| There are so many reasons to scrapbook your first | | | | together? |
| year of marriage. It's a wonderful way to share with | | | | 4. Did you have any pets? Include a few photos of the |
| new friends how you met, what your interests were, | | | | pets you had/have. |
| where you lived and what you did. | | | | 5. Where did you start off living? Take some photos |
| If you choose to have children, they love to know | | | | of your first home together. Take photos of both the |
| what life was like prior to their entrance into the world. | | | | outside of the house and the inside of the house. |
| It can be a lot of fun to share with your children these | | | | 6. Who were your friends? As we get older and |
| photos of mom and dad right after they got married. | | | | move away, sometimes friendships change. Take |
| Every marriage has times of question. "Did I marry the | | | | photos of those who were your friends during this first |
| right person?" "Can we really make this marriage | | | | year together. |
| work?" and "What did I see in this person?" Having | | | | 7. Do you two have a favorite song? Include the lyrics |
| your first year of marriage scrapbooked often helps | | | | from that song. Do you have a favorite CD? Consider |
| you answer those questions, which over the years | | | | putting the CD cover in the scrapbook. |
| may have lost their answers. | | | | 8. If you have a favorite television show or movie, see |
| Here are several ideas of pages to create for this first | | | | if you can print a page off the internet that shows this |
| year of marriage scrapbook: | | | | move or television show. |
| 1. A few photos of the wedding itself. Include a few | | | | 9. Do you two have a favorite restaurant? Do they |
| photos of the ceremony, a few photos of the | | | | have a take out menu you can have to put into your |
| reception and a few photos of those people who | | | | scrapbook? I actually loved a very small sandwich |
| stood up for you at your wedding; the bridesmaids and | | | | stand. I could eat there 7 days a week. They did not |
| ushers. | | | | have a menu, so we drove there and took a photo of |
| 2. Any trips or vacations you took that first year. What | | | | the outside of the business. The sandwich stand did |
| and where are the places the two of you together | | | | eventually go out of business and I loved that I had the |
| enjoyed traveling to? | | | | photo of the building. |
| 3. Any day trips you took. Did you two enjoy boating | | | | Scrapbooking is telling a story, both through photos and |
| on weekends? Did you enjoy skiing in the winter? Do | | | | also through words. Both of you should journal in the |
| you both play softball/baseball? Did you go to sports | | | | scrapbook. Both of you should help tell the story of this |
| games? How did the two of you spend your time off | | | | first year of life together as a married couple. |