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The Lost Sea Caving
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My husband leading and inspiring the youth...so focused...so handsome =)
Caving in the Lost Sea

Hanging with Hailey

Some of my favorite summer memories growing up included going to a youth conference out of state every summer. It was such a fun bonding experience with the youth group and usually involved being able to have some crazy adventure. One summer we went white water rafting, another was hiking and sliding down some sweet waterfalls...always a good time. Funny thing was, this summer I wasn't exactly part of the youth, instead I was in charge. What?!? Me? The girl that hardly looks old enough to be a teenager? The one who was asked "So you just graduated? Where are you going to college?" HA! Not cool. Anyway, it was a good time with the kids. Lots of in late nights with the high school girls, eating pizza and far too much other junk food, talking about boys, and clothes, food...o and pillow fights in our pajamas of course...HAHA not quite (but its fun to keep the boys thinking thats what goes on late at night in the girls dorm) =) On our day off we traveled underground to "The Lost Sea". Its a giant underground lake and lots of caving. Very cool. 

Blueberry Fields Forever...

One of the perks of having your husband as the youth minister is having the opportunity to go on all the silly outings and events for the youth. Last week, as part of a fundraiser, all of the kids went to pick blueberries. Yup, from a real blueberry farm. It was fabulous. "One in the bucket, two in my mouth, two in the bucket, three in my mouth...yummy!" Although I realized that was putting a serious delay on filling my buckets. Lots of fun. There are so many things to do with blueberries...pancakes and muffins and cobbler and pie and smoothies...yum!

Our Honeymoon

My handsome husband and the crashing waves
Romantic Dinner Date

Scrumptious dessert
Relaxing day at the spa

Exploring on the island

Cascading through the waterfalls

Enjoying the sunshine on the beach
Our fabulous room...

So, I have a lot of catching up to do with starting a blog, clearly. However, better late than never, right? For our honeymoon we went to the Dominican Republic and it was amazing. We relaxed on the beach, went cascading through waterfalls, went exploring on our island, enjoyed several romantic dinners and walks along the beach, spent the day at the spa, met some interesting people...couldn't have asked for more. 

The newest addition to the family...

Well it was a not so sunny afternoon as I drove home from one of the most stressful and nerve-racking  moments in my life...the NCLEX exam! Ahhh...for those of you don't know, its terrible and we will just leave it at that. So I got home and my husband wasn't home yet so I kind of just crashed on the couch and decided to read a little National Geographic Adventure to for a good distractor and to try and avoid throwing up. So when my huband got home, he ran over to me and gave me a hug, and a kiss, did the whole "I'm proud of you no matter what, I'm

 sure you were great..." yada yada ya. So then he immediately began the "Do you trust me?" "Will you just go somewhere with me and not ask questions?" (Which you all know is nearly impossible for me the "need every detail queen") But I did my best and just got in the car. Our about 45 minute adventure led us down some interstate, along some scenic highway, down some dirt road, and yes even through some corn fields...so of course running through my mind like crazy are hundreds of questions that I am fighting not to ask, but "Cornfields????" "Really?" "What is going on?" Finally we reached our final destination, some random driveway in the middle of nowhere, really, nowhere. A lady came out and Seth introduced himself, 

like him and this random farm woman have been friends for years. She went inside and the next thing I knew...

In my hands I was holding....

AND HE WILL BE CALLED...DIESEL!!

Just in case you needed a visual of the staple
food in The Low Country.




and....
The Beautiful Azalea Park
in Summerville, SC

The Low Country

Its August, and its now been about 3 months that I have lived in the blessed state of South Carolina, with my wonderful husband. Married life is great. (But I do miss my roommates dearly) They call this place "The Low Country", where you can find no matter where you chose to eat, or what time of day, a scrumptious bowl of shrimp and grits. Whether its time for breakfast or dinner...and if they could get away with it, people would have it for dessert too. Unfortunately Seth and I are not exactly too keen on the idea of grits themselves, let alone with that little creature from the sea. What?!?! Something is just not right about that. Anyway, other than the staple food here, we are liking it quite nice. There is a beautiful park down the road from us which we love. And the town we live in is pretty cute. Every Saturday there is a farmers market just down the street from us as well. Its a neat cultural experience. Anyway, the low country is treating us good so far and who doesn't love all that sweet tea???