For us, the summer of 2011 brought the deepest love we've ever felt for each other, beautiful memories we surely won't forget, and the start of our lives together as husband and wife. It was our summer as newlyweds. Looking back 4 months ago, we were knee deep - scratch that - neck deep in wedding jargon. We were excited beyond belief for what was to come. We had the summer ahead of us, which included our wedding, our honeymoon, and quality time with family and friends. While we started our lives together 9 1/2 years ago, we knew this summer was the start of our lives together as a family - to include memories and traditions that we'll continue to do/make our whole lives through. This past summer for us was unforgettable.
Finally, the summer recap as I promised:
There was that whole wedding thing. And honeymoon thing. You know, no big deal - only the most AMAZING things we have gone through together yet :)
Then that post-honeymoon thing...where we soaked up the sun, fun, and had bonding time with family and friends in South Florida. Newlyweds.. :)
There was a trip to Tallahassee to reminisce on all the beer-drinking, cheap-eating, late-night-partying, awesomely stupid days we had together + the football games, classes, and residences we shared together. There was time spent with our favorite friends there, along with their precious baby girl - a smart little reader :)
Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?
We eventually made our way back to Georgia, where it was time to relax and enjoy while having NO wedding planning to consume our time, minds, or destroy our house with endless projects! (Well, they ended, and now I miss them! But I think I'll manage...)
There were game nights, beer nights, friend/family nights, even a trip to the Varsity thrown in between...
...days of 'Just Dance'-ing and delicious home-made frozen drinks (we had to test out all the new wedding gifts) ...
dog days...
painting days...
and trips to the Chattahoochee river (only a 10 minute drive away)...
a trip to Pensacola for Jason & Chiaki's wedding..(more newlyweds!)
a crab boil with friends..
random dinners with friends...
our very own made-up pretzel and beer tour of Atlanta...
town center days...
(apparently, they play frisbee with their feet...?)
more trips to the river...
we watched teens jump off the bridge and realized how old we are because we thought they were kinda stupid..
there were bbq days...
suwanee beer fest...
camping trip in NC...
brunch days...
concert nights...
....and so much more!
There were numerous moments we'd love to have captured, but were too spontaneous for a camera...and moments like that are wonderful. I was thankful to spend so much time with our family and friends.. and our time together with just each other was something we'll always remember.
It was the summer we were married - our summer as newlyweds <3