Our First Anniversary

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Angie and I were married! It seems like just yesterday we were repeating our vows, walking down the aisle, and dancing our first dance as husband and wife :)

Our anniversary was February 6th and apparently there was some big football game happening that day :) Anyway, because of the game, we had a great time because every place we went we had to ourselves!

First, we got dressed up (and Angie looked beautiful!) and went to dinner at one of our favorite places - Rain Uptown. Angie ordered one of their specials, which was a crepe baked with ricotta cheese and spinach and then topped with a bolognese sauce - she loved it! I ordered the prawns with fettuccine pasta and alfredo sauce and it was incredible! Angie had a glass of DaVinci Cabernet Sauvignon and I had a Toasted Head Chardonnay. It was so much fun because we were the only customers in the restaurant!

I had a surprise planned for after dinner, so we hopped in the car and went on to our next destination - the Embassy Suites! As we walked through the tree-lined plaza to our room, Angie said "This really doesn't feel like Lubbock!" When we arrived at our room, there were red roses, chocolates, and rose petals waiting for us. I loved seeing Angie's face light up as she found each of these little things that made the room so special. We went down to a little table by a fountain and talked about what we had learned in the past year and what goals we had for the upcoming year (more about that in future posts).

The next morning we went and had omelets and french toast for breakfast. We read the paper together and took our time getting ready. We had already decided we weren't going to put ourselves on a schedule.

Angie then had a surprise for me - she took me to McPherson Cellars for a wine tasting and tour! We each sampled five wines from their selections and learned about what awards they had won for different vintages. Of course, we both liked the dry reds and whites - we weren't too fond of the sweet wines. The host took us on a tour of the winery, which I really enjoyed because I had never been to a winery before.

After the winery, we went back home and pulled out the top of our cake from our wedding. Maybe all of you already know this, but year-old frozen wedding cake is actually REALLY good! We were expecting it to be gross, but we looked at each other after the first bite and then we just kept eating it! We actually kept the rest and will probably eat more later this week :)

After all that excitement, the real world was waiting for us because I had to buy a new part and fix our oven so we could cook dinner that night!

It really has been an amazing year - here's to 100 more, honey!

- J