First Anniversary

On October 5th, we celebrated our first anniversary. It's still hard to believe that it has been a whole year since our wedding - and what a year it has been!

The last twelve months have been full of adventure, travel, and growth. We moved into our first apartment together, Devin moved to Spain, we have traveled the world, made it through times of distance from one another, and navigated the new challenges and joys of married life.

We tossed out many ideas for how to celebrate our anniversary. We toyed with the idea of going to Paris or Amsterdam, renting a car to go to Southern France or Andorra, but we finally decided that we wanted something different than our other travels. We wanted to go somewhere that we wouldn't have so much to do, but we would be able to focus on each other, to have lots of conversation and quiet surroundings!

We finally settled on going to a "Casa Rural", which is like a Spanish B&B in the countryside. They are on farms or wineries, away from the city. The one we chose was called Can Caponet, and was about a 45 minute train ride away from Barcelona. It is owned by a Spanish family, and can host up to 12 people at a time. The property was absolutely incredible. We stayed in one of two cabins down the hill from the main house, which provided even more quiet and traquility. The whole wall of our cabin was glass, so we could see out to the woods surrounding us. We could not have been happier.

We spent our time relaxing, reading, laying by the salted pool, walking on a nearby trail, and having hours and hours of conversation. We had a candle light dinner in the house on Saturday evening, prepared by the owners, and made with products they grow in their garden. It was a perfect weekend.

We loved the foggy mornings

To the cabins!

Our cabin by the eco pool

From the garden and local wine

Dinner in the house

One of the corners where we could tuck away and read.

Coffee, tea and fruit were left out for us 24 hours. 

The fireplace in the living room of the house, which we especially loved.

The floating bed

We finished the weekend in Barcelona, with our own candelight dinner of our favorite Fall foods on our roof terrace, and watching our wedding video!

As we reflect on our wedding, we are reminded (as we are every day, really), of the immense support and love that we have surrounding us and our marriage. We remember clearly who shared our wedding day with us, and are still so deeply grateful to those who celebrated love and new beginnings with us, and who vowed to care for us and encourage us in the life we were creating with one another.

Although we are far from most of you, we feel the love from you, and frequently watch videos or look at pictures from our wedding day and feel so encouraged by your presence. The day was perfect, but beyond that, we have had a whole year of marriage in which we were covered in love. Marriage has been an incredible experience so far. We have had successes and failures, but most importantly, growth. We are both more complete people and are becoming better versions of ourselves as we learn how to best love one another.

We are grateful to everyone who is a part of our life, and do not take you for granted. Thank you for your part in our lives and our marriage. Thank you for not forgetting about us just because we are far away.

Here's to year two!!

Some of the places in which we have been able to spend time getting to know each other more and experiencing new things together in the past year! We are so grateful to be on this journey together.