Laura and I have been married three months as of today! Seems like an appropriate time to reflect back on our journey so far. Lets see... our wedding was at four O'clock in the afternoon on Saturday June 16th at Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University. The chapel was a particularly special place for us because it is where we met for the first time! Following the reception we headed off to Charlotte where we spent a day before flying to St. Lucia for our honeymoon.
St. Lucia was amazing! We spent five nights at a Sandals resort and did not want to leave when our time was up. The week was full of great memories, some of which included snorkeling, kayaking, ocean tricycling, hiking in a rain forest, and enjoying the swim up bar! We returned to Winston on Saturday June 23rd, the honeymoon was over but we had much of the summer still ahead of us.
I returned to work the next week while Laura spent most of her time doing volunteer work with Hispanic women and coaching tennis. We spent almost every weekend, for the remainder of the summer, out of town...most of them at weddings. We spent the week of July 4th at my grandparents cabin in Brevard, NC. We ran in a 5K through downtown the morning of the 4th, joined some friends on the mountain for a cookout(unfortunately my grandparents were not there), and then returned downtown to partake of the afternoon festivities. The rest of the week provided us with some great hike and relaxation time!
The summer provided so many great memories that would take up more space than I should occupy with this post. We truly enjoyed getting settled into our new apartment in Winston Salem and all of the weekend road trips! We were able to visit my family in Mississippi for my sister's wedding on July 21st. We stayed for five days and really enjoyed the time with my family. The wedding was a ton of fun and it was great to be at a reception where we knew so many people but were not the center of attention...so we had more time to stop and talk with people.
Our summer concluded with a great beach trip. We spent four nights with Laura's family at their old beach house on Emerald Isle. I say "old" not because of its age but because they had once owned it and have many many memories there. The time there was very relaxing and memorable. It was my first trip to a NC beach and I must say, I think I am hooked! This state has beautiful beaches! After our time with her family Laura and I headed to Wilmington, NC,
were we spent a few days. Wilmington is a very cool city and we really enjoyed our time there! The last day of our trip was Laura's Birthday which worked out perfectly. We started the day with a sunrise on the Beach, then after a great breakfast went kayaking, then spent some time on the beach and concluded our time there with a lunch at a nice beachfront restaurant. We stopped to see her family in Raleigh on the way home. They took us to dinner at a great Italian restaurant in Durham. This turned out to be an ideal ending to her birthday, our trip, and our summer!
Wow, this entry is getting long, and still so much has happened since the summer. Laura has started teaching, she is an elementary Spanish teacher...and a very good one! She has really enjoyed it, but it has not been without its challenges. I have started school and we have both gotten into a pretty good work/school routine. In some ways it is hard to believe that three months have passed since the wonderful day...but in so many ways it seems like we have lived much more than three months worth of life since then!
St. Lucia was amazing! We spent five nights at a Sandals resort and did not want to leave when our time was up. The week was full of great memories, some of which included snorkeling, kayaking, ocean tricycling, hiking in a rain forest, and enjoying the swim up bar! We returned to Winston on Saturday June 23rd, the honeymoon was over but we had much of the summer still ahead of us.
I returned to work the next week while Laura spent most of her time doing volunteer work with Hispanic women and coaching tennis. We spent almost every weekend, for the remainder of the summer, out of town...most of them at weddings. We spent the week of July 4th at my grandparents cabin in Brevard, NC. We ran in a 5K through downtown the morning of the 4th, joined some friends on the mountain for a cookout(unfortunately my grandparents were not there), and then returned downtown to partake of the afternoon festivities. The rest of the week provided us with some great hike and relaxation time!
The summer provided so many great memories that would take up more space than I should occupy with this post. We truly enjoyed getting settled into our new apartment in Winston Salem and all of the weekend road trips! We were able to visit my family in Mississippi for my sister's wedding on July 21st. We stayed for five days and really enjoyed the time with my family. The wedding was a ton of fun and it was great to be at a reception where we knew so many people but were not the center of attention...so we had more time to stop and talk with people.
Our summer concluded with a great beach trip. We spent four nights with Laura's family at their old beach house on Emerald Isle. I say "old" not because of its age but because they had once owned it and have many many memories there. The time there was very relaxing and memorable. It was my first trip to a NC beach and I must say, I think I am hooked! This state has beautiful beaches! After our time with her family Laura and I headed to Wilmington, NC,
were we spent a few days. Wilmington is a very cool city and we really enjoyed our time there! The last day of our trip was Laura's Birthday which worked out perfectly. We started the day with a sunrise on the Beach, then after a great breakfast went kayaking, then spent some time on the beach and concluded our time there with a lunch at a nice beachfront restaurant. We stopped to see her family in Raleigh on the way home. They took us to dinner at a great Italian restaurant in Durham. This turned out to be an ideal ending to her birthday, our trip, and our summer!Wow, this entry is getting long, and still so much has happened since the summer. Laura has started teaching, she is an elementary Spanish teacher...and a very good one! She has really enjoyed it, but it has not been without its challenges. I have started school and we have both gotten into a pretty good work/school routine. In some ways it is hard to believe that three months have passed since the wonderful day...but in so many ways it seems like we have lived much more than three months worth of life since then!
