Weekend celebrations

This weekend was happy.

Not just normal "it's the weekend!" kind of happy, but "not a care in the world, Monday seems a world away" kind of happy. 

We were celebrating our first year married. (1 down, 110 to go.)

Friday, we "camped" out in my in-laws' backyard. I use the quotations, because we had access to indoor plumbing, so we weren't quite roughing it. It was so fun to cook dinner and s'mores over the fire. Chat over Fall ales, and drift to sleep listening to crickets and ducks on the pond. 

Saturday, we woke up early, packed up. (Being able to fit the tent neatly back into the packaging it came in is being noted as a major success in my life.) Then, we headed to the orchard. F said it was too early in the season because the leaves hadn't even changed, so we agreed we'd go again in a few weeks. 

We took a hayride through the orchard and found out there were raspberries and strawberries for the picking. We had so much fun tasting, and talking - and took a small bunch to-go.

We also treated ourselves to a gallon of cider. 

A staple of Fall and a favorite of ours - hot, spiked, with a cinnamon stick ... heart be still. 

We've been talking about opening a credit card for awhile and haven't gotten around to it, so thought we'd use our time before dinner to handle one adulty task. Mission accomplished.

The bakery we chose for our wedding offers a complimentary fresh 4" cake for your one year anniversary. Though a traditionalist, we opted for this since fresh cake sounded oh so appealing and I'd been dreaming about it for, oh, 365 days. The bakery called to remind us that they closed at 5, just as the bank meeting was wrapping up. 

Off we were to the land of all things delicious. 

We hurried home to have time to fancy ourselves before dinner. 

Dinner. Guys. I don't have words for how unbelievable it was. Scrumptious. Simple. Elegant. Innovative. Perfection. I felt very grown up and blessed to be there (and kept staring all googly eyed at Francis). Just loved it and the perfect way to celebrate our 365 days toward forever. 

Tell me - what was your weekend like? Any fun adventures or perfectly restful days?

images: hilaryclair