Celebrating our first year was probably a bit different than what what most expected. No large gifts to one another, nothing really extraordinary, lavish, or out-of-the-ordinary.
We decided to do what we wanted to do. We headed to Nauvoo on Saturday at 9am. and decided to go to the temple and do some work for Steven's family. It really was something, and we felt great. Unknowingly, we had forgotten to eat a decent meal before going into the temple at 1pm. Of course, we'd snacked on Mountain Dew, water, and Funyons in the car...but that doesn't count as real food!
When we got done, we found out most of the local diners/deli's had closed down, and we'd have to wait another 45 minutes to eat dinner at the buffet, which was WAY to long and kinda expensive. SO, what did we do? We bought another Mountain Dew and some lil Debbie cakes from the local food mart and headed out of town to find something better. We hadn't gone too far when we KNEW we were both gonna be sicker than DOGS! Thanks to Mr. Dew and Ms. Debbie, our insides were all torn up!
We then headed to McDonald's thinking that would make things better, just to eat something would make us instantly better! W-R-O-N-G! All that french fry goodness even worsened our problems. But, we ate it anyway! Then, we headed to the Hampton Inn...all we wanted was to relax in the pool & hot tub. It was nice having it all to ourselves, but after 2 hours of going back and forth in between, Steven got really sick! I mean talk about a fever...that boy was shivering in his sleep!!!
Anyway, we had a good time (minus the sickness...what's the deal? every time we travel, one or BOTH of us end up sick!). Very relaxing, and we decided to buy something from Nauvoo as Anniversary gifts to ourselves. I picked out a lil brass/wooden sign to hang on the wall, and Steven picked out a book on Joseph Smith. So, we both left satisfied and watching what we eat for the next couple of days...good for weight control, I guess! :)
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Ooh, I LOVE that last photo of you two! Is that at Shelter? If it's the same little place I'm thinking of, we'll have a very similar wedding photo too!
I think it would be so neat to have an entry every year about what you did on your anniversary, however modest or unusual...thanks for the inspiration! Did you do the top-of-the-cake freezer thing? I always thought that it would probably taste ICKY!
~genny
To answer Genny's question, no, we didn't do the whole "top of the cake" thing. Do people realize just how bad the freezer burn would be on that thing after a year? Nope, Little Debbies sufficed as our cakes for the weekend (though we all know how THAT turned out).
Tamara- it was one of the best weekends I've ever had, despite the sickness and diet issues. Thank you for sticking with me all this time. Love you!
sorry it wasn't 100% perfect, but it sounds like you still enjoyed the getaway...
Happy 1-year!
One to remember! Who knew that Funyons weren't a good diet staple? WEIRD. I should probably stop eating them for breakfast.
HAPPY FIRST! Here's to many, many more. :)
Our cake top got thrown away...so instead we ate a Marie Calendar's Apple Pie on the Beach (we timed our vacation that year to be on our anniversary)...the pie was much better than the cake by far!! What a great way to celebrate yours...with sickness!! :) Just kidding! Happy 1st!
Well, there is that whole "in sickness..." I just hope it never gets more serious than that...
But even if it does, you guys will make it through with the same laughter and love that have already blessed this first year.
Yay for you :-)
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