I'm no longer a newlywed...

Nick and Jessica may have been newlyweds for 4 seasons but what did that get them? Rich and divorced I guess. Anywho, Eric and I passed the 1 year mark on Monday, woo hoo! After our dear friends' wedding on Saturday we headed north Sunday in the Jeep. The colors were absolutely AMAZING, a great reminder of my love for this season and the reason I was so excited to get married in October!

We made our way to Traverse City via some two-tracks and "seasonal roads" that unless you were looking for them you would never consider a "road." We had a blast and ended up finding some breathtaking trails around the Silver Lake area. Got a good laugh out of passing a Mercades on the two track a few times, and in pulling over to their outstretched arm one time learned they were foreign and out taking pictures! Too Funny. I hope that Benz was rented!!! lol

Traverse City was fabulous. We did some shopping, hit up the casino and enjoyed some Outback Steakhouse the first night. Then Monday, our anniversary we did it up right! Got a room at the beautiful Park Place Hotel downtown, picked up pie at Grand Traverse Pie Company (where our wedding pies were from!) hit up a few wineries, including Ciccone which is owned by Madonna's family and has a BEAUTIFUL BARN!!! For dinner we headed out to the Bowers Harbor Inn, an elegant old inn that specializes in fine dining, local wines, and to our surprise a ghost! We are more than certain that she even made an appearance at our table that night! Playfully swinging the lamp over our table ever so slowly at one point and then blowing out the candle at another. Our server even indicated that she liked the table we were sitting at and it was not uncommon for her to toy with those sitting there. (His calmness in saying so was definately intriguing.)

Now we are home, back to work, and settling in to our usual routine of tv, spinning, and hanging out with our dogs. Life is good!