sometimes you can have your cake...

and eat it, too.

love 365

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it was friendship at first sight. we shared an 8am studio class

 (in which the two of us should have never been in at the same time, but life's funny that way).

i told him his head looked like a lollipop and immediately wanted to know him and for him to know me.

he thought i was cute, but shallow, so we took our time.

he has inspired me from day one.

 i was drawn to his talent, his sense of humor, his boldness, his morals...

and those eyes of his that pulled me into a calm i hadn't known.

i wanted him to be my best friend.

i wanted him to be my hero.

i wanted him to be my resting place, my home.

i wanted him to love me.

of course, the timing was off, not once, but twice.

but then, just like that...it wasn't.

7.7.07 we decided we were a "we"

11.12.07 we decided we were in love and going to get married.

10.18.08 we did just that.

365 days of:

learning

one star meals

tremendous growth

trust

pure and utter silliness

pure and honest support

adventures

sharing sight

family

mistakes

apologies

forgiveness

laughter

tears

LOVE

i love my husband.

we do life together.

and, for that, i am blessed.

you're invited.

pity party, officially over.

thank you to those who helped brighten my day

and lighten my load-

it means heaps and heaps,

and i appreciate you to pieces!

anyway, enough about that silly sass...

so,

paul and i will be celebrating our one year sunday.

i want to shout it from the rooftops i love him so.

in preparation for our upcoming festivities, i thought i'd share with you

some visuals from sweetest day, 2008.

consider yourself invited to our wedding (in pictures)

 from one year ago.

i wish you could have been there.

(or maybe you were)

photos by mandi

she's wonderful.

actaully, she's incredible!

look her up.

i will share some thoughts with you on paul and love

and marriage and year one tomorrow when i have time to digest everything.

now, i must go play pit with some of the

 greatest people on the planet.