Honeymoon - Ladera

Ah, this makes me miss St. Lucia. Good ol' Augusta, GA just doesn't compare. : )

Ok, so we left the wedding and went to Atlanta for Saturday evening. We stayed at the Westin at the airport (thanks Alex) and got up early to catch the shuttle Sunday morning. That flight was definitely a honeymoon flight. All the guys were fiddling with their new wedding rings - including Brad!

This is the view that greeted us in our room. We had an open-air room with views of the Piton Mountains. Simply amazing!
Our evening entertainment was watching these lizards eat their dinner.

This is a view from our lunch table.

Brad's margarita.

A panoramic view from lunch.

Piton is the local beer. Yum.

Our own personal plunge pool. We want one in our backyard now. Ha!

A view from our living room out to the Pitons.

Rainy lunch. It was their rainy season but the showers lasted 5-10 minutes max. We were in the rainforest so what do you expect?

Rubber tree that was right out our window.

Upstairs shower. We were upgraded to a villa that was 2 1/2 floors with two bed and bathrooms. This one was completely open. The water pressure was run by gravity from the rainforest though so it wasn't so great!

The ONLY picture of us while on the honeymoon. Silly. This one was taken by our pool boy. Or the guy that restocked our fridge with Pitons. I can't remember.

View with a room.

They gave us waterguns to keep the birds away. Here's Brad doing his best James Bond impression.

This is a door from the main pool and bar/restaurant that led right to our room. Loved it! We had an old skeleton key to use with it.

This little guy came by to visit a few times. Brad finally tortured him enough with his photoshoot that he stayed away.

Our dining area on the 1 1/2 floor.

The conch faucet in the downstairs bathroom. So cool!

Brad and his cigar. He had a few on this trip...

Cheeseburger in paradise.

This guy loves blue drinks. Something about Clark Griswald always drinking them in the 'Vacation' movies. He likes them better if they are on fire but that was a no go...

The upstairs bedroom. Although the view was better downstairs, this net was better and we could get air flowing more upstairs. There was no A/C but it wasn't too bad!

Upstairs bath.

We did venture out to the mineral baths one day. It was warm though so we weren't there long.

Entrance to baths. The spring is actually around the corner so they truck this water in every day. Or, so they say...

Downstairs shower.

Pre-wedding catch-up

Here are a few pictures from the pre-wedding festivities. We had a spa night on the Thursday before the wedding for all the girls. It was so much fun!!

Pretty toes!

This is the view from our lakehouse for the bachelorette. I had a sinus infection so it was very laidback. But, it was exactly what I wanted!

After a marvelous dinner that Megan made for us. Natalie, Megan, Beth, April and me.

Now Natalie is taking the picture so Martha could get in one.

We're back! : (

I promise to get full updates up soon but we are busy getting settled in right now.

The wedding was wonderful and the honeymoon spectacularly relaxing! So good to have our friends and family with us on our special day. For those that couldn't make it - we missed you!!

Welcome back to reality huh??

Update

Ok guys, I know I have been MIA but things are a little crazy! To recap, since my last post, we have both had our last weekends as singles and been doing wedding planning in between.

Brad's weekend was a success in Myrtle Beach - Redneck Riviera 2.0. I was at the pool with the girls to distract myself. : )

Of course, during my bachelorette, I had a sinus infection. Ugh. I didn't want anything wild and crazy anyway so it was nice and relaxing. We went to Lake Oconee so that more people could make the trip. My camera battery died but pictures are coming soon.

Besides that, it has been getting the house ready, packing to move and for the honeymoon and wedding errands. I feel like we could do the wedding this weekend but am glad for one more week. I am so excited and thankful for all the friends and family that will be there to support us and visit with us. It will be a wonderful day and we can't wait!!

Busy weekend

This was a crazy weekend for us! We had a rehearsal dinner and wedding for our friends Steve and Michelle, Brad sodded the yard and I had errands and a birthday lunch. Not to mention a wedding planning session on Sunday!

These pictures are all out of order but here you go...

Slide show at the rehearsal dinner. Steve played football at Harvard and was super beefy! He has trimmed down now though...
The wedding and reception were at Sacred Heart downtown. Loved the stained-glass windows!

A very dark shot of Sacred Heart.

One of the five pallets of sod Brad laid this weekend. It was back-breaking work but it looks marvelous!!!

Steve's Mom (in the blue) and some friends at the rehearsal. His parents rock!

Matt and Mandy. Matt's jacket was Mandy's grandfather's - I love it! He promised to wear it June 5!

Another shot of Matt and Mandy from the rehearsal. He's a mess!

And another...

Stunt double! John Mills and Brad.

With Michele, Jennifer, Amanda, Mel and Blake. Jennifer is John's sister and Amanda is his girlfriend. Stay tuned for the first take...

With Michele, Blake, Mel and Mandy. They look so springy and there I am in black. Ugh.

Here is the first take of the girls picture. The bride's Dad walked right in front of us so Mike decided to try to dance with him. You can't really tell what's going on here but it was funny!

Eric being Eric...

The newly-sodded front yard!! Will get a back yard one up next time - my camera died.

Brad and Matt being silly. They had three different kinds of grits. Yummo!!!

Rehearsal dinner.

John and Amanda

Of course I don't have pictures but, on Saturday, we had a lunch to celebrate Natalie's birthday. We went to Antonio's in North Augusta. Martha and I joined Natalie's friends Ashley, Kelli and Carrie - good times!

The Mark and Mark Show

Ok, these are pretty horrible pictures but they are all I could get. On Thursday of last week, Brad and I went to the Augusta Bulldog Club meeting where Coach Mark Fox (basketball) and Coach Mark Richt (football) talked a little about their seasons past and future. Nothing too exciting was said but I was glad we went anyway.

Coach Richt

Coach Fox