Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary!

Soo while writing this blog I realized I have no clue where the cds of our wedding pictures are eeek! So stay tuned for a future post:)

Friday Fill In and Happy 3rd Birthday Jake!

Dont forget to head over to Wife of a Sailor and link up!


1. Which was the best day of your life- Wedding day or Homecoming day? submitted by Pink Champagne, Gatorade & MREs
 (^Hey thats me ).... For me it was Homecoming day.  My wedding was great and I loved every second of it, but I already knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with him long before May 15, 2010 (yes our anniversary is coming up!). When I saw him get off that plane it was such a wave of emotions that I will never forget.

2. Were you a part of the joining the military question or did you sign up for the relationship when your man was already in the military? submitted by Cammo Style Love
No he wanted to join ever since he could walk pretty much ha. But he does discuss reenlistment with me etc. I can't keep him from something he enjoys so much.

3. What is your favorite Disney movie and why? submitted by Raising Roscoe
I have not seen any of the recent ones but I guess my favorite The Little Mermaid.

4. What is your favorite family activity to do on the weekends? submitted by Destination: RN!
Run, travel, or cook things together.

5. Where do you secretly wish you could be stationed with you/your SO’s line of work (realistically speaking, not everyone can be stationed on NAS Fiji)? submitted by Wookie & Co.
He is national guard so we do not get stationed anywhere besides tropical and sunny Pittsburgh, PA lol.

Our pup Jake turns 3 today (or 21 in puppy years)! Here he is through the years:

his first bath

bat ears

his auntie emily drew glasses on him- we called this his "henry sweater" just looks like a henry

i got a brother

life is hard being a pup

Flashback: Charm City Cakes- 1 Year Ago Today!

    The hubs and I are big fans of the "Ace of Cakes" TV show.  Last year while planning our wedding I knew I wanted to do something for him since, lets face it, the pink reception wasn't up his alley ha.  

    One day something made me check out the website and I saw they had our wedding date available.  I was pretty excited so I called and Mary Alice called me back and we set up an appointment to come up with an idea and to get the tasting flavors. 

    This was going to be surprise for Dan so I told him that wasnt going to be home on this date and he wanst allowed to check my credit card to see where I was lol. I asked some of my bridesmaids to join me on the trip since I wasn't too keen on making a 5 hour road trip by myself.  We left after work on March 16th and drank tequila spent some time at MEX in the Power Plant which is big complex with lots of clubs and bars and restaurants.

Erika, Me, Emily, Mandy

    The next morning we spent time time around the harbor and had some delish seafood. Then it was cake time! If you all watch the show we did eat at The Diz which is the restaurant across the street and they actually had pieces of cake they were giving away so that was cool.  All of us were pretty geeked (especially Emily because she has a crush on Duff).  My consultation was with Anna but Lauren actually made the cake. Duff was there and drinking a beer ha. We came up with something to incorporate his two favorite things besides me- running and the Army!

box of nums!

    My ladies and I ended up choosing the banana caramel flavor because it was amazing and Dan loves bananas and then the beurre noisette flavor which tasted like a sweet cake donut :) Two weeks before the wedding Dan made the National Guard Marathon Team so I had them add a banner to the cake for that. The cake was a surprise for Dan and I just announced it for him after the speeches at the reception.

His favorite racing flat and some army goodness

marathon sticker, flag, Combat Infantry Badge

look closely you can even see how they made the shoe look mesh

3rd platoon Vikings and Keystone patch which is also part of his tattoo

Commendation, OIF, Achievement, infantry rifles

Max and Jake

Overall the cake was just beyond words. The detail was incredible, it tasted great and if you ever want to splurge I totally recommend it!

15 Minutes

My hubby is on the Army's homepage today!
Check it out here :)

Also, our wedding is featured in the wedding issue of Pittsburgh Magazine :), for those of you not in my town you can see the story here.

I'll be posting our Houston Marathon update tomorrow :)