Tuesday, August 27, 2013

One year of love & commitment

My dear husband Nate and I just celebrated our one year wedding anniversary in Bend, Oregon this past weekend.  It couldn't have been sweeter.  Full of love, adventure and fun to the brim, we got to enjoy exactly the kinds of things that brought us together in the first place.  Here are some of those unforgettable moments I will cherish always. (Warning: this may be 'sappy' ;)

Breathtaking views of the world around us on bike rides along the cliff above the deschutes river, riding down the road, screaming "weeeeeeeeeee" with such a feeling of exhilaration of just being together...   
Long talks filled with humor, appreciation and coming back to the true essence of us... 
Exciting white water rafting tour rolling over giant waves called names like "curly" from the Three Stooges and playfully pushing each other over the edge of the raft, laughing and filled with a child like joy set against the bright blue skies... 
Dressing up and going to see the Shakespeare romance "Much Ado About Nothing" with the dramatic backdrop of a rainbow-laden sunset, and my hubby's arms wrapped around me... 
Receiving the sweetest most thoughtful gift - a leatherbound book filled with both of our wedding vows, all of the readings, love poems and verses from our wedding ceremony, and re-reading our vows again to one another while sipping on delicious coffee and breakfast overlooking the deschutes river on our gorgeous balcony...  
Climbing the obsedian black volcanic rock mountains in the hail storm, in our hooded sweat shirts, getting soaked... 
Sipping on hot cocoa in the little lodge closeby, warming ourselves and waiting out the storm... 
Hiking along the lakes of the national deschutes forest and digging down to find our very own piece of heaven amongst the naturally formed hot springs bubbling up from mother earth... 
















































THIS is what made our one year wedding anniversary so special.  This is why I am the luckiest girl alive to have found my true love, my prince in shining armor, my best friend, soul mate and my husband Nate.  <3

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