Can't believe its been a year already!

On Saturday, Justin and I celebrated our one year anniversary. Crazy to think its already been a year! So much has happened, here's a recap of our first year of marriage together!

We were married and sealed in the Mesa, AZ temple on Friday, January 16, 2009

Best day of my life.

Leaving our reception! :)


We Drove to California the next day for a 7 day cruise to

Cabo, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta

Cabo, on our way to snorkel

In February, Justin quit his job at University of Phoenix, and went full time with the business he and a partner had recently started. In March, I was fortunate enough to be able to quit my job to go to Nursing School.

Before I started school, Justin suprised me with a quick little get away to

Utah to see some of our family and then Vegas.

In May, we moved out of our little, humble apartment due to a mold problem and moved in with my parents while we looked for a house.

On August 15, we closed the loan on our house and became official homeowners! A great milestone for us. We are so happy in our home and know its exactly where we are supposed to be. Couldn't ask for a better neighborhood to be in.

Our yard now has a full lawn of grass and a couple new trees thanks to Justin's hard work

In December we celebrated our first Christmas as a married couple.

Justin was planning a suprise for us to get away for the weekend for our anniversary, but unfortunately some family things came up and we were worried we might have to make a trip up to UT for a funeral, so he told me about it and we agreed to cancel the trip. So, we ended up spending the entire day together going to breakfast seeing movies, bowling, and going to dinner. It definitely made up for not getting to go out of town.

Over the past year, I have learned that marriage is not always easy. Sometimes it just SUCKS! haha but it is also the best thing in the world. I get to share my life with the most caring, handsome, hard working man I have ever met. I love him more than the day I married him. And I continue to love him more each day. I am so grateful for the temple marriage we have. And for the life that we are building together! Here's to one year down!