A Glimpse of Our First Year

Hello there, internet. So much great news: This is my two hundredth post!! 200! Yowzer, am I right?

As I am out of town, traveling to a dear friend's wedding is St Louis, MO, I decided that I would write something commemorating my own marriage.

So with that in mind and thanks to a pin I found a while ago, I give you this:

A Glimpse At Our First Year

Where We Went:

·         St Louis, Missouri for our Wedding

·         On our first Disney Cruise for our Honeymoon to Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan, Alaska and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

·         Comic Con 2013 in San Diego

·         Florianopolis, Joinville, and Curitiba, Brazil

·         PAX East 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts

·         San Francisco with Catharine’s twin, Richard

·         Attended Dapper Days at the Disneyland Resort

·         Oceanside to see Catharine’s older brother, Drew and his family who were in town from Japan.

Restaurants We Enjoyed:

·         Tam O’Shanter

·         Story Tavern

·         Gordon Biersch

·         Tin Horn Flats

·         Tortilla Joe’s

·         Carnation Café

·         Jolly Holiday

Shows We Watched:

·         Doctor Who

·         Agents of Shield

·         Arrow

·         Sherlock

·         Buffy the Vampire Slayer

·         Downton Abbey

·         Psych

·         How I Met Your Mother

·         Sourcefed on YouTube

Things

·         Went as Bert and Mary Poppins for Halloween

·         Were in Michael and Alicia Witman’s Wedding

·         Saw Phish perform at the Hollywood Bowl as well at John Williams hosted by Julie Andrews

·         Enjoyed many game nights and group dinners with friends

·         Fell more and more in lurv

·         Did a Mario group Cosplay for Wondercon 2014

 Meals At Home:

·         52 Different Breakfasts (One-a-week)

·         Pork Stew

·         Goat Cheese Butternut Squash Penne

·         Jones Special

·         Balsamic Onion and Asiago Mushrooms

·         Chicken Pad Thai

·         Guinness Beef Stew

·         Brie, Onion, and Apple Tarts

·         Cottage Pie

·         Bacon Wrapped Crackers

·         Maple Bacon Cookie Dough Truffles

·         Chicken Curry Casserole

Cookies Had:

·         Sumbitches (Choco-PB-Caramel)

·         Chocolate Peanut Butter Meringues

·         Spritz – Wreath and Trees

·         Chocolate Revels

·         Chocolate Crinkles

·         Chocolate Roll Outs

Movies We Watched:

·         Cars

·         The Day of the Doctor (in 3D)

·         Frozen

·         Hunger Games – Catching Fire

·         Iron Man 3

·         Philomena

·         Saving Mr. Banks

·         Muppets: Most Wanted

·         Rescuers Down Under

Firsts:

·         Had Christmas together and not at home

·         Had both sets of parents stay with us on separate occasions

·         Saw: Missions San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel Arcángel, San Buenaventura, and San Rafael Arcángel

·         Started a blog: Catharine writes and cooks while Husband is taste tester