It's our anniversary!!!

We have reached our one year mark. WohooO! We celebrated on Saturday the 14th even though it is really Sunday the 15th. We started off the day with a trip to the temple! It was a beautiful day here in SLC, there were tons of brides and grooms everywhere. It was fun to reminisce on our day one year ago. What an awesome year it has been and how it flies by. We then went out to dinner at this Japenese restaurant called Kyoto. It was a really fun experience and great food. At dinner I asked Braden what he has learned within the last year. His repsonse was, " I learned that women are smarter than men, women are cleaner than men and that I DO clean." Haha. I love his humor. We talked more about it and the list could go on forever. Here are just a few of the things I have learned about life, myself, Braden and marriage in the past year:

• Patience beyond belief
• Let it go
• Laughing makes forgivness much easier
  
• Take a step away and gather your thoughts when fighting
• Have faith through every trial that we go through
• Lasting memories don't cost money
• If you are going to say sorry, mean it and know why
  
• Take time everyday to have a valuable conversation
• Selflessness is true happiness
• Support each other through everything
• Lastly, bills suck

Braden and I are so excited for what our future holds. Our first year has been so fun, but don't worry we have had our share of trials and hardships so far. But those have only made us a stronger couple!

21 at last.

Yes, I have finally turned 21. It was a couple of weeks ago but it was such a fun day. We got to go to my favorite place for breakfast, The Park Cafe. Then we went to the gateway mall and I was able to shop....ALL DAY LONG. I don't think Braden realized what he was getting himself into because I took my sweet time in each and every store carefully deciding what to spend my birthday money on. I kept hearing a big sigh coming from the boy following me through the stores. haha But I just kept kindly reminding him, "Babe, remember it's my birthday." That night we saw a movie and our friends Morgan and Alex came over for some birthday cake. Then we went to a party at a bar! Wow, my first time ever going to a bar... it was pretty lame. haha. A guy offered to buy me a drink and I just laughed and said sorry I don't drink. We sang kareoke (also a first) and had some good times. Overall it was an awesome birthday. Wahoo for being 21.