Last weekend was our 1st anniversary. We got to relax and just enjoy spending time together. It was a great time to reflect and reminisce about the past year and the wedding. We had a great time looking at all of the photos again and remembering how much fun we had with everyone being there to celebrate. Thank you everyone for making it such a wonderful day.

On other news, we’ve started the home buying process and are purchasing a new home which should be complete on January 31st, 2008. It is a really nice town-home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths in a really cute community at the south end of Atascadero (for those of you not on the Central Coast, that is only about 15 minutes north of San Luis Obispo). It has a really big back yard that overlooks a dry creek, and a two car garage. We’re really excited and are looking forward to when we can move in! Photos of the model home (backyard is much smaller than what ours will be).

Joe and I have had much going on since we first shared our nuptials. We adopted a fun cat named Bear (pictures in the gallery), Kristen graduated from college and became a full-time employee at Web Associates, went with Kristen’s family to Disneyland, moved for the first time together to a nicer place closer to downtown SLO (pictures in the gallery), celebrated both of our birthdays, and enjoyed going to numerous parties and showers for our friends (we have friends getting married and others having babies).

Spring seems to be fast-forwarding into summer now, so we will be attending numerous weddings and posting the photos here, so stay tuned!

Friday morning began with a nice breakfast and a bit of relaxation, which was necessary for the afternoon event. We went to the Robinson Fields (which cover over 4,000 acres) and rode on ATVs for 3 1/2 hours. It was a lot of fun, but it was kinda scary for me when I first started, but Joe seemed to have no problem. Once I got the hang of it and we started going faster, it was quite a rush. We stopped halfway through to stop at the river and have some snacks. The way back was really dusty, but we had lots of gear on.

Once we got back to the hotel, we cleaned up and went to Gaylords. It was quite the fine dining experience, and very romantic. Joe had the best Caesar salad of his life, and I had the best Cheesecake (Marscipone cheese with Macadamia nut crust). We also split Filet Mignon and I had the baked Brie. Overall, it was quite a dinner and a great end to a fun day.

~Kristen

P.S. We posted some photos of our trek.

Last Saturday was my Bridal Shower up north. It was hosted by all of my aunts (Joan, Lori, Darlene, and Suzie) and was very nice. There was wonderful food, and everything was color coordinated with the wedding colors (blue and silver).

Everyone there was either family or family friends, and it was so nice to see everyone, especially the people I haven’t seen for a long time. They gave us so many wonderful gifts, most of them were for the kitchen which is so great because I’ve missed getting to cook. Thanks so much for everyone that came, it was really special that you came.

~Kristen

P.S. I’ve posted some photos from the day in the photos section.