1 Year Wedding Anniversary

July 21st, 2007

I'm a little late on posting this blog, but whatever. We kind of celebrated our 1 year a few different times. We both worked on July 21st, so we hadn't planned anything special. I surprised Dave that night by cooking dinner for us and having a romantic candle lit night. I had also rented Phantom of the Oper which was the first movie we ever watched together and Walk the Line which was the movie we saw on our first date.

That Saturday I had planned a wine taste test at the local Mills Reef Winery. It was cold and rainy that day, so it wasn't very busy. The people were extremely friendly and informative, which made the experience that much better. We tasted about 15 different wines. I have to say this, I hadn't eaten any breakfast that day and after tasting that much wine, plus being the lightweight that I am, I was quite woozy at the end. We bought two bottles to take back to the states with us and had lunch at their restaurant. From there we drove to the movie theater and saw The Dark Knight. It was completely sold out. Luckily I had gotten our tickets beforehand. Unfortunately we came very close to the actually movie time and ended up sitting in the very front left corner of the theater. It was ok. I still really enjoyed the movie.

Then just yesterday I felt like trying on my wedding dress, just to see if it still fit. I asked my mom where it was and found it upstairs in our attic, shoved into a plastic bag. We hadn't quite gotten around to putting it away nicely, so it was a little wrinkly. I tried it on and amazingly it fit.

We couldn't find the veil. It's hiding somewhere. Probably shoved in a plastic bag in the attic.

Oh the wrinkles.
And of course the purple shoes.

We also got the cake out from the freezer today. It got a little smooshed over the years. It was still yummy though.

3 Countries in -3hours

Our last days in New Zealand were bittersweet. It was sad to leave all our new friends, but it was nice to get back to family and friends back home. We met so many wonderful people that we will never forget. Thank you all for your kindness and love. It was an amazing experience that we will always cherish. And cell group, we absolutely love the scrapbook.

We made one last trip to the Mount before we left. It was a beautiful sunny day.









The next day we drove to the airport in wind and rain. After checking and just barely getting all our luggage successfully through security, we stopped at a few stores to stock up on L&P before the flight. We bought three 20 oz. bottles and shoved them into our already too heavy carry-ons. The flight was only delayed an hour and soon we were on our way home. Our flight took us to Los Angeles where we would have to go through security again and recheck all our luggage and then to Vancouver where we would have to go through more security again. I think our total flying time came to 15 hours. My mom, sister-in-law, Jen, and her 14 month daughter, Samantha, were waiting at the door with a nice big sign that said, "Welcome Home Dave & Tara." Samantha hadd helped Jen paint it. They felt the need to wave it around as much as possible. :) It was a nice welcoming home.