The Honeymoon!

Well I wanted to come back and update real quick with a few pictures from our "mini honeymoon" that we took right after our wedding. We started our first day as husband and wife by getting up Sunday morning and getting all of our wedding gear back on so we could go take some pictures on the beach (we were unable to take them Saturday because of the thunderstorm that was rolling in). After that we went to visit both our families and say good-bye and headed off to Beaufort, SC for two nights. We enjoyed spending time in downtown Beaufort and stayed in a private cottage at a bed and breakfast that James found. We also spent the day Monday driving around to some of the near by islands and went to Hunting State Park and relaxed on the beach!

Our champagne that was waiting for us in our hotel room! We are going to save it for our year anniversary to eat with frozen wedding cake! Yum!

A picture of our cottage that we stayed in when in Beaufort.

A sailboat that we saw in the water downtown...James wanted to get a good picture for his brother!

The lighthouse at Hunting State Park

James and I on the beach!

A cool picture that James took when we were going on a boardwalk in the marshes...it had just rained so it made for a good photo opportunity!

Tuesday we left Beaufort and drove to Charleston to spend the day there. We definitely both enjoyed our time there and look forward to coming back to spend more time there soon. We went to the marketplace, rainbow row, battery park, and to a local restaurant that was reccomended. As you can see from the pictures James somehow convinced me to wear matching shirts while we were there that say "United We Ride"! Though I was not sold on the idea at first it ended up being kind of fun and we had lots of people ask us about them so that got us some extra attention as well! During our few hours in the city we also got talked into going to one of those time share presentations where yes, we were able to stay strong and turn it down! We did however get six free tickets to use the next time we are there so we thought that was worth it!

Me in Battery Park

James trying to lift a cannon ball...use those muscles babe!

Now we are back in good ole Monroe and have been working hard on getting our house back in order with all of our wonderful new things that we have gotten. We are excited to see everything come together. We are also heading back to the world of BHES and have spent the last two days there getting our classrooms in order and ready for the kids to come back in a week and a half. We have a week long workshop next week so we need to get everything we can together this week to lighten the load after sitting in class for 7 1/2 hours! Hopefully the workshop will be beneficial though and help us to become the best teachers we can be for our new students! I guess that is all from me for now, we will update with more pictures of the wedding (yes Laura i'll put a full length picture of my dress just for you) when we get them back!

Our new sign that hangs on our mailbox at our house...thanks Kelly & Justin!