We
honeymooned in Mexico for 7 days, where we relaxed and enjoyed some excursions!
We took a
weekend trip and went to Chattanooga to visit my BIL and to see his new house!
We hosted our first event as a married couple at our apartment. We had a
taco/game night with some of our good friends.
Our best friend,
Kathleen got married, and we celebrated all weekend long. This was also the first time we were in a wedding, and we were matron of honor and best man. We even got to walk down the aisle together (again ;) )
Two weeks later my BIL got married at Fall Creek Falls state park and it was beautiful! Matthew was in the wedding and I helped make pictures.
Matthew officially became a
CPA. I surprised him with a small breakfast one morning before work and then we celebrated with dinner at one of his favorite places, Amerigos.
At the end of October we took a long weekend and went to
Gatlinburg. Matthew had to work at a client in Knoxville that Saturday morning for a few hours so we decided to make a weekend trip out of it. This was our first "vacation" besides our honeymoon and we enjoyed every second of it!
Our cabin was adorable and perfect for the two of us. It was in the perfect location and had incredible views. We even saw a lot of
bears!
We enjoyed a few morning car dates on the way to work when Matthew worked at a client near my office.
We sent out our
first Christmas cards as a married couple, and I was giddy every time we received a Christmas card in the mail!
Time was flying and a couple of weeks later we were celebrating our
first married Christmas and enjoying every second of it.
And just as quickly as it arrived Christmas was gone and we said goodbye to our wedding year. We
celebrated the new year by staying in and falling asleep before the ball dropped lol.
In early January we took a road trip to Johnson City to visit my BIL & SIL before they started classes.
During the end of the year and the first few days of the beginning of the year we were BUSY with the house buying process! We had a house under contract, were having inspections done and Matthew did a ton of research on everything. Here is our first picture in our house. It was the night of our inspection.
The night before we closed on our house we had our final walk through and then left to meet some friends for dinner. We left the walk through and I ended up getting into a
wreck. A young girl hit me and totaled my car. Thankfully we neither of us were hurt!
The very next day we signed a million papers and we were finally homeowners!
We announced it on
here and our social media accounts that same day. Friday, January 15th will always be a special day!
The Saturday after we closed on our house we spent the whole day DEEP cleaning our house. My family came over to help.
The following Monday Matthew left on a business trip for the week. I had spent the afternoons and nights after work packing away. We had a huge (huge for Tennesseans lol) snow storm that Friday and it brought Matthew home from his work trip early. We spent the whole weekend
snowed in binge watching Netflix and packing up our apartment. We ended up getting 8 inches total!
Before we knew it, it was
moving weekend. We spent the whole day Saturday moving things and watching our movers move stuff. Thankfully, unlike the previous weekend, it was a bit warmer and very sunny.
Our second night in our house I got food poisoning and was up all night.
We went to plenty of Pred's games this past season and watched our fair share of the rest of them on TV.
Two weeks later we moved the last box out of our apartment and
turned in the key to 2413. There were tears shed on my end, but we were excited to get settled in our new homes. I wrote and
ode to our apartment and still can't read it without tearing up.
and Matthew made me breakfast in bed on Valentine's Day morning before church :)
We sat down one night and made our a
list of places and restaurants we want to go to and try!
Memorial Day Weekend we took a road trip to Johnson City to see my BIL & SIL again. We got a tour of campus and did our first Escape Room game.
That same weekend we bought the tools and wood to use for our farmhouse table that Matthew is building us! This was also the trip that we used the last of our wedding gift cards!
I went on a girls trip to
Hilton Head and then when I got back we
puppy sat my parents new puppy, Ellie, for a week!
We celebrated our first married
4th of July (bringing us to our last "first married holiday") in Murfreesboro with our families. We cooked out at my parents house and had Matthew's parents hosted a
murder mystery dinner party!
I recapped each month of our marriage in posts that I called, "The Marriage Diaries." You can read all of them
HERE.
Then before we knew it we were celebrating a whole year of marriage where we said our "I do's"
And just like that we have been married for a whole year! I still can't believe it, but I have loved every second of it with my handsome husband. I'm excited to see what all we'll do and where all we'll go in our second year of marriage. Marriage is the sweetest gift and I will forever be thankful to The Lord for it and for Matthew.
