1st Anniversary

We celebrated our 1st Anniversary on April 26th, the same weekend as graduation! What a fun and crazy weekend! We decided we didn't have the money or the time to do anything to exotic, so we stayed close to home at a b&b in Salt Lake. We loved it! The inn is an old mansion by the state capitol. It's called the Inn on the Hill.


We were exhausted when got there Friday night and we had arranged for a late check-in, but we were later than expected. Oops! The receptionist took us to our room on the 2nd floor. The room was called the Salt Air. It had a gas fireplace, king size bed, a view of the whole valley down state street, a MASSIVE jetted tub, and a cool arch over it that came from the old Hotel Utah. It was so nice to wake up the next morning and have someone bring us breakfast in bed. Luxury! We watched a movie and lounged awhile, until we decided to go shopping at The Gateway.

After a fun shopping trip, we had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant called Flemings. It was so good. We absolutely loved the appetizer rosemary bread and the spreads it came with. One was a sun dried tomato butter with herbs and the other was champagne and bree. The steak was very tender and the sides were very innovative and unique. They said we would get a free treat since it was our anniversary and then the waitress came by with the dessert menu and said to let us know if we wanted the lava cake, because it would take 20 minutes to bake. We chose that of course! Suprisingly, when we got the bill, they charged us for it! Then we realized that the "treat" was a box of truffles that they brought us. They also took a picture of us and framed it.

We headed back to the bed and breakfast, and while Chris was unlocking the door to our room, I noticed music playing. After he unlocked the door, I saw that there were several candles lit in the room and the bathroom, instrumental music was playing and they had a Martinelli's on ice. Almost exactly like our wedding night! It was a sweet surprise. Unfortunately we had to go home the next day, but we would definitely go back. We loved the original lighting, the billiards room and the snack closets on each of the floors that were filled with goodies.

Just a little late...

I have putting this off for so long, that it almost seems ridiculous to blog about it...but here it goes.

The last month was pretty eventful for us. April 23-24th were big days for us. Chris graduated with his masters degree in accounting! Yea! Both our sets of parents came out for the event since my sister and brother-in-law also graduated. Erica graduated in Sociology and Spencer in Spanish.

Thursday night we had a big dinner with everyone at Macaroni Grill. It was super crowded, but we had amazing service. After a request, the brought us glasses of water outside while we waited for our seats. We did get seated about 30 min. after our reservation time, but they were so busy! They had even rented tables and chairs to try and pack people in. We never ran out of the bread and the waiters were very accommodating to our special requests. When we got ready to leave, Chris noticed some dark spots on my new shirt and skirt. Apparently someone had spilled balsamic vinegar on the chair and since it was a dark chair in a dim restauratunt, no one could tell. Thankfully the manager said he would either pay for the dry cleaning bill and/or pay for a new outfit! How nice!

Friday was a good day, but super long. Spencer's graduation was at 8:00 am, Erica's was at 11:00 and Chris's was at 5:00. We spent many long hours sitting on hard seats in the Marriott center. That night Chris and I met up with a lot of his extended family at a restaurant in Salt Lake. It was very fun to be with his aunts, uncles, grandma, and immediate family. After dinner we headed to a bed and breakfast, near the capitol building, called The Inn on the Hill. I'll talk more about that in the next post. I better do it soon, so that I actually do it!