Happy Anniversary to us!

Sunday, June 6th, Andrew and I will be celebrating our one year wedding anniversary (7 years that we’ve been together). I can’t believe that it’s already been one year since we got married! This past year has brought its share of ups and downs. They say your first year of marriage is often the “roughest” and it has definitely been one of the hardest years of my life. But not because of Andrew or our marriage…but because this year I experienced not only the best day of my life but two of the most difficult.

Looking back, getting married was one of the easiest and best decisions I've ever made! Our wedding day couldn’t have been more perfect because I got to marry my best friend and all of our favorite people got to celebrate with us! It was a party that we never wanted to end! We spent our first week as a married couple in Belize on our honeymoon and it was amazing! For one whole week, we got no phone calls, text messages or emails and we got to spend every minute of every day together. From the minute we arrived back to LAX our everyday life has been far from that. Between my full time job and wedding coordinating business and Andrew’s job at Dick’s Sporting Goods, it seems that one of us is always working in one way or another. We rarely get to hang out with each other for more than a few hours at a time which has been hard for the both of us. Not to mention, soon after our wedding we added a little girl to our family – a Boston Terrier we named Charlee. She has been such a joy in our lives and has taught us a lot about each other. It has taken a lot of hard work and patience but we both agree it’s been worth every minute!

When we exchanged vows on our wedding day we promised to laugh together and cry together. As cliché as that sounds, I didn’t expect to cry together so soon. Just 2 months after our wedding, my grandpa passed away. I hate replaying that night in my head when I first found out. I have never cried so much and so hard. I couldn’t believe how life could be so good and then in an instant, your world could seem flipped upside down. It was a rough time for my family, especially over the holidays. To make things worse, just 3 months later when things started to get better my boss and close friend Clint passed away. I couldn’t believe it was happening all over again. I know I wasn’t myself for a good part of this past year and I am so grateful to have such a wonderful husband who was there for me through all of it - even when I just needed to sit on the couch and be held while I cried.

Life has been crazy this past year, but when it comes down to it, we both agree on one thing - we love each other more than anything and are so blessed by God to have the life we have. We also agree that we need to try to slow down a bit, even if it means saying no to networking events, meetings, soccer games, or rounds of golf. We want to cherish the time we have with each other as much as possible before the babies come along and its no longer “Conners, party of two”. Thank you to everyone who has been there over the past year to help support us as a couple and as individually as friends.

Baby – I love you to the moon and back and can’t wait to see what the next year brings us. Thank you for making me “Mrs. Conners”. Happy Anniversary!

Forever,
your wifey
xoxo