Aunt Eveline... this ones for you! :)

I was asked to update my blog, to provide some more pictures perhaps and let those not currently addicted to facebook (like myself!) know what's going on in my world! So here it is!

The Wedding, May 12th, 2007:

The wedding was absolutely wonderful. The weather, though threatening to rain early on in the week, smiled on us the day of. Though slightly chilly for the girls in their bridesmaid dresses, it was the perfect temperature for the tuxedoed groomsmen & groom and there was enough of a breeze to sufficiently cool me down under all those layers of my dress! The ceremony too was perfect - the church looked AMAZING thanks to Mom S!, and the worship sounded fabulous thanks to our AWESOME worship team made up of a variety of fantastic musicians & singers (& friends!) including Matt McKenna (from Garner), Sam Martin, Nathan Martin, Laura Stewart, and Andrea VanPelt. I felt truly blessed! The reception too was lots of fun. It was held at Copetown Community Center and looked nothing like it does every other day thanks to our wonderful decorator! It was amazing looking out into the crowd of friends & family and thinking that all those people came for you!! All in all it was an awesome day though it went WAY too fast for my liking! If it weren't for the pictures themselves I might not believe we actually GOT married! :)


The Honeymoon, May 14th-21st, 2007:

The Honeymoon too was absouletly fabulous. Marty & I travelled to the Bahia Principe Akumal in the Mayan Riviera (Mexico). The resort was GORGEOUS and the food amazing! Despite some (major!) turbulence on the way home, the plane rides there and back were uneventful for the most part. Once there we made sure to take the opportunity to relax a lot, sight see a bit (we went on two snorkelling tours - along the reefs, in cenotes (underground caves), and in a few lagoons (we saw massive sea turtles, a baracuda & a sting-ray!)), and eat TOO much! It was great fun and it was really nice to be together & enjoy the warm (hot!) sun for a week!

The stuff postcards are made of!

The swim up pool bar!

Our feet & the waves...

A la carte dinner

And another... (check out the view!)

Beach bar! It had swings! (I know... I'm such a kid!)

The rest of the story, May 21st - present:

Life has been good! Marty has begun his new job with Maple Reinders Construction (project management), and is learning a lot and enjoying it greatly. I too have been working some (at Christian Horizons) and preparing for my new job come the fall at DCCS (I have been there twice now to observe and gather curriculum/resources). We are settling in to our new home & slowly but surely making each room livable :) (the last room is still in the works!). Marty & I have even begun to landscape by weeding our gardens, planting some annuals (and a few perrenials), and putting together a few hanging baskets and flower pots. Despite some issues with aphids early on (affected a few of our zinnias), the flowers are coming along nicely! We are incredibly blessed to have the place we do and to have such wonderful family & friends to come and visit us regularly!

Well.... that's all for now :). Hopefully it won't take me so long the next time for an update... (pictures of house & garden to come at a later date).