CHEERS FOR 1 YEAR!

Um what?! Can it be? We seriously celebrated our 1 year anniversary this weekend?! Eeeekkkk! Yes it is true Murph and I have been married a year, and I could hardly believe it. We decided to take last Friday off and spend our anniversary with 4 days at home, exciting I know! We did accomplish a few things though including: oil changes, painting all of the new trim to be installed, some yard work, a few runs and dinner with our friends Kyle and Sarah.

For our actual anniversary we exchanged some gifts, hit up Cozy Cafe for breakfast, spent some time on our deck, went to church and grabbed dinner at Johnny's with some dessert from the Cheesecake Factory. Pretty great day in my book!

In the last year Murph and I learned so much about each other. Since we didn't live together before we got married there was a bit of a learning curve in those first few months and we had our fair share of squabbles (i.e. banana peels go in the OUTSIDE trash!) but since this past Fall things have been sailing along pretty smooth. I truly think we can state getting on the same page with our money/debt situation as the biggest accomplishment in this first year and I am so glad we have squashed almost all of our debt in a matter of months. I also am thankful for our continued walk together in our faith. We both prayed for a spouse who would be a positive influence in our faith and we are so thankful that has been the case from the start.

So what's in store for year 2? Who knows! We have gotten some estimates for working on the exterior of our home and that is what we plan to save up for over the next 12 months or so. A new roof, gutters, soffit, fascia, siding and maybe some stone veneer are on the agenda. We have about 1/3 of the expenses saved for but will be focusing in on the other 2/3rds this year. After running through the pros/cons of full siding replacement we think that a repair is just a band-aid fix and we plan on staying at least another decade at Hawthorn Drive so we are going to take the plunge and we are so freaking excited to see what our house will look like after it's makeover.

She's beggin' for a makeover!

Cheers to a great first year and thank you to everyone who has supported us on our journey, we couldn't do it alone!