ONE YEAR

I can't even believe it has been one whole year since Nate and I said "I do." In ways that seems like lifetimes ago. And in other ways it seems like just last week. Crazy how that happens. I honestly can't imagine not waking up to Nate every morning. I mean how did I ever survive sleeping alone without someone to cuddle up to after a bad dream?? He is my person. He seriously makes me laugh everyday and can always put a smile on my face. He works so hard for us but also makes sure we have plenty of "play time" whether its boating or camping or running free out in the country.Our first year of marriage has been absolutely wonderful. Hands down the best year of my life. AND also hands down one of the hardest years. No matter how much you love somebody, being married sometimes is down right difficult. HA! But I wouldn't trade it for the world. I can't wait for the MANY MANY more anniversaries we get to celebrate together.

We decided to go on a small weekend getaway ya know, to celebrate making it a whole year without shooting each other. ha ha (just kidding... kinda ;) We stayed in the neatest hotel in Midway and spent the weekend swimming, relaxing, eating, laughing and shopping. My idea of a perfect getaway.

He just LOVES when I tell him to Stop so i can snap a pic :)

on the ski lift.

Gosh I just love him.

Nate snuck onto the carousal after hours at our hotel.

what the?

we ate lunch at a fancy cafe and I ordered THEE messiest buffalo chicken wings... naturally.

what a beaut.

yummy treats are a must for any anniversary

my first time riding the alpine slide!

some other photos from last week:

Our kids are going to love us. :/

 Last week was our wards girls camp and I got to go up every evening after work. We seriously had so much fun and I loved being able to get to know all the girls' better and see their crazy sides. Girls camp is totally in my element even if it is a little different being a leader rather than a teen. 

this was the group I got to help with the skits. We have quite the variety of girls and they are pretty awesome.

a perfect summer day

Saturday was about the closest thing to perfect in my mind. The day consisted of
+waking up extra early to practice sprints at the park. (Nate even came with me, that's a big deal. aaaand he's still faster.so frustrating.)
+packing up our beach towels, sunscreen (actually we forgot the sunscreen--oops), sandwiches, licorice & water bottles.
+Taking the boat out on the bay before it was even mid-day crowded and the water still glassy.
+Boating 'till our hearts content. ALL.DAY.LONG.
+Letting the sun rays soak deep into our skin.
+Laughing so hard when Jed flew 15 ft into the air off of the death trap tube. (or so they claim)
+Shutting off the boat and laying on tubes in the middle of the bay laughing without a care in the world.
+Finally heading home after we noticed the sun was starting to set
+Eating the yummiest raspberry milkshakes at the cutest drive in
+Watching a plane spray the fields with a perfect orange sunset as the backdrop
+Putting away the boat right as the FULL moon peeked over the mountains. I had to snap a few pics.

Nate and I got home and laid under the swamp cooler for a bit. (that thing has saved our lives this summer) we were both fried to a crisp and didn't want to do anything else at the moment. While we were laying there I turned to Nate all panicked and said "I hardly took any photos to document our fun day!" He said "Maddy, those are the best kind of days. When you're having too much fun that taking photos is the last thing on your mind."
Goll that really hit me. He was absolutely right. He can sure surprise one with his deep thoughts sometimes ;)
So even though I didn't take nearly enough photos to do this day justice, Saturday will still go down as one of my most favorite days of the summer.

^^That tuxedo shirt though^^

I was so fascinated with the crop duster. 

I love him. 

we spent our Friday night in Ogden at Horizon Milling doing semi-truck stuff. Ha good thing we still had a blast.  

a little june

i love summer. I can't say that enough. It has definitely been an adjustment this year working a grown up job in an office instead of being paid to be outside {pantless} all day long instead. But thankfully I'm making some money and when your 22 years old that's kinda high on the list of priories. Here are some highlights of the last week or so in photos! I have been slacking this year on using my camera but that is about to change. ALSO This weekend is the fourth of July-MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR!!!

I'm a little excited.

Nate tried to include me in the photo but he just couldn't swing it ;)

We rode around mantua lake last week right as the sun was setting. perfection.

this is funny. Since I now am a pro boat driver, they all decided to leave me ALONE to drive so they could ride the tubes. pretty sure that is dangerous. 

awkward photo of the week. 

 

PS this is how well my handstand is coming......uhhhhh i hope someday i can look back and laugh at my failed attempts.

We went on the funnest weekend camping trip to Lava. I love that all the boys get along SO good-even though they were practically forced to be friends. ha

We floated the river without any [too] serious injuries! 

delicious square ice cream

the girls had a great idea to rent one of the HUGE tubes. guess who ended up carrying it the whole way? yep, the boys. 

 

sunbathing.

my favorite indian store