Honeymoon!!!

Exactly 3 months after we joined our lives together, Richard and I finally got to go on our honeymoon!!  We went to Biras Creek on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.  It was the most awesome place and I highly recommend it.  I can't say enough of great things about it so I'll let some pictures do the talking...

 The view from our boat ride on the way to Biras Creek...look at that rain!!

 They had a life-size chess board on the beach.  Good thing one of my patients taught me how to play right before I left.  I still don't get it though...

 My talented husband did some wind-surfing!

Our snorkeling guy Wayne, aka Aqua Man, caught this lobster for us while we were snorkeling.  It was awesome!

 The view from dinner every night

Richard ate our lobster for dinner and then again in his omlet for breakfast!

My snorkeling husband...night or day.

We took a Boston Whaler out one day and went to lots of fun places for snorkeling and a picnic!

One day we rented a Jeep and drove around Virgin Gorda.  We went to the Baths and some other great snorkeling spots.  My talented husband was able to drive on the left side of the road without any fender-benders!!

Some of the spots in the caves around the Baths got a little tight.

We did some jumping off of rocks.  Richard proved yet again to be part monkey.

We stopped by the old copper mines and had some fun in the rubble.

We went to a beautiful, secluded beach for more snorkeling and reading.

Beautiful views!!

Richard took me for a ride on a sailboat.  We saw some turtles while we were sailing right under us!

On our last day it was a little overcast so we went for a hike up the mountain to see some beautiful views of the resort and Virgin Gorda.

This is our new little friend, the giant iguana.  He eats Hibiscus right out of your hand!

Our last night...so sad to leave!

We had the best trip and it was well worth the wait!!  It was relaxing yet fun and we both feel like we accomplished everything that we wanted to on this trip.  It was our first vacation together other than to visit our families and it was the first time that we got to spend a whole week of just us!  Good thing we didn't kill each other.  Instead I wish I had more time to spend with my sweet husband and I can't wait for our next vacation!!

Wedding Post 3 - The Wedding...Finally!!!

It's about time I got around to posting my fav wedding pics.  The problem is that I have so many favorites that I don't know where to start.  So this might be a long one...here we go!!

My beautiful girls!!

 My handsome brothers!!

Richard and his beautiful mother!

Our two precious flower girls, Rose and Mae

Richard and the kids.  They were so sweet to "help us get married"!

 I loved the back of my dress.  I have always loved the covered buttons down the back so I was so excited that my dress had them!

Our wedding was even better than I could have imagined.  I loved every second of it.  It seemed to go by so fast and I was completely overwhelmed by the entire experience for so many reasons.  It was amazing to have everyone that we love and that has been such supports to us all in one room.  Plus it was so fun to see everything that I had worked on come together to be an expression of who we are, how we love the Lord and how we love each other.  I still relive those moments in my mind and think about how much it meant to me!

The reception was such a fun party!  The dance floor was packed and we had so much fun breaking it down with everybody!  I wish I could have spent more time with everybody there but we can't say enough how much we appreciate everyone that traveled and came to celebrate with us!  We even lucked out with an amazing lightening show and no tornadoes!  

We have felt so blessed through this whole experience and we are so grateful for everything!  These are just a few of my favorite pictures as there are so many more that I love (thanks to our amazing photographer, Kim DeLoach).  Clearly I have a love for black and white pictures...now if we could just pick which ones to frame on our wall!  

Up next...the honeymoon!!