"Guest" Post

In celebration of our good friends' Brittney and Jeremy's first anniversary (albeit a week late) I want to share a post from her blog with you.

I think they are so cute together. Of course, keep in mind I barely knew anything about Jeremy before I met Brittney (in fact, I'm trying to figure out when I met Brittney), but my husband tells me she's "perfect for him" and they've been friends since grade school. They met us in Sedona this past May and we had such a great time we are sure to travel together again.

Anyhow, I digress... They got married exactly seven weeks before us last summer so it's been fun to take this journey with friends. When I read her post about what she's learned in her first year of marriage I thought you all would appreciate it as well, married or not. And she graciously said I could post it here.

Thoughts on ONE Year of Marriage

Yesterday Jeremy & I celebrated our one year anniversary! It was a perfect day - we went to church, lunch with my family, saw Phantom of the Opera (and LOVED it), cooked our favorite meal for dinner, exchanged presents and of course, ate the top of our wedding cake. FYI - our cake lady made us a new cake, we didn't freeze ours! We decided our anniversary tradition would be to dance to our song, from our first dance as husband and wife, which is "At Last." Of course, Charley wanted to join in on the dance, too, which was pretty funny!

To commemorate one year, I decided to do a "Top 10 Things I've Learned As A Newlywed" list. Enjoy!

1. You can't change him - no matter how hard you try, how faithfully you pray, how exciting you think your pep talks are - there's no changing someone else.

2. Boys are stinky - there's just no way around it!

3. Husbands don't like it when you get the tweezers out and go after their eyebrows!

4. If you really want to make your first year adventurous - get a cocker spaniel! Although Charley is a complete handful and total mess sometimes, we have had a blast with him!

5. Put each other first - don't give him whatever is leftover at the end of the day. He deserves more than that.

6. Trust his decisions - God made him the head of your marriage for a reason! Even though I don't always agree with his choices at first, in the end, I usually can look back and see that he was right!

7. Take lots of pictures - I'm never too shy to ask strangers to take our pictures on vacation - I want to treasure all of our memories right now & I'm excited we have SO many pictures together!

8. Have secrets and inside jokes - it only strengthens the connection that the two of you share!

9. Continue to surprise each other, and date each other. We didn't get a grip on this until a few months into the marriage, but it keeps things exciting when you go on dates and try new things together!

10. Talk to him - he's still a guy and cannot possibly guess what is wrong with you (even though you are his wife)!

I'm working on my own list of lessons learned in our first year of marriage and I hope you'll enjoy it as well. Of course we have six more weeks until our one year celebration. Happy Anniversary Brittney and Jeremy!