The past 3 months (ish)...

     Yes, I know. I created a blog a long time ago, and then I did nothing for a long time. But, finally I'm catchin' up. I found out my computer has an SD card reader! Best.news.ever! So, I blogged about the wedding...so fun! Nothing too eventful after that. Going to school and being married. That's about it.

     I think I had some pics on my camera that would have been helpful in reminding me what we've been doing. Unfortunately, I took my camera with us when we hiked a waterfall - not next to a waterfall - in a waterfall. Needless to say, it doesn't work anymore. 

     The most eventful thing that happened last semester (not counting our honeymoon and Christmas) was Thanksgiving. After days of deliberation, we decided not to go anywhere. We didn't have any breaks after our wedding, and we thought 3 days of no school would be a relaxing vacation. We did want to have a nice Thanksgiving dinner, which we did,  and now we share some pictures from our little feast.

This is our thanksgiving feast: We had rolls (below - they were huge!)  Mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole,  green bean casserole, and stuffing. Yum!

Our massive rolls. I found the recipe on pinterest - supposedly they're supposed to be  texas roadhouse copycat rolls . In our opinions, they're not as good...

I made little place settings. Kind of lame - but I didn't think to do it until right before dinner. Not enough time to allow the creative juices to flow

Happy Thanksgiving (a couple months late)!

    A highlight from Thanksgiving (other than the fabulous meal): Andrew's sister came to visit! Which was more than a blast! We somehow fit 4 extra people into our little home, but it was well worth it. We loved spending time with them. Although they didn't stay long, we enjoyed playing host. Plus, they have the most adorable little boys ever! Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures to share. But note... if anyone comes to visit in the future (and we beg you, please come visit!!!!) we will take pictures and proudly display them on our blog. Maybe Ashley should come visit again....

HONEYMOON:
    Due to our mid-semester wedding, we didn't have time to go on our honeymoon right after we got married. Instead we waited until the end of the semester and went at the end of finals week. And I loved that we did it after we'd been married for a little bit. For anyone planning a wedding....consider it.
   So, we decided to go on a cruise for our honeymoon. A great idea....right? We didn't have to cook for ourselves or clean up after ourselves. And all the entertainment was provided. It was a blast, even though I experienced a little sea sickness..... Anyway - here are some pictures.

On my way onto the cruise ship

Eating in the dining room. So much food!

Before the formal night. Our room was tiny!

 JAMAICA:
     Our first stop was Jamaica. It was rainy and (kinda) cold day. We found a taxi driver to take us around. We decided to go up to a waterfall - Dunn's River Falls. We docked in Falmouth, so we had a little tour of the town. Again, some pictures:

Having fun in Dunn's River Falls. You actually climb up the rocks - the water was pretty cold!

An old church in Falmouth

Our taxi driver

GRAND CAYMAN:
The second stop on our  cruise was the Cayman Islands. It was GORGEOUS!!!! Blue skies and warm weather. Great way to spend Christmas vacation! In the sun! We just went to the beach and played in the water and rested on the beach. Here are the pictures:

Andrew was so excited!

Can't figure out how to rotate these. Oops!

COZUMEL, MEXICO
The last stop in our cruise was Mexico. It was a beautiful and sunny day! We went to the beach and relaxed in the sand and played in the ocean. We decided it'd be fun to rent a jet ski - I went out with Andrew for a little bit, but he enjoyed it a lot more than I did so I let him do it by himself for a while. Then we got an ATV and went on a little course they had by the beach. It was a blast! We decided to splurge since it was our last excursion and we went to a restaurant. We ordered some coke and fajitas - SO delicious! Andrew was also very excited to practice his Spanish. We were sad to get back on the cruise boat - we loved the sun and the sand...and the Mexican food. Here are the pics:

Yep, that's our cruise boat. And I'm not entirely sure what kind of face I'm making...

Playin' in the beautiful ocean!

ATVing - Andrew thinks he's pretty cool

We had a little tour guide

This is what we ate at the restaurant. It was DELISH, but so much food! (You'd think by then my stomach would be big enough to hold all that, what with the insane amounts of food I was eating on the cruise boat!)

Yep, sunburned and lovin' it!

So - that was our honeymoon. We had a blast (even though I did get a little sea sick). Then it was back to the cold and snow!!
We spent Christmas with lots of family. It was so much fun!! We really had an enjoyable break, nice and relaxing! Now we're back in school, with all the busyness that brings! And that's it...the past three months (or so).