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1st Anniversary

Last Sunday, August 21st, we celebrated our first anniversary! Because Sunday was the Sabbath, I guess I lied we celebrated it a day earlier :) I tried to make a dinner reservation to surprise Austin, but no one in Idaho Falls (where the sit-downs are) makes reservations and they said we probably wouldn't get in due to the weekend crowds that occur in I.F. Lame! So when he came home from work we were stuck.... And we decided to do what we love most. Our favorite Chinese Buffet. It sounds nasty but omgsh this is definitely not your average buffet. (It even made the top 100 Asian restaurants in America 2010!) Fine dining! Why not go to our favorite place?

We then rented movies, and we recommend Soul Surfer to anyone who wants a feel-good movie. We have our favorite gas station (Maverick) where we fill pops for entertainment. Our friends are the cashiers, and our favorite lady was there that night. We always talk and told her it was our anniversary, and she said "Oh my Gosh, and you're not pregnant are you? *wink* *wink*" She was totally surprised in a sarcastic way. If you don't know Rexburg, it is a freakin' feat to not have kids within your first year. Everyone pops the babies. Am I saying it's bad? No. I am saying it's definitely not for me and go Rexburg ladies.....really, kid-rearing is wow. A hard, undervalued job. That I am not mature enough for yet. Neither of us has changed a diaper....

I made Austin a card with lovey stuff in it (you guys'll barf) and a promise for a nice winter peacoat ( I dunno how to spell that one, leave me alone!) We're gonna go shopping here for one really soon! I wanted to get him a lawyer briefcase but that's his graduation present. And peacoats are so hard to just guess which will fit best! We'll get pictures up when we get it! Austin ordered me something, and I wasn't allowed to be on his computer for a while cause he had the order saved. It came in a bit later than our anniversary, and he picked it up today. Oh, my, gosh....he got me beautiful gold earrings from Kay's with one of my favorite stones and diamonds. I am too spoiled. We are going on our second year happily! And so not pregnant, Ms. Maverick lady! ;)




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