Happy Halloween!!

 

Happy Halloween everyone!! I hope you had a very spooky weekend and you get to trick or treat tonight... or at least eat some delicious candy! John and I picked out some of the biggest pumpkins in the patch and carved them yesterday.

 

That picture of the creepy looking Minni Mouse masked thing is John putting on a bunch of different Halloween costumes that we have and trying to scare me. Seriously, he looked terrifying!

 

 

ta-dah!
Happy Halloween!

happy birthday Mom!

Today is my beautiful mom's birthday!

Happy Birthday Mom, I love you! 

the NC State Fair 2011

So happy Friday! It's taken all day to put this post together but the NC State Fair was awesome this year! It was the last thing John and I did before we moved and it was a ton of fun! Enjoy the pics! (we miss you Raleigh!)

Of course the food at the fair was the BEST part. It's always a tradition to list all the things we want to eat at the fair before we go. Here's the list of things we actually ate (amongst the 5 of us of course, not each haha)

corn on the cob, funnel cake, corn dogs, honey, cookies and cream ice cream, sweet tea, NCSU ice cream, apple sticks, ribbon fries, apple freezies, hushpuppies, pizza... did somebody eat a ham biscuit? Those are usually on my list! oh man... delich!

 After holding the fluffy baby chicks and admiring all of the amazing cakes and baked goods we headed towards the rides. John and I ended up riding the Freak Out and the ferris wheel - so much fun!

 

And we ended up on top of the ferris wheel during the fireworks. The view was awesome!

Did y'all go to the fair in your state this year? What did you eat? What did you ride?

Friday eve ferris wheel

How's your Thursday going? Here's a sneak peek of the NC State Fair 2011. More pics coming tomorrow!

our honeymoon in Grenada: the hat man

 

There were a few people on the beach in Grenada that would try to sell you things that they made. One lady (above) was selling spices, since Grenada is the Spice Isle, that she grew in her yard - cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, curry. She was also selling sarongs and wraps and insisted that I try some on :)

We had heard that there was also a man that made things out of palm leaves and we were told that he would make you a hat right in front of you if you wanted one so when he came walking down the beach, John got so excited and we asked him to make a hat!

 He was really cool and he wove the palm leaves right in front of us while offering us sweet marriage advice :)

 

The finished product is super cool and fits John to a T. He wore it in the airport on the way home and so many people asked us where he got it. He was the talk of the town I believe!

 

Then the man told us that he also makes baskets (with the beautiful woven pattern inside) and little birds. So we got one of those too. And now the basket is sitting on our counter with bananas in it :)

 

Can you believe it only took him 20 minutes to make the hat and even less time to make the basket? I was so impressed! And I just love the curly tail on the bird.  Now we have a little piece of paradise with us at home :)

lost in the corn maze 2

 

So this weekend we went to the Kernel Kob Corn Maze (clever name, right?). We decided to go at dusk since the one we went to last year had lights. But come to find out, Kernel Kob doesn't have lights. He just wants you to make it through the maze with a flashlight ... which we didn't have. To say we were lost in the corn maze (even though they gave us this 'easy to follow' map) is an understatement, haha :) But it was a ton of fun!

 

And there were lots of fun pumpkins there too that we got to see, once we made it to the exit by sneakily following other groups with flashlights. No big deal.

 

ps - do you know what you are going to be for Halloween this year? John and I picked out our costumes this weekend and we are super excited!

a fall weekend

 

It was just a lovely fall weekend complete with waffles, homemade espresso (John's new favorite thing), Mexican food ... of course, and a trip to the corn maze and pumpkin patch!

How was your weekend?

it's Halloween at our place!

Our apartment may still be full of boxes but it's also full of pumpkins and haunts.

Happy Friday everyone! What are you up to this weekend? John and I are going to the corn maze. We went to one last year and it was awesome. Let's just hope that the Georgia corn maze is as awesome as North Carolina's.

our honeymoon in Grenada: exploring the beach

look at those giant leaves!

The beach was so beautiful. One day we walked down the shore a ways and discovered some really cool plants and rocks. The sand was so soft and your feet sunk down really deep into the sand. I have to warn you though ... those black rocks pictured below with the waves crashing on them are covered in black crabs. And they were terrifying. haha

our honeymoon in Grenada: hiking in the rainforest

One afternoon, John and I went hiking in the rainforests of Grenada so we could see Seven Sisters Waterfall. The waterfalls (there were 2 that we could see, but 7 total, hence the name) were beautiful but the tropical flowers and fruits we saw along the way were even cooler! And our tour guide Eddie would just use his hiking stick to point out bananas and birds of paradise and then he would pull guavas and nutmeg out of the trees and hand them to us to eat and smell. It was pretty awesome! Honestly, he reminded me of Rafiki  :)

 

When we first started the hike we asked Eddie if we were going to see any monkeys. He said probably. Of course John and I figured they'd be swinging in a tree or something and Eddie (aka Rafiki) would point them out to us with his stick. Boy were we wrong! The monkey was walking along side the railing on the way out of the rainforest and we walked right up to him and tried to feed him almonds! I put together a little video of him below.

Oh yea, and there were lots of goats too :)

 

our honeymoon in Grenada: the beach at the resort

John and I traveled through Miami, FL to Grenada for our honeymoon. We stayed at a place called La Source and it was absolute paradise! From our balcony we could see the beach right in front of us and the ocean on the other side of the island far off in the distance. There were beautiful palm trees and bright tropical flowers everywhere, and on the beach we relaxed under palm huts and drank passion fruit juice and coconut cocktails. It was bliss.

The food there was amazing ... more details on that coming soon! And while we were in Grenada we took some adventures away from the resort and I can't wait to share pictures with you if you'd like to see... spoiler alert: we saw some awesome animals!

camels

I saw this on facebook last night and I couldn't help but share it on the blog too...

"Look at the camels first and then read the message below.

This is a picture taken from directly above these camels in the desert at sunset. It is considered to be one of the best pictures of the year. When you look closely, you can see that the camels are the little white lines in the picture. The black images you see are just the shadows!"

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How cool is that?

bridal luncheon beauties

The Friday before our wedding, we had a bridal luncheon for all of my beautiful bridesmaids so we could eat together and I could give them their pretty beaded necklaces that they wore in the wedding! It was an absolutely beautiful day so we all ate outside and enjoyed the sunny weather. My Aunt Kim gave my mom, Aunt Charlotte and I a photo of my grandparents on their wedding day and it was really special. And the little cake topper that was on my great Aunt Myrtle's wedding cake was on display.

Rus, being the only man at the party, dress as the waiter and refilled our mimosas. :) It was a lot of fun!

Thank you to all of my beautiful friends and family that helped make our wedding weekend so very special! 

I'm back! + we're married!!

We're married!! Can you believe it? 

Our wedding was amazing! So incredibly fun and sweet, it was perfect!

 A few pictures were taken on my camera so I can share those now but I'll be waiting on Courtney's pictures before I share all of the wedding pics! (You know I just can't wait to see them!)

And Grenada was incredible!! I have so many pictures and videos from our honeymoon adventures that I can't wait to share. It was the most beautiful place I've ever been and John and I had an incredible time!! We swam below a waterfall, saw a monkey in the rain forest, went kayaking, snorkeling, drank lots of passion fruit juice and pina coladas, and relaxed in the sand. It was paradise!

And now we're back in the US ... in Atlanta, GA! Our new city! I can't believe I, or shall I say we officially live here now. We got home last night and John carried me into the apartment and I was greeted with the sweetest welcome home sign and balloons. It was the best welcome home!

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How has everyone been? I have lots of fabulous blogs to read and catch up on :)

Glad to be back to blogging!