*The Stevens Adventures*: One year down......eternity to go!

Holy cow, so first of all, I can't believe Tanner and I have been married for a year ago today. It is crazy how time flies. This past weekend was the most amazing weekend I could've asked for. Let me just give you a brief background story. So we decided that for our anniversary we wanted to go camping. So I was all stoked, because he's gotten me into loving camping haha. Building up to Friday, we talked about it often, and he hinted that it was going to be super cold, but he would keep me warm. Well upon the wekend, I kept telling him I was going to buy a buddy heater because I knew I would freeze my butt off. He insisted that he would keep me warm, and a heater wouldn't be necessary. but dang, I was SO close to going and buying one....haha good thing I didn't.
So Friday rolls around (oct 5) and we start packing everything into the car. I handed him all the camping stuff, and he went and put it in the car. Well little did I know he put it in the wrong car. He put it in our Honda instead of our Subaru. I had no idea though. So we had everything ready, and we were so excited to go camping!! We stopped at Albertsons because he said he needed to get all the food he was gonna cook, so he ordered me to wait in the car. It took him like 30 minutes to get everything, and I was watching the Albertsons doors like a hawk. He came out with this huge box, and it looked like it was super heavy. I just kinda looked at him, rolled down the window, and said, "Do you need some help?" Well I found out later there were only a few things in there, he was just making it seem like the box was super heavy. haha! So we drive to Idaho Falls, and we were singing to our favorite songs. We stopped at Walmart and got a few things, and went and ate at Jimmy Johns. Then he said that he needed to find this buddy heater store, so we could go pick one out just in case it was freezing. Well he turns onto the street where we stayed the night we got married- Destinations Inn. I looked at him and smiled, and he goes, "What? The store is just around the corner, I'm trying to find a place to park." So I looked away. Then he opens the trunk and starts getting our bags, and says, "How about we go to Venice instead??" I started crying, but he didn't know it. I laughed my head off and kept saying, "babe, are you serious??? You are somethin else." So we walk in to the hotel, and I just was staring at him, and I couldn't stop smiling. We got up to our room, and it was SO COOL!! There was a gondola(bathtub) in the middle of the room, with a projector screen right in front of it. There was a balcony that had stairs leading up to the bed, and there was another balcony thing that had a cute table and chair on it for us to sit. There was also a sauna, and the bed was huge. I just couldn't stop crying- he totally surprised me, and with VENICE!!!! It was so cool. We ended up watching the Ringer, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and another one I forgot the name of!
We both just looked at each other, and stared because this is where we stayed the night of our wedding. (except we were in a different room) We hugged, and reminisced about memories from a year ago. We laughed our guts out. Anyway, such a fun surprise, and it was just so fun to be able to spend the weekend with Tanner, my best friend, forever. We spent the weekend basically 'reliving' what we did a year ago. Tanner kept saying hilarious things that both of us said last year, and it was so funny. The day after we got married, we went to Park City and shopped there all day. So, that's what we did. We went shopping. We didn't buy anything, but we looked at a bunch of stuff. Then after that we went to Taken 2, and both fell asleep! hahaha. Good movie. Let's see, then after that we ate a pretzel for dinner, and just talked and talked, and laughed and laughed. Then, we were off to our cute little apartment!! yeah, little did I know. We got to Rexburg, and he went to Applebees. I asked him where we were going and he said Applebees. Even though we just ate...haha. So he opened the trunk, and started getting our bags. I looked at him and I was like, "BABE!!! really????" A year ago, we went to 2 hotels, one in destinations inn, and then park city. So we got inside, checked in, and before we opened our room, I heard birds. I was thinking, oh boy this is going to be great! hahaha. We were in Congo! Or the Mayan Islands, we don't really know. There were hearts all over the bed, a massage table, a bathtub, and it looked like a jungle. It pretty much rocked. I cried again, he didn't know it, but I was just overwhelmed that he would even THINK of doing this for me. Reliving our memories of a year ago. So sweet. We went to Applebees for dinner, and just laughed reminiscing about more memories, hahaha. We decided that we are such a crazy couple, but that we have so much fun together. I can't imagine it any other way. We watched Clash of the Titans, and Puss N Boots. We fell asleep at like 11, we were bushed! hahaha. We had a delicious breakfast, and then went to our apartment.
I just want Tanner to know that he is so special to me. He has taught me so many life lessons, and he really is the light of my life. This has been the hardest, but best year of my life, and I can't wait to see what our future brings. I am grateful to have such a hardworking husband- one that worked his buns off to be able to afford this weekend for us. He really does mean the world to me, and I hope I can be as good of a wife to him, as he is a husband to me. I am so grateful for him, and I want him to know how much I love him- because it is a lot. Thanks for everything Tantan! I love you so stinkin much.

Love you sugar!!

Love,
Sugar
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