September 22, 2013...What a perfect date! I asked Ted and Steph a couple months ago if I
could borrow their truck for our one year anniversary, so we could relive our first date! They were all for it!!! I didn't want to tell you, because I wanted it to be a surprise. I had asked you at least a month before our anniversary, if you were ok if I made the plans. You agreed...and you didn't ask anything about it after that. For our 11 month anniversary, you got m e a really cute blue frosted bowl and put chocolate hugs,
kisses and dove chocolates in it, with one single flower on top. It was so cute! Every single 22nd of the month, this entire year, you have done something cute to remind me that you love me. It has been the cutest thing ever, and has made this entire year of dating you just amazing!!! Our anniversary came on a Sunday. I thought that was perfect, because we would have all the time in the world. I came to your ward so that I could attend church with you. I brought the truck with me, so I came
late, just to make sure you didn't see it. I parked in the side lot and behind a tree. I also had a lunch prepared for us (the same things we had from our first date, ham sandwiches (since I couldn't buy Subway sandwiches on a Sunday), chips, oranges, carrots and I brought a few other things as well, along with waters and a few cream sodas for you. Church was great, and it was so wonderful to just be with you on our anniversary. After church, you walked me outside and asked where I
parked. I couldn't hold it in anymore. I told you that I had borrowed Ted's truck and that we were going to relive our first date. You were so cute and got so excited! We went to your house to change our closes and then we took off. We had sooooo much fun! We stopped at every place we remembered taking a picture, and tried to take more pictures in that location. Even though it was the same date as last year, the leaves hadn't changed colors are brightly and quickly as they did last year.
They weren't as vibrant, but they were still beautiful! We were just giggling and talking about all the things we talked about the year before on our date. We talked about the thoughts we had of our first date, and how much we felt connected to one another that date. We stopped at the same spot we did for lunch. There was someone sitting in our spot from the year before, so we just sat somewhat close by (the backside of Rock Canyon). We laid out a blanket and ate our yummy lunch. We
waited until the other people left, then we were alone. We took some pictures and then we looked down, and there was a heart-shaped rock. We were so excited. We walked to a certain location where we had taken a picture before. I told you to stand right in a certain spot. I asked you to move back further. You looked down, there was another heart-shaped rock. We started looking down in that area and found a BUNCH of heart-shaped rocks. It was crazy!!! We collected them within one minute and had a whole slew of them. It was insane. We
knew we couldn't keep all of them, so we chose one to keep, since we hadn't started collecting rocks on our first date...we had to have one from our special spot. You suggested we bury them somewhere so we could find them the next time we came back. We picked up a bigger rock and there was a hole under the rock. We put all the smaller rocks under that rock and then you took another rock and drew an arrow on a big rock in the direction of our "hidden" heart-shaped rocks, so we could find them next year when we come back for our anniversary! It was so much fun!!! We just were like little giddy kids, so happy to be together. We both can't believe it's been a year since we started dating! It seems unreal, but so wonderful!
Anyway, we kept driving. We saw these red splotches all over the mountains. When we got closer, we realized they were berries. We thought they were leaves on trees, but they were gorgeous. It was just fun to discover nature over and over with you. We also stopped at the location where a couple was sitting in a hammock. They looked so cute. They had the best overlook of the mountainous valley. He had strung the hammock across two trees, and I'm not sure how they actually got in the hammock, because they were kind of up high and kind of on a cliff, sort of. Anyway...we had stopped at that location and they asked us if we would take a picture of them. They had just gotten engaged right there. It was so cute! What fun memories
we had that first date. And to imagine that we would be coming back and one day be engaged ourselves. So crazy!!! We also found a location on our first date where we had pulled over and threw rocks at a targeted tree we had picked out. Well, we happened to find that exact spot, so we got out and threw rocks at that same tree. It was so much fun to relive EVERYTHING from that first date. The only thing different this time is that we kissed! We rounded one hill and stopped, close to Tibble Fork Canyon area. We could see Springville. It was beautiful. We got out and went on a small adventure hike. We saw these terraces and wondered what they were for. We just got out and followed one around the mountain. They were quite interesting and we still don't know what they were for. One day we might figure it out. Anyway, we found a lot of heart-shaped rocks on that adventure hike as well. We got back in the truck and went around the bend and the weather was starting to change. It was getting quite cloudy. You could see that it could be raining. Well...pretty soon...the rain came. It wasn't hitting us, but you could see it in the distance hitting the valley. You could see it on Utah Lake and coming into Springville. It was absolutely gorgeous! We took some pictures, but they just don't capture the beauty of what we really saw! The whole day was just reliving a
magical memory for us! We think it would be so much fun to do that date every year on September 22nd, or the weekend close to it...because it is a LONG drive. It took us about 7 hours again this time as well. we just enjoyed being together and taking our precious time, and we did. We would love to be able to do this drive on a motorcycle or four wheelers. That would just be awesome! We will do that someday, and we will have our own truck to drive it as well! Happy Anniversary Babe! I love you!!!
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