Key West

One Year Anniversary

  I am not sure where this last year went but it has come and gone. Justin and I are officially not newlyweds anymore and hit our first milestone of one year of marriage!  We picked Key West as our destination to celebrate.  It was my first time but Justin has been before (including his stag party last year).  We stayed in a typical Key West style B&B called Azul.  Unfortunately for us we did not get the best weather while we were there, but fortunately for us we both love the rain and didn't mind.  After two cancelled snorkeling trips due to weather we finally got to go.  I think I have more pictures of the two of us under the water than I do coral and fish.. haha.  Oops!  Besides our snorkeling trip we did the usual Key West activities like the Hemingway House, Mallory Square Sunset Celebration, etc.  My favorite part of the trip, however had nothing to do with Key West activities.

 














At our wedding last year we placed letters written to each other in a wine box to be opened on our first anniversary.  Reading the letters was my favorite part of the trip.  We have been through so much since those first letters were written and it was amazing to re-read those thoughts we had just days before we said " I do".  We wrote new letters to be opened next year and this tradition is one that I am loving!  It will be nice to have these years down the road as they collect and we grow together. 

 

  Speaking of traditions, typically we would have eaten the top tier of our wedding cake that we had in the freezer since our wedding day.  With us traveling this past year (and the less than appetizing feelings I get when thinking about that tradition) we did not end up saving our wedding cake.  Instead we had the baker that made our wedding re-create the top tier of our cake to take with us on the trip.  In my opinion we made the right choice here.  Yum! Besides the little piece of cake that we feed each other on our wedding day we never sat down and ate our cake, so it was nice to be able to enjoy a fresh version of it on our trip.

It was a fantastic trip and I am looking forward to what this next year will bring us.

Keep you posted,

<3 L