Our First Wedding Anniversary

September 19, 2010

Happy anniversary...to us!
We have been together for exactly two years and have been married for exactly half of that.
(In case you didn't know, we met on September 19, 2008 and married exactly one year later. : )

We celebrated atop West Mountain with a sunset picnic paired with a bottle of (VERY strong) [cran]Berry Christmas wine from our reception. At home, we squirmed while watching our wedding video (It's just awkward seeing yourself on tape!), and we listened to all the things Alan said that we didn't hear the first time. *lol* We also laughed over our funny wedding pictures and ate a piece of our reception cake--chocolate with cherries, a variation on the very first cake we ever made together.

I cannot wait to use my personalized stationery, and I know Zach liked his Brick Journal book because he already poured over it last night!

Here's to many, many more times together... : )

This is where we had our reception: a former magic theatre turned glow-in-the-dark T-Rex mini golf!

getting ready to open my present: personalized stationery, wax seal set, and Lego rose in a memory box

Zach flipping through his Brick Journal Compendium

We walked along Bathhouse Row...

...and stopped for refreshments in The Arlington, which I first visited when I met Zach's parents in December '08.

the view from West Mountain

our favorite

our wedding cake nine months old...as old as the wine

Flavor of the Park

Once again this photo-a-day album could be a food journal. :)O (I don't know what this smile is, but I like it.)

Tonight we went to Flavor of the Park at the Farmer's Market pavilion here in Hot Springs. It was A-MA-ZING! So many restaurants were there, from The Arlington to Bohemia to Culinary District. (My favorite was The Arlington--a delicious salad and crab cake!)

I did enjoy these wafflesque cookies (and salt water taffy) from Culinary District!

In this picture, you can see the pavilion; it was lined with tables for each restaurant, and there were two more behind me plus the drink headquarters. The man in the white jacket was one of the musicians from the mariachi band of a Mexican restaurant, Cotija. It was great listening to them play, including Guantanamera. Another fun surprise: all drinks were included in the price ($12) INCLUDING alcoholic beverages. And these were not just your average domestic beers either, but there was quite a few I hadn't heard of and some more pricey imports. I had Goose Island Honker's Ale and Kirin Ichiban, which I would have never bought on my own.

I just thought this was funny!

Definitely got our money's worth... :)O

UFO: Near the end of the night, one of the balloons at the festival escaped. Last night one escaped on the deck from Erin and Nathan's party, and Beverly told Zach to go get Bobby and tell him it was a UFO. ;)~