As I write this morning I am sitting at the desk in our newly painted room, with pictures on the walls, a cup of coffee beside me, and the window open letting in cool, crisp air. So many things have been happening in our lives lately, and it's hard to believe that summer is almost gone. Daniel and I have made so many special memories in our first few months of marriage. I always say a picture is worth a thousand words, and while I would love to share every minute of everyday we have spent together this summer I will let the pictures do most of the talking.
One morning we woke up early and took a picnic breakfast to Chewacla State park. We enjoyed the peace and quite that the early morning brought. It was a great time for just me, Daniel, and God to spend together.
We spent time talking and soaking in God's wonderful creation. For some reason I always feel closer to God when I'm outside. When we are outside we are surrounded by nothing but His creation. There is no way that any human being could have come up with such green- green's and blue- blue's. As a side note, I just finished reading Heaven is for Real. It is a wonderful book that brings out the child-like faith in you, and makes you long for the day that you will go to heaven. One of the things that stuck out for me in that book was the way that the little boy described the colors. He knew exactly what color Jesus' eyes were, and remembered it vividly. When asked how he remembered this from such a young age, he said, "I will never forget it. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen." That still gives me chills!
Anyways, I got a little side tracked, but we also took some time to get in touch with our inner child again! They need to build a play ground for adults! I'd be all about it!
My family came down for a weekend and we went to Callaway Gardens. I thought it would be just like any other garden that we've been to, but this place had all kinds of neat things. You can go zip-linning, ride bikes, go to the beach, and play putt-putt! What a great way to spend a Saturday.
We had a picnic while we were there, and we spent a lot of good quality family time laughing and talking over lunch! I just love how laughter is so contagious!
Justin, Lindsey, and I have a picture at this very place from when we were little. We had to take one to update the family album, and add the new member of the family!
And now we're old enough to take a picture of them too!
One thing that I will always remember when we leave Auburn is the beautiful dusk skies. My breath has been taken away by several sunsets and rainbows this summer. This rainbow was actually a double rainbow, and I am confident that we could have found the pot of gold on both ends of the rainbow, since it was so bright! This picture does not do it justice!
Daniel claims God is an Auburn fan because the sunsets are so orange and the sky is so blue here!
We have finally gotten all of our wedding gifts put away. At least the ones that we have been able to have room to store. We still have some boxes stored at my parents house. I love our little home, but it will be so nice to have enough storage for all of our stuff one day.
Due to the tornados back in April, we had to cancel one of our teas. So, we decided that we should just reschedule and make it a family cookout. We had a wonderful time, and are so blessed to have such loving families!
Forth of July weekend we spent out on the lake. Justin, Lindsey, and Dad are kind of pros at skiing, but the rest of us are not.
Daniel and Paul tried to ski for the first time, and Daniel succeeded at underwater skiing!
I am so thankful for the amazing guy, Paul, that my sister is dating! We all have a great time together
I discovered that we could take these pictures with sparklers, and so we spent hours and hours doing this after we got home from the lake.
Mom, Lindsey, Paul, and I had the best time coming up with ideas!
I'm already thinking of ideas for next Forth of July, and maybe even New Year's!
August is a month full of birthday's for Daniel and I. Brad, his Dad, my cousin, and I all have August birthdays. If you want to find us in August we are more than likely at a birthday party every weekend.
I love birthday celebrations!
We had a cook-out for my birthday. Sarah taught us how to hola-hoop...
....Or at least she tried.
Lindsey taught the boys how to play tennis. Then later we all joined in on the fun.
We had to make do with candles that we had, but you can tell that the boys like birthdays as much as I do.
One of my birthday presents gave a little child a much needed present! I love the gifts that keep giving!
It was such a wonderful night spending time with all those I love. That's my favorite part about birthdays. The cake is definitely a plus though.
Out of all the fun that Daniel and I have had this summer, we have also been doing a lot of work. My project has been painting, and Daniel's has been the floor. I will post pictures of the final product soon. There is still a little left to do, but we have made our little home ours. We have put our sweat and hopefully not too much blood into it. We love it, and coming home and spending time together in a place that we have made feel like ours is the best part of being married.
