Tuesday, August 19, 2008

::Anniversary Weekend::

For our anniversary, we decided to do something that neither of has ever done.... have a Spa day!! We thought it would be a romantic/fun/relaxing way to celebrate. We drove down to St. George (which is something else I've been wanting to do for awhile since I've never been) just to get away, and got to stay in a nice hotel suite. With the suite we also got free lunch and dinner at the riverwalk grill, a round of golf, and sparkling cider, truffles, and ice cream in our room!

After checking in on Friday, we went to the temple to do sealings. It was the perfect way to remember our own sealing, and all of the blessings we received. It may sound odd, but it was also very romantic be able to kneel across the alter again and smile and look into each other's eyes, just like we did a year ago! It brought back all of the emotions we had then of love and excitement :) We have a little slide show at the bottom of this post where you can see some of the fun we had, but I'll just give you a quick summary:

-went to the temple
-went out to eat at a sit down Pizza Hut (how often do you see sit down Pizza Huts?)
-went to the St. George Day Spa and had massages and facials
-drove up Snow Canyon, took a walk and some pics
-had dinner at the Riverwalk Grill
-exchanged fun gifts (just to clarify our gift to each other was the massage and facial, but we each did a little gift)
-went swimming
-gave each other pedicures (I had to take advantage of Brady not being able to say no :)
-had lunch
-went golfing



I gave Brady all "paper" gifts for fun, since the traditional 1 yr. gift is paper (ie: a puzzle i made, a poem, and a pinata filled with old notes from each other) This isn't made out of paper, but I made a dvd of our "photo montage" that we were supposed to have at our wedding but never did. So if anyone wants to come over and watch pics of us as little babies, growing up, and then dating, we actually have a video now!


Brady gave me an awesome jewelry box that he noticed I've needed and wanted because all my jewels get all tangled, broken, and lost.


*sometimes we like to act like we're taking pictures, and then take a video to confuse the other person. So if you're wondering why we're just looking at the camera smiling and not saying anything in the videos its because only the person filming knew it was a vid. lol. Oh and I don't know why this whole thing is underlined. Sorry.


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

How fun and romantic!! What a great week end!
You both did such a good job - what a wonderful memory! It's also special that you did things just like you did a year ago - sealings, wearing the dress you wore last year, the DVD, and added some really fun firsts too! You are a special couple - and so in love!!!
~mom

caroline said...

What a great way to spend an anniversary! Temple sealings on your anniversary are pretty special and good reminders!:) I love your creative gift CD Tare! you're always so thoughtful!

Brittney said...

So fun ... can you believe how fast time flies?! We just celebrated our 2-year anniversary yesterday. It's weird cause it seems to fly, but then it's weird to think of not being married. You and Brady are so cute and looks like very happy. Marriage is the best!

The McBrides said...

Congrats! you guys are SO cute! Stop being so dang photogenic, its making the rest of us look bad! Sounds like you guys had a great trip, cant wait to see more pics!

Eric said...

That place looks like a lot of fun, and it seems like you guys were the only ones there! I'm glad you guys found the time to go celebrate! Congratulations again on the first year down!

Carrie said...

finally i can comment. my internet has been acting stupid.

congrats! it looks like you had a way fun celebration. i wish we could have done THAT for OUR anniversary! but two kids and five years later, makes it a little harder :)

good job on the gifts and the documentation!!

AmyJ said...

LOVE IT!! What a neat way to celebrate!! I love that you did temple sealings to remember your own! Great idea! You guys look so cute and happy together!! I can't believe it's been a year already!! Congratulations!! Love you guys!! :)

Anonymous said...

you guys are sooooooooo cute! i love this blog! your pictures are so unique! hi taryn, i know ive never met you, but i worked with your husband for many years at the buckle :) i can still love your blog, right? hehe you guys are an awesome couple!

Anonymous said...

Late Congrats. the slide show is awsome. you to are so cute