Living in Paradise: ~ A year Later~

I cannot believe that Brant and I have already seen one year of marriage! Its unbelieveable to me! A year ago today, we were packed up and heading to Gatlinburg for a week of relaxa-ing and honeymooning! :) This year of marriage has taught us SO much

how to face a crisis and learn how each other deals with the wake of it
Brant learned how to do Laundry the RIGHT way
communication seemed harder at first even tho we were living together ..we learned neither one of us has ESP.
We learned how to care for a house/stay on budget
We grew in our relationship.. Everyone should read "Devotions after I say I do"
Lauren learned new receipes
We grew in love... its an everyday thing :)
We learned how to make a baby.. haha. and now we have Avery Dillon
We learned how to be parents... the lesson isn't over yet :)

Those are just a glimpse of the lessons we have learned... and we can't wait for other lessons that are in our future. Some days/weeks were hard, some easy. But through it all, marriage is great for us!

To celebrate, we dropped Avery off at Nana and Grandpop's and we headed to a great Resturant called Tomatoes! Yummy homemade Italian food and wine! Then Brant surprised me with a trail of rose petals around the house, long steamed pink roses, and white chocolate. We ate our wedding cake and ended the night with Avery, thankful for a great year and hopeful for what is to come.

Here are some pictures of the year. Pictures of this past week ill upload later!

Our perfect wedding day