We are never going to stop Honeymoonin!

I am going to write a little backwards because we will not get our wedding pictures for a couple weeks. Our wedding day was absolutely perfect...I just never thought one day could be so much fun. The best part is that at the end of the day I left with my soul mate that I could not call my husband. We headed to the W hotel in Atlanta where we were greeted with lovely rose petals all over the place and a chilled bottle of champagne. I immediately felt nauseous and had a mini breakdown. My sweet husband was so patient and fed me wedding cake and left overs from the wedding. We had the best wedding night ever! Then at 4:30am our alarm went off to head to the airport. We went to sleep at 2:30 so we were pretty much walking zombies. We got to the Atlanta airport and got upgraded to first class. Everything was going so wonderful. We got to Sandals Grande Ochos Rios and taken to our room. The room was beautiful but it lacked the big bathtub I had pictured in my head. We let Sandals know that and they were more than willing to accommodate us. We were given the Romeo and Juliet Suite. I was stunned. I found myself just thanking God because he was already providing so greatly in our marriage; not just with stuff but with good quality time together and great conversations. The week went great. We asked for carrot cake one day and our butler had one made for us! We hiked Dunns River Falls one day. It was so challenging but so fun. Well, the week came to a sad end but we were ready to get back to our new house together and start our lives. We couldn't get home though without God throwing a few marriage tests at us. When we arrived at the Jamaica we were surprised that our seats were given up without our permission to a family. We were so upset because Delta did not even ask us. After much talking they finally put us back together. Oh well this was just the start of the day. We proceeded into customs with our carry-on bags in hand. We were told we needed to take our rum we were bringing back for our dads through customs. We made it to customs with 50 minutes to spare. We were told by this very rude man that we could not take the rum through customs. We did not have time to go back so we decided to just leave the rum behind. We were both bummed because we knew ours dads really wanted some rum. Out of frustration we starting to bicker in line. Since Scott and I have loud voices it seemed as though we were yelling at each other. At this point everyone was starring at us. Finally as we made it through security Scott spotted a store that sold rum. Come to find out it was a 1/3 of the price we bargained for in town. We bought three more bottles, got it packaged and headed onto our airplane. The flight was the only thing real good thing about our day. We reached Atlanta and proceeded through customs once again. We were greeted by yet another rude lady. We got to our bags picked them up and then checked them again to pick them up on the other side of the airport. Only one more step to go and we would be home free. We waited in the security line for 1 hour and we finally were about to make it through when a lovely rude TSA employee said, "Sir, that alcohol can't make it through security." So Scott was so frustrated he walked back to the check baggage and checked the rum in our carry on. We made it to the final baggage claim and got our bags. We waited another 30 minutes for the rum bag. As it scooted its way down the claim I picked it up to find the smell of rum. One of the bottles had broken in the bag all over our soveniours and birth certificates. AHHHHHH was all we could say and THE RUM WASN'T EVEN FOR US! Moral of the story don't bring home rum from jamaica for your dads on your honeymoon.

10 more days!!

Sorry I have not written in a while. School has picked up and I have been so busy. I am almost done though! Friday is my last day and it is my last final. I could not be happier!

Well, we are only 10 days away. I can not believe it. I am beyond excited and just can not wait to marry my best friend. I have a few things left to do but almost everything is done. It is such a good feeling to not have to do too many last minute things.

I mainly just wanted to share something with you from Scott's really good family friend. She shared this on facebook and it brought me to tears. I have been trying to figure out exactly how to be a great wife. I know I won't always meet all of Scott's needs or expectations but I know if we are always fighting for eachother and not against eachother we will have a healthy marriage. And of course most importantly as long as God is in the center he will carry us through any struggle we come across.

I hope you enjoy this. The lady who wrote it had a huge impact on Scott's life. She is a wonderful lady who has a huge heart for God. She titled it The Secrets to staying married: The happy part is earned not granted:

1. Never ever lose sight of God. The minute one of the two of you stop chasing Him is the moment you open the door to trouble to join your marriage. The first one to disconnect from their quiet time with God is the one who will lose their sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and start bringing chaos and confusion into the marriage. Please take note: selfishness, worry, anger, lust, always seem like a good idea when the Spirit of God is not there to remind us of the torment of those lies.

2. The filter –Every decision you make in a marriage will not affect only you. The truth is that every harsh word or selfish deed will stay upon your children’s children in some way. Knowing that ahead of time helps to secure the filter over the mouth and mind. Know this know - if you aren’t mature enough to hold your tongue, then you’re not mature enough to marry no matter how old you are.

3. The Power of Choice- The power of choice is always within your grasp. You choose to forgive. You choose to be happy. You choose to give positive feedback. You choose to go the other mile. You choose to be gracious. You choose to love. You choose to remember and rehearse why you fell in love with them in the first place.

4.The power of Love-Love is not just a feeling. Love never gives up.Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.Love doesn’t strut,Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others,Isn’t always “me first,”Doesn’t fly off the handle,Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,Doesn’t revel when others grovel,Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always,Always looks for the best,Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end

5. The power of Integrity- Integrity is not just for when things are going well. We seem to have no problem with this value until our partner stops showing it and then that seems to be our get out of jail free card for losing our own. That would not be the definition of integrity.
integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness : he is known to be a man of integrity.


6. The power of your vows - To state this bluntly I stood before God and promised till death do us part, not till I am tired of his stupidity or he is tired of mine. Stupid/selfishness tries to butt into every marriage and it takes the one who remembers their vows the most in those moments to fight for the love that is possible, the future that God dreams of, and the legacy we leave behind, even the reputation of God.

7. The power of His promises.- God is faithful to redeem every relationship that turns to him for support. There are times I didn’t believe in my spouse but I was believing in the power of God for my spouse. Happy is never really reached before hardship, anything before that just the fun and infatuation stage. Marriage is won when we choose to die to our rights and believe God for our spouse. Happy is born on the other side of disillusionment and sometimes betrayal.

God is faithful.

8. Now the fun stuff.- Kiss often, Talk all the time, Have great sex as often as possible. Be creative when you can. Never stop touching each other. Never stop appreciating. Eat great meals together. Share high up and high down. Share everything. Keep no secrets.Think of each other through out the day. Do that thing (what ever that special thing he or she loves) often. My man brings me coffee in bed anytime I am in there longer than he is. : ) My thing.Pray often and together. This is a huge bonding practice.Play well together.Have fun and never ever stop laughing. Always remember how they like to receive love (love language) and speak to them in their love language often.