Yesterday, Steve and I celebrated our first year of marriage. Actually we've been celebrating for several days, starting with a trip to see Joe Bonamassa in Cleveland, a wine tour of Ohio wineries in amazing Indian Summer weather, dinner out at a fabulous restaurant, and then yesterday, the actual anniversary.
One year ago today, we were cleaning up from the wedding, sharing centerpieces and decorations and packing to go home. Somehow I didn't get any of our little hanging aisle buckets to save as a memento. Actually, we got some of the buckets back, but none with flowers. My brilliant bridesmaids, on the other hand, saved theirs with the flowers and let them dry - every time I'd see those on Rachel and Alison's desk at Resource, I'd feel sorry we hadn't saved ourselves one.
Well, my mom took care of that yesterday. She and Steve conspired to get the empty buckets into the hands of Fred at Flower Galaxy (Rachel's wedding florist) and he re-built us those gorgeous decorations! Now we will have dried arrangements to cherish forever!
Yesterday, after getting our flowers, we took a picnic and our wine bottles full of haiku messages and we went to The Park of Roses. In honor of our wedding, I wore my brown and orange summer sundress. In honor of summer, I got a touch of sunburn =)
We broke open those wine bottles, revealing 46 heartfelt messages from family and friends. Some were actually in haiku poem format (who knew we had such poets in our midst?) while others were pure poetical prose. Some were, um, cleary written at the end of an evening of open bar. A few were private jokes (who says the Packers suck?!) Others I will certainly put under my pillow as a fertility charm when the time is right!
One thing's for sure, it was a lovely way to spend our anniversary, remembering all our friends and hearing from them again. We have lots of ideas how to display the little poems, maybe in a frame or even in a paper mache chandelier like one we saw in NC a few years ago.
Steve cooked an amazing gourmet meal for us, scallops with champagne grapes and almonds. It was delicious, but nothing was as yummy as the dessert - a gorgeous necklace in the shape of Keuka Lake, with a diamond right where Heron Hill is located!
Happy Anniversary you two love birds! I hope you have a wonderful second year. I can't wait to see the beautiful necklace! Congrats!
Posted by: Rachel | October 14, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Marti and Steve!
Wow! Been a year? Really? Well, just think, it only gets better,( and busier!)
Best of luck and best wishes! Love you both!!- Dad
Posted by: Dad | October 16, 2008 at 07:41 PM