one whole big exciting year.

today

it's been one whole year

since i said "i do."

and since he said "i do, too."

 

one whole year

since my brother, his lovely wife,

and my father-in-law

played "better together" by jack johnson

while we signed the book

and made it official.

 

one whole year

since i started wearing a simple white gold band

that goes perfectly with my

princess-cut

white-gold-set

canadian diamond

(which he picked out).

 

one whole year

since we ran out of the church and around the back

and waited to be let back in

so our friends & family could throw
pink & white streamers at us

(and everyone wondered where we had gone

because the priest forgot to let us back in the locked door!)

 

one whole year

since we took

silly & romantic pictures

in the park

and on the big blue bridge

and by the old burnt-out,

gorgeously grafitti'd buildings...

and by the train that just happened

to pull into the station.

one whole year

since we dined on waiter-served hors d'oeuvres,
champagne and bc wines,

bacon-wrapped salmon & steak,

and homemade carrot wedding cake

(and since we were so overwhelmed,

we completely forgot to have a piece).

 

one whole year

since we danced to old swing tunes,

since i threw my bouquet & he threw the garter,

since we waved goodbye and walked

in our wedding attire

to our hotel on the other side of victoria's inner harbour.

one whole year

since our lives changed forever...

since we became husband & wife.
 

 

something i've been wanting to do for awhile

is to tell you dante's real name.

i decided today would be a good day to do it.

although dante is a fabulous name,

it is not the name of my husband.

dante is actually

paul.

we are paul & meg.

(this is my absolute all-time favorite picture of us)

aren't we cute?