Eleven.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Our annual "pumpkin patch" picture.

Ten.

Thanksgiving with the VanderPloegs!

Nine.

The start of another day of cleaning, unpacking, and errands, oh my!

Eight.

Woodstock, Ontario
We spent the entire day finishing up painting, cleaning, and unpacking. What a mess.

Seven.

We drove 400km on Hwy 2 on our way home (from Cornwall to Port Hope).

Six.

Montreal, Quebec
Hiked up to the top of Mount Royal, managing to avoid the rain, but not the freezing temperatures.

Five.

Montreal, Quebec
We walked around in the dark for an hour before finding somewhere to eat... and we ended up eating Subway.

Four.

Woodstock, Vermont

Went hiking at a sugarbush and the fall colours were spectacular! 

Three.

Woodstock, Vermont
Spent the day touring the town. Obviously there were numerous coffee stops.

Two.

Honeymoon
Driving to Woodstock, Vermont -- one of our many refueling stops.

One.

Wedding Day ♥

Here's to our first year as Mr. & Mrs. Saarloos! 

Zero.

I have always been one to collect keepsakes -- I keep tickets from all the movies I see, I bring home postcards from places I travel to, I have a coffee sleeve from one of my first dates with Jarrad. It's those little things that bring me back to places and memories that brought me joy.

Tomorrow, I am getting married and I know for a fact that this next year, though with its challenges, will be a year that I want to remember. It will be a lot of firsts and a lot of new, but I'm excited despite the anxiety it sometimes brings me.

When trying to think of a way to "keepsake" an entire year, I knew that I wanted it to be something I could share with my friends and family since the geographical distance between us seems to continually be growing. That's when I had the idea to take a picture everyday for the next year and share it on a blog. It will take a lot of motivation, but in the end I believe it will be worth it.

And so there it is. It's kind of like a "new year's eve" kind of goal, but that's what I like to think of today as -- the eve of the rest of my life with my new husband. What a blessing.