forever honeymooners

bub-hub and i were fortunate enough to celebrate our anniversary in beautiful(ish) cancun!

i only say "ish" because our visit occured in the middle of tropical storm.
we didn't even bother to check the forecast before we left.

mexico always has perfect beach weather right??

so needless to say, we were surprised to be greeted with dark stormy rain clouds instead of clear blue skies.

despite the rain, we were so spoiled all week.

when we arrived at our room, we were welcomed with a fun anniversary banner on our door!

each evening, we came back from dinner to find our room was decorated with towel animals and rose petals and they even gave us a special "romantic" dinner. #awwwshucks

we spent our rainy days drinking lots of coca-cola light,

eating yummy yummy food,

playing mexican animal bingo,

trying new drinks at the martini bar,

getting fantastic massages,

and learning how to play chess.

#youknowyourejealous

 our last full day in mexico, we were blessed with blue skies and sunshine.

more sunshine than our sunscreen could block,

but we soaked up every minute we could!

i can't wait to go back again.

i loved getting to spend the week being lazy with my bub-hub.

 

The Boat Song

you may or may not know, but the traditional first anniversary gift is paper.

bub-hub and i are not typically traditional gift givers,

but for our first wedding anniverary we both stuck with tradition.

i was formally invited, via movie tickets created by bub-hub, to watch our wedding slideshow and videos, with a yummy bottle of wine.

and i created this print for us to hang in our bedroom.

 

although it's not our official song,

it is the song that makes me tear up everytime i really listen to it.

#mushygushy

watch the music video and try not to fall in love.

i dare you.

 

this print is now available in my etsy shop!

check me out! :)

 

 

some pictures, a park & a puppy

i love my family.

maybe i'm a little biased,

but i'm pretty sure i'm the luckiest girl on the planet.

raider was loving life that morning.

he was running around the park like a mad man and just having the time of his life. he'd come back and pose for a few photos, and then run back into the trees.

#naturedog #wildman

please tell me i'm not the only one who thinks having pets in your family photos is a fabulous idea.

these photos were snapped by the lovely sarah carpenter at sarah ashley events.

sarah and her hubby/assistant ben did a fantastic job.

i was blown away with the photos and can't stop scrolling through them.

i love the way they were able to capture our personalities.

bub-hub and i don't take ourselves too seriously, 

so it was great to have a photographer to laugh with us through our awkwardness.

it's amazing what a fabulous photographer can do with a camera.

fun fact:

these were taken at the same park we took our wedding party photos!

i know, we are the cheesiest of them all.

to see more photos, check out sarah's blog post on our shoot:

sarah ashley events

for real. she's the bomb[dot]com.

one year of marital bliss.

one year ago today, 

i walked down the aisle and promised to love and cherish my best friend for all of my life.

it was the best day in the history of days.

in our first year of marriage, we moved to a new city and into a new apartment. our family grew with the addition of our best friend raider. we learned how to paint, learned how to build things and took a stab at a mini-garden. we learned how to share responsibilities, how to budget, how to live together, how to fight well and how to laugh at ourselves.  we learned how much we needed each other to be the best version of ourselves. 

dear bub-hub,

i love you more and more everyday.

thank you for loving me so well.

here's to a hundred more years!

love, sarah grace

want to relive our wedding day with me? 

part 1 | part 2

part 3 | part 4

part 5 | part 6

part 7 | part 8

part 9

high five for five months!

so many people have told me that the first year of marriage is the hardest.

i definitely understand that.

it's a lot of adjustment and there is a lot of change to get used to.

bub-hub and i are almost half way through it,

and so far, we're dominating! :)

dear bub-hub,

you are the best. i'm your biggest fan.

thank you for making me feel so loved and so supported.

i know we have many years and life changes ahead of us,

but i can't wait to take them on together as the ultimate team,

because after all, 

we are the best and we never lose.

love,

your wifey

here's to a hundred more years of silly arguments, dirty kitchens, baskets of clean, wrinkled laundry, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, laughter, and high fives.