One Year Anniversary

Last week to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary, we took a little trip to the Outer Banks along the beautiful NC coast.  Last year we spent our honeymoon on Hilton Head Island so I guess it's becoming somewhat of a tradition to head to the beach!  Strangely enough, the day of our anniversary (September 10th) is actually the peak of hurricane season (remember, giant weather nerd here)  but fortunately we have been lucky enough to have great weather for both trips.  As well, there was much to celebrate with having survived the first year of marriage and all... ha  ;)

Here are a few photos from our trip:

My favorite picture  ❤

At the end of photo shoots we almost always end with silly pictures!

Sunset from the pier

Jockeys Ridge Sand Dunes

Erik tried (unsuccessfully) to boogie board down the dunes!

I scored this sweet little dress for only $10 at the beach shop next to our hotel.  Apparently everything goes on super clearance at the beach after Labor Day, so needless to say we did a LOT of shopping!

Baywatch style... haha.  Trying out his new boogie board and bathing suit in the cold ocean!

Mimosas on the balcony on the morning of our anniversary

Several weeks before our trip, I had this "great idea" for a photo shoot on the actual day of our anniversary that involved dressing up in our wedding attire and taking a few photos on the beach.  Little did I know the evenings would be much cooler than the days, accompanied by gale force winds.  Ok so I don't exactly know what "gale force winds" even means, but let's just say had it been any worse it would have lifted up my dress and carried me away Mary Poppins style...  Despite the cool weather and blustery conditions, we still managed to have a successful shoot.  Here are a few of my favorites:

The tag was suppose to "dangle" more from our fingers but with the wind and all this was the best we could do!

Yes, in the chilly air and gale force winds (ha) we decided to do the photo I had been looking forward to most of all...  Taking off our clothes and running towards the beach in nothing but our undies!  :D

tiles borrowed from one of our favorite board games...

Along with taking a bunch of photos, we also went to see a band called Perpetual Groove, rode our bikes around Kill Devil Hills, did a lot of shopping, a LOT of eating, lat night hot tubbing, visited the Wright Brothers Memorial, went to the Sand Dunes, and even did a little dancing after our fancy anniversary dinner.  So much fun, we have already discussed which beach we will be heading to next year...

We survived year one, here is to many more to follow...