CHANCE HAD A BIRTHDAY!!

[another month late post. oh well!]

My Chanceryan turned 27 last month! Hahah 27!!! That's almost 30! And my favorite thing to hear is Chance say "...... I remember when my dad turned 30.".... Hahaha! We are behind on the whole children thing ;)

Last year I felt like a failure on Chance's birthday. I didn't decorate until he got home, no cake, no presents. Fail.

This year I vowed to redeem myself! As soon as Chance fell asleep the night before [like 10 minutes after we got in bed] I got up to decorate the place so he could wake up to it! I put streamers everywhere and happy birthday sign, and wrapped his gifts [new shoes he desperately needed] and had a card waiting for him on the table. I had to leave for work early that morning, but he took they day off. He deserved it. I took pictures of the decorations but the pictures were like sooo pathetic haha, like, I really don't care what people think, but they are just dumb pictures, so just picture it in your head.

When I got home, we went to Cafe Rio, of course, because you guys, Chance and I can share a salad and both of us are full after it, so it's like $8 for 2 people. That's cheaper than fast food! And we are quite the frugal couple, so cafe rio is our jam when it comes to eating out. Anyways, we went to the Provo location and asked if they did anything for birthdays, because in Orem they gave us free dessert for my birthday, but the just said "we can sing..." and we were like uhhh no. 

Haha I just had to take these little birthday pics of my husband.

BEFORE

AFTER. Haha so content

June 30 has become one of my favorite days because I get to do what I love to do best; celebrate Chance! Happy Birthday to my sweetheart :).

ONE YEAR ONE YEAR ONE YEAR!!!

[a month late... circumstances did not permit us to celebrate our anniversary on our actual anniversary, 6/13, except for going to Chilis for lunch, but the rest of the day I was shooting a wedding.. so here is the celebration. Better late than never!]

Guys, does anyone even do this anymore? Save the top of their wedding cake and eat it on the first anniversary? I'm pretty sure they don't, because at all the weddings I've shot this year, when I instruct the bride and groom what to do for the cake, they always cut the top, and I'm like "uhhh you're not supposed to cut the top because you're supposed to save it for your anniversary!" and they're like "nah we aren't gonna do that." And I'm like, whaaa?! I mean, it's not very appealing, but... tradition!! Haha, to each their own, ya know, but as for me and mine we saved ours!

My mom saved the top of our cake [that you remember, one of my best friends, Emmie, MADE!] WITH the flowers on top, in her freezer for over a year. We finally made it to her house to pick it up. To our surprise, LOOK AT IT! It's in mint condition! Okay, actually the flowers are pretty smashed on the other side, but obvi I would only take pictures of the good side ;) So I made Chance suffer putting on our wedding clothes to celebrate.  I'd also like to note that I fit in my dress BETTER than I did than when I got married! Woohoo! 

Aaaaand guess what. The cake was not GROSS! I mean, it was actually pretty good, but the thought of it being a year old made us not really want to eat more than a bite. But we were surprised!

It's so fun to think on the past year with my Chance. He has made life the greatest adventure and has brought me so much happiness. We don't get to go on a lot of trips, we don't have nice clothes, and we don't go out to eat hardly ever, and although all that stuff would be great and we would totally have it all if we could, it's not necessary for genuine happiness! Some of my favorite memories are just here in our apartment laughing together and making do with what we have. Like our explosions in the kitchen or Lord of The Rings Marathons. I'm so grateful to him for keeping this little place of ours clean all the time and doing most of the "house wife" things. And he appreciates that I'm doing most of the "bread winner" things too ;) He shows me more love than I can even handle sometimes [like he mauls me so much and I'm like 'get off!' hahaha], and he is the most selfless human! He's always looking out for me and what will make me happy most, but also my family, and his family. He's taught me so much and really increased my knowledge just of everything! Life, love, the gospel, politics, haha everything! I love learning from him! He is my very best friend and I feel more in love with him than I ever have! We haven't left the "honeymoon phase" and we never plan to!

Happy Anniversary my sweets! Our best days are ahead of us!

Side note: I don't think I documented this anywhere. The night before we got married, I didn't start packing for our honeymoon until like 11 pm. We were going for a week and I was in no mood to think of all the things I needed to bring. I was so tired and I just wanted to go to sleep! So at like 1 am I finally made it to bed. I thought it would be like Christmas Eve where it's so hard to fall asleep, but I was out so fast! I got up early to curl my hair and go get my makeup done. I had to stop at the store really quick to pick up suspenders for my brothers.. procrastinators to the max over here! Everything was great, and then I went to meet Chance at his Aunt's house. My parents actually got a hotel the night before for convenience to set up all the reception stuff outside at the venue and then get ready without a ton of traveling. They are amazing. So I met Chance, and I got in my dress, I had Chance lace up my dress, and we drove to the temple together. It was fun to go with him, rather than just meeting him there. We walked in the temple together to go where we needed to and then the temple worker lady was like "Oh, we've never had a bride come in her dress already before!"..... GUYS NOBODY GOES TO THE TEMPLE ALREADY IN THEIR DRESS!.... Hahahaha I felt like such a fool! I was just really excited I guess? Haha I just didn't know. Duh, Aubrey... anyways, that just needed to be written down somewhere. You can read/see the rest of our wedding HERE :)