Our First Anniversary

Well, yesterday marked one year of Marriage!! It was such a wonderful year, full of laughter, challenge, love and many many memories.

We thought we'd share with you some of our most memorable moments in the last year:

1. We must start out with the wedding day. if you were able to share in the day with us, you know it was a beautiful day ( not talking about the weather of course!). I'm pretty sure it was the best day of our lives thus far!

2. One thing we will never forget is the wedding night. WAIT! i'm not talking about that!  I (Nicole), in the efforts of being funny, kicked my shoes off and one flew across the room and hit Matt... exactly where you don't want to hit a guy. Oops!

3. Honeymoon. Have you heard about that yet? If not, to make a long story short, Matt got severely sun burnt and was laid up in bed for 4 days. Once he was finally able to move, I got an infection. Then, right before we were about to leave, we ate some bad beef and Matt became really stomach sick... that was not  a fun trip home! To top it all off, when leaving the Vancouver airport for the hour long drive home, Matt took the wrong suitcase. Not to be discovered, of course, until we got home. I, being the more healthy one of the two of us, got the privilege of driving back to Vancouver to exchange the bags. It was truly a memorable honeymoon.

4. The look on Matt's face when I came home with all my hair cut off. He tried so hard to be happy!

5. It was an amazing year of growth for the both of us. I had the honor of standing by Matt's side as he pursued his dreams and grew as a musician. He is going to start recording soon and I couldn't be more proud.

6. Christmas. along with many other firsts this year, we stayed in BC and celebrated our first Christmas together. We put up our first little tree, I burnt my first ham, and we went skiing for the first time!

7. Watching during the many times Nikki would lay things such as plastic lids and baking pans down on the stove while the burner was on will always be some of my (Matt) favorite memories.

8. Laying in bed and falling asleep to him singing to me. Favorite!

9. Many games nights and late night chats with our neighbors and good friends Allie and Kyle.

10. My (Matt) parents coming to visit was a great two weeks for us! we did so much stuff together, and it was neat to be able to show my parents what life is like out here! they were awesome, and we cant wait to have them come out again!!

11. Going home. we knew that our missions trips this summer were going rock us, and change the way we think. we didn't expect that to happen when we visited home, but God really worked in our hearts while we were home. it wasn't easy trying to balance our two families, but in the end, we discovered that our love for family is something that really weighs upon us as we travel and do the things God has called us to do. While we were home, I (Matt) had the honor of being best man to my brother, and Nikki did a reading. the wedding was great, but they held a fundraiser for us at the wedding. it revealed to us how much our family and loved ones really believe in us.

So those are just some of the memories from this wonderful first year of marriage! we look forward to another great year, and many more after that!!

We spent our anniversary just being lazy with each other. We had a big breakfast, watched movies in our PJ's, went to the Keg for supper and finished off the evening with a good ol' game of scrabble!

Thank you to everyone for your support over this past year!

With Love,
Matt and Nicole