One Year Anniversary Trip : Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands and Arches are very close together so we mixed it up and some days saw both, depending on our schedule and what we felt like seeing/doing.  

After Page, we drove another 4ish house north to Moab.  On the way there, we stopped in the southeastern side of Canyonlands to split up the drive a little.  This park is split into 3 sections that aren't connected.  This section is called Needles.  Our main reason for coming was to see Newspaper Rock.  And then we ended up doing a small hike.

Two days later we went into the northern section called Island in the Sky.  We had a big day hiking the day before and wanted to take is somewhat easy.  So we saw Mesa Arch and did a trail (I think we did Grand View Point Overlook).

Happy one year of being married to this guy! 

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October tenth will forever be my favorite day. 

My beautiful mother helped me get ready and dressed and made sure I (and the day) looked perfect.

My strong father walked me down the aisle, the only one who truly knew just how nervous I was (not to get married, but to have so many people stare at me).

My handsome husband waiting for me, gleaming, and holding back some tears.

My three favorite people in the world on the best day ever.

I was told over and over again how my first year of marriage would be the most difficult.  This comment has always made me mad.  Life has been so difficult this past year, and it has nothing to do with being married to D, or learning how to co-habitat with him – that was the easiest part.  Sure, there is a little ebb and flow that takes place, just like it does with anyone else you live with.  Our first year was difficult because we had to do something that most don’t have to deal with in their first year of marriage or at the age of 27.  And on top of this one big obvious one, life threw a few more handfuls of rocks at us.  But this man.  I am so proud of him.  The man he was and the man he grew into this year.  I am so lucky he picked me to go through life with – the beautiful, the bad, and the ugly.  There is no one else I would want to do this with.  Thank you for being my love.  Happy first Anniversary. 

^^Honeymooning in Maine in October 2015.

^^ Finishing up our fur baby family and adopted May in November 2015.

^^ Celebrating our first Christmas as a married couple in December 2015.

^^ Loving on him on his 27th birthday in January 2016.

^^ Enjoying the small moments in February 2016.

^^ Getting some much needed air in Mary 2016.

^^ Being my rock in April 2016.

^^ Living life with him in May 2016.

^^Adventuring in June 2016.

 ^^ Having a much needed few days away from reality and responsibility in July 2016.

^^ Dreaming of our future in August 2016.

^^ Humoring me through a sunflower field in September 2016.