I realize this is pretty belated as our anniversary was over a month ago now but better late than never! We celebrated our one year by going to the Bombay House in Provo for dinner and then to the Covey Center where we saw the play "Joyful Noise." Both places were fantastic and it was a fun and relaxing evening together celebrating our wonderful first year.

I still can't believe we were missing out on Bombay House before this- our lives were so incomplete, haha. The naan was amazing, the grilled vegetables were delectable and the meat was succulent. Have I sold you yet on giving it a try when you're next in Provo?

Originally we wanted to see another play and then it was full and so we picked "Joyful Noise." Full disclosure- neither one of us had any idea at all what the premise was before it started.

This was right before David's end of the year beard met it's fate at the hands of the razor. Glad we have more documentation of it though.

It turned out the play told the story of the making of Handel's Messiah. I loved the message of the play and the great spirit of it. Plus I loved that the theme was not totally centered around Christmas. I kind of thought we were doomed to holiday anniversary celebrations forever (I did try to convince David to go to the nutcracker but he wouldn't break. I do have to admit it is pretty girly).

I still can't believe it's been over 12 months now since we promised each other forever. This year has been so wonderful and without getting too mushy- it was the best decision I've ever made. We're already enjoying the fun ride year two is going to be.

Since today we are celebrating our one year anniversary (I can't believe it!!) I thought it would be a great day to share our digital Christmas card for this year. We are so grateful for all of our blessings this year and most of all each other and our families.

Though this was a rare year where Thanksgiving and Hanukkah collided, we spent the day occupied as usual: with family, food, and fun. We spent this Thanksgiving with the Smith family again in Farmington. 

Here's Mike and Allison, Christi, and us. Check out David's beard. He wasn't planning on regrowing it this year but as he explains it started by accident. He missed shaving on a Friday, never shaves on Saturday, and it was too long to shave without it being irritating to his face on Sunday.  So suddenly he was growing a beard again- ha! We'll see how long it lasts. He says until Christmas.

We brought the mashed potatoes this year and we're so grateful for everyone else's delicious contributions. Grandma and Grandpa rocked the oven roasted veggies and David and I drooled over the candied yams again. I just bought yams on sale and am looking forward to recreating them soon. David didn't even have dessert last year because the yams were so good (and sugary!) 

We decided we have an extra lot to be grateful for this year. The least of which is not each other- we can't believe that this time last year we were engaged and I was going through the temple. It seems like this year has flown by!

David was in pie heaven :) 

I snapped a cute picture of Grandma here.

David and I spent the rest of the day hanging out with family and watching movies. We're glad we decided not travel this year so we could spend more time working on the house, which is coming along nicely. We think we are still on track to be finished sometime in January. We're so grateful for the fun times we had talking to and seeing family.