One Year!

I cannot believe Grant and I have been married for over a year now! It's been a great year filled with many many memories. We are truly happy and blessed to be together.

For our anniversary I got Grant a really cool stunt kite. The kite's wing span is 8' 2"!! Grant hasn't gotten a chance to fly it yet, but I am sure he will love it once he gets it out to the beach.

Grant got me a new ring to match my wedding band! I LOVE it!! He got in engraved too -- "Together Forever." It really is beautiful and more than I ever expected.

Not only did Grant get me a new diamond ring, but he planned a special trip to Charleston, SC. Neither of us had been there before and we both fell in love with the city. We stayed at a really cute B&B called the Phoebe Pember House. This was both of our first time staying in a Bed and Breakfast. It was super cute. The door to our room was number 28 -- the same as our wedding date!
While we were in Charleston we ate at amazing restaurants (including Melvin's which is known for having the best cheeseburgers according to Emeril), walked the entire city, rented bicycles (at a rental place at 280 Market Street with a bike lock with 2800 as the combination), went on a carriage ride, went on a ghost tour, toured WWII ships and truly enjoyed spending the weekend together.

Charleston has some of the most beautiful homes and Bed and Breakfasts. One of our favorites is the Wentworth Mansion. This is a 5 diamond B&B where Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe spent their wedding night! Fellow guests at the Phoebe Pember House told us that you can walk into the house and ask to go to the top and get a great view of the entire city. So we rode our bikes over to the mansion and did just that. It was really a great view!

The weekend came and went so quickly. On our last day we woke up early to go to an estate sale that ended up being a poor yard sale...but we were able to go to breakfast at Josephs. It was pretty good. The walls were covered in signed menus from Martha Stewart, Rachel Ray, Vanna White and even Danny from the Real World New Orleans among others. Grant got some fabulous French bread French toast and I got some of the biggest pancakes ever (but they weren't as good as the pancakes at Ivey's in Gainesville).
I cannot wait to celebrate many many more anniversary weekends with Grant. :)