where did the year go?

A year ago today, I married the best man to ever be in my life - surpassing my dear old dad if you can believe it. What is hard to believe is that it's been a year. It feels like just yesterday we were still working on wedding planning and now it's been 365 days of wedded bliss. And with very minor exceptions, it has been bliss. Together. Comfortable. Easy. Happy. Healthy. Oh so right.

But where did the year go? We must have been having fun for it to have flown by so fast, right? So what did we do with our first year of marriage?

We honeymooned in New Zealand to kick things off.

Sky Tower Observation deck - Auckland.

We spent Thanksgiving in Hampton with Will's folks and Christmas in New Jersey with my entire immediate family which included a trip into NYC.

Rockafeller Center NYC

We attempted to buy bedroom furniture - and failed while freezing our butts off.

hilarity ensued with this slippery animal print piece

We went to my aunt and uncle's 50th wedding anniversary party - so many examples of marital longevity to which to aspire - and celebrated my birthday in NJ.

We saw Avenue Q - amazingly hilarious - and Death Cab for Cutie. We took a quick last minute trip to Ohio and got to see a lot of friends and a UD basketball game.

We bought Will a new car - a 2009 Mazda 6 6-speed.

We went to Mount Vernon with Will's parents - they finally got to see where we live.

We visited my mom and her new knees but she doesn't remember us that trip, only the next one. Erin graduated from Fordham University - we didn't get to attend the ceremony but we got to go to dinner after and her subsequent pirate-themed party a few weeks later.

We planned a VA wine tour to celebrate Liz's 30th birthday and had a great time on it!

We played a lot of softball throughout the spring.

Will at the Texas State Society softball tournament.

me approaching home at CAN tournament.

I finished my MBA and we celebrated by taking a European vacation to Montenegro (visiting the Bonuras with the lovely Miss Galinis and Joe G), Austria and Germany.

Kolasin, Montenegro

Mondsee, Austria - part of the Sound of Music Tour

Munich, Germany - The English Garden

We visited Will's parents for Labor Day.

Will on the mower at Granny's.

We went out to Harper's Ferry, MD.

We also went to Oktoberfest at the National Harbor in the rain with Liz, Nicole, Katie and Shane.

It'll be interesting to see what year 2 holds.....