Celebrating a Year of Wedded Bliss

This past Saturday was our first wedding anniversary. We had a splendid day together, celebrating God's gift of a happy first year of marriage. It started off with Paul surprising Abby with breakfast in bed. The menu was omelets with ham steak, bacon, toast, coffee and milk. Then we went on a walk in the nearby botanical gardens and enjoyed eachother's company. After lunch we went down to Colorado Springs for a few hours to meet up with Abby's friends Joe and Jenny and Jenny's sister Karin. They took us to 7 Falls Park which has a beautiful waterfall and scenic overlook down into Colorado Springs. After this we went home, got some Papa Murphy's take & bake and watched our wedding video. The day fully concluded after some ice cream from Coldstone's. It was a wonderful day. We were sad to see it end, but we praise God for our marriage and hope to continue on in His grace together for many years to come.

At 7 Falls
Joe, Jenny, Karin, Abby & Paul

Beautiful Colorado, Incredible Creator

Look at this beauty and tell me there's no God. For a reference, read Psalm 19.

Rainbow over the chapel
This is the other end of the rainbow overlooking one of the apartment buildings. We never did find the pot of gold.
Sunset from the trail behind the school.
That's just gorgeous.

We had some visitors this past weekend! Iowa visitors! Abby's brother Nick and his wife, Erica, came out to visit us. Though it was a short trip we made the most of it. We went to Red Rocks. We took in a fine Colorado sunset at Clement Park. We also visited Washington Park in Englewood (or as I now pronounce it, En-GLEW-wood), where we had an in-vehicle picnic due to rain. We took the light rail to downtown Denver and walked the 16th Street Mall. We also found a new Mexican restaurant called the Lime. It was quite tasty! We also spent some time exploring Aspen Grove Shopping Center, which included some fine back massages from the chairs at the Sharper Image store. We were very blessed by their visit and were sad to see them leave. But one thing we don't miss is the Iowa humidity they went back to!

Two incredibly cool guys enjoying the sunset over the lake at Clement Park

Photo Op on the lake

The in-car picnic at Washington Park

Waiting for the light rail to come pick us up at the EnGlewood Station

The girls, wishing they were tight with Thomas the Train (they'd be on the OTHER side of the fence if they were that cool!)