Family Reunion.

Last weekend, my husband, his brother, parents and I drove to Butler, AL for a family reunion. It was so fun to meet new family, see old family, eat some good food and relax on an old farm.We kept thinking it would be a perfect get away for all of our college friends to come and hang!

There were three cabins: a girls, a boys and a main lounging area. The girl's lodge was decked out with AC, 4 bedrooms and a mini kitchen. The boy's lodge didn't have the AC, however it had several bunk beds throughout the cabin. And by several, I mean around 10! They were just so cozy! The main lounging area had a kitchen, living space and a bedroom. The walls were covered in old pictures of the family. It was really neat to hear the family talking about their heritage and laughing over their old memories.

Weekend in Indiana.

This past weekend, Husband and I were able to travel to Indiana for our dear friends Kelsy and Jonathon's wedding! We spent a total of 3.5 days with our family and friends from college! It was a perfect weekend to get away, relax and reunite with some very special people. My heart is so full of love and happiness.

Husband I hadn't seen some of our friends since last October and my family since Christmas. It was a long time coming but the reunion was so sweet! 

Here are a few pictures from the weekend (pictures taken by me, husband and other friends). 

Enjoy!

Husband and I

Summer Flowers

This past weekend, Husband and I had a car wash with his work to support Relay for Life! We set everything up in a Hardee's parking lot, washed about 5 cars and made over $200! I'd say that was a success! When that was all through, we went to a local flower shop and bought new summer flowers for our yard! It was the perfect Saturday, other than getting a little burnt.

Wild Rice Chicken Bake

All day yesterday I was craving wild rice... weird I know... but I decided I would make a wild rice-chicken bake. It was so simple and so yummy! Husband loved it. It was a first time to make this recipe (it was one my mom made when I was younger). I didn't have all the original ingredients so I altered it a little bit. So I get to claim it as my own, right? 

Summer Trips

Summer is fastly approaching and I've quickly learned my summers are much different now, than summer in school. But none the less, I'm still very excited! Since husband and I live in the south, which I love, we're really close to some great cities! So this summer, we're planning a week and a few weekend trips that I'm so stoked about!! 

Here are some of our tentative plans:

Trip #1: (this is definite) Since we weren't able to take a honeymoon (stupid work) we're taking a cruise during our anniversary week!! I've never been on a cruise before so I'm slightly nervous, but the excitement over-passes that fear times a billion. 

We will be boarding a HUGE boat on July 23 (our anni) and come back to our humble abode that following Saturday. During our cruise we will spend 5 days exploring the Western Caribbean. 

(photo by: http://www.carnival.com/)

Find Derek Lueking

An old high school friend of mine, who now lives in the beautiful state of Tennessee, posted a link on her Facebook page several weeks ago. As I went to the page and continued to read of the situation, my heart broke for her and this family. Several weeks have passed since I originally read about Derek Lueking on the "Find Derek Lueking" Facebook page and now I return daily for updates. 

Crawfish Boil

Me, being from the north, had never experienced such an event like I did on Saturday. Our small group, who consists of 3 married couples and 4 singles, got together and boiled 44 pounds of crawfish. Now, I had no desire to eat any of that, but I did enjoy cracking the shells for my husband! Here are a few pictures from our day. Hope you enjoy!