running around...and all us girls had to do was stand there with flowers and look pretty! We did a few trial-runs of the ceremony and then we were off to Mike's Farm for the rehearsal dinner!

I've never been to Mike's Farm to eat, so I was pretty excited. The food wasn't as amazing as everyone makes it out to be....but oh-my-God...the mac and cheese is TOO DIE for. I learned that the secret ingredient is mayo! Who knew!? We had a lot of fun hanging out with Katie and Frank's friends and families....and I was really getting excited for the BIG DAY!

The wedding day started early for the girls. We met at the hair salon around 10:00...and we all thought it was going to be way too early. By 1:30 we were still there...and running late! But man...we were all looking pretty! When we made it to the pavilion we realized we haven't taken any group photos yet! So, we snapped a few pictures, did some last minute setting up....and had to be reminded to eat!

Once we had our dresses on and the bride was looking gorgeous we went to the chapel. The ceremony was gorgeous. Katie and Frank had friends doing readings and one of them even sang. They had the most beautiful vows....and I wish I had a picture of their kiss! They are so-damn-cute! Hubby promised he would take pictures...but he didn't! I can not wait to see everyone's pictures!

When I say it was freezing out, that is an understatement. When we were waiting to get in the limo I had the biggest goosebumps! We had some champagne and some laughs in the limo with the bride and groom...and then we were on our way to the party!

My hubby looked so handsome. We ate lots, drank more (shots with Hot Mani!) and danced until they kicked us off the dance floor. Me and Danny had so much fun! 

I hope Katie and Frank had an amazing day and are having a great time on their honeymoon! I can not wait to hear all about it...and of course I can not wait to see the professional pictures! The group pictures are going to be so awesome! Congrats SSgt. and Mrs. Carson!

I'm a World Traveler!

Okay, not really...but this weekend I did hangout with people from all over the United States. In one weekend there was Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Arkansas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, and more places that we never discussed. Back in the day, before I married into the Marine Corps family, I never thought I would spend a weekend with people from all over the country. Call me a nerd, but I think that's pretty cool!

Friday night I gave my house to the guys for a poker night (Miley supervised!) and I headed out for a girls night. First, never under estimate how much pizza a bunch of girls can eat. Second, Apples to Apples is a great way to really get to know someone. Let me just tell you, my friends all have a sick sense of humor...and I love it! And I also I had my one-and-only s'more of the year. It was heavenly!

Saturday morning I did some early morning baking and headed to Katie's bridal shower brunch. If you know me, you know I love brunch, so I was thrilled when her sister said that's what we were going to do! We had delicious chocolate chip pumpkin muffins, yummy cookies, and my special strata. And we drank a lot of coffee. I was so excited to give her my gift, I had a panty bouquet made for her...and a lingerie cupcake. Seriously, the cutest things EVER! I can't wait for her sister to post the pictures..my camera apparently didn't like to take early morning pictures!

After the shower me and Danny made a brief appearance at Oktoberfest. It was a bust. (Rachel, I should have listened to you.....) But that's only because Danny left his ID at home. Um, Oktoberfest with no ID? Not gonna happen! I took a picture to prove we were there, ran home to get his ID...and ended up having a sushi date night. When we got home there was a little concert going on in our neighborhood, we went up for a little bit but Miley didn't really like the crowd (can't blame her...there were some creeps!)

We had a family day today, went for a walk, cleaned the house, did the Sunday-haircut-routine, and watched a movie.Now I'm sipping on a pumpkin spiced latte and ready to enjoy the evening with my little family! Hope everyone had a great weekend!