Honeymoon!

As promised, a post about our honeymoon!!  We had so much fun in the Cayman Islands.  God was faithful and even though it wasn't right after the wedding, our vacation really did bless our marriage!  The highlights were the AMAZING snorkeling and kissing the stingrays at Stingray City!! We should have gone scuba diving, but instead we took a submarine ride at night.  We did not see a whole lot of underwater life.  That's not something we'd do again next time we're in Cayman.  Also, we had a beautiful dinner on the water at The Wharf restaurant.  A harpist actually came and played at our table and we got to feet these huuuge fish called Tarpon that were swimming around the water below us.  It was really special!  I took ~700 pictures while we were there, but narrowed it down to the top 13 for the blog! 

Practicing our snorkel skills at the Griffins pool before we left!

 

Ready to leave for the airport at 4:30 AM and on the airplane!! 

Private beach at Plantana, the condos where we stayed! 

Our trip to Stingray City! 

We loved walking on the beach at sunset!  

Our parasailing adventure!! 

The only reason I included this picture on here is to mention this little tidbit I noticed about Dallas: NO ONE WEARS CHACOS!!!  Because of our Chaco wearing in Cayman, we met a nice family from Austin.  If you wear Chacos in Dallas people look at you funny.  This makes me so sad because my signature style (or what I like to think of my style) is Chacos and pearls.  The only person who appreciates my choice of footwear here in Dallas is my friend Ruth.  But she recently went back to College Station to be with my other Chaco-wearing friends.  

A Typical Weekend

We got back from our AMAZING belated honeymoon very late Monday night (another post to come on that soon).  Once we finally found our car at the Park'N'Ride (my mom had left it for us there after a last minute flight change) we got home and crashed, ready for Jimmy to start his first day at his new job Tuesday morning!!  He started working at IQ Apparel & Media- a company that makes promotional items for fast-food restaurants and athletic companies.  Here is the best part: his commute is less than 30 seconds! IQ's office is on the first floor of our apartment building!  So far he is enjoying his new job.  He loves the people he works with, which is a huge answer to prayer!

To celebrate his first week of work, and just because I had gotten the supplies free from Scottish Rite, I surprised Jimmy by turning our apartment into a Hawaiian getaway Friday night.  I made Hawaiian Chicken (yum-o!) and pina coladas, had our house decorated and tropical music playing on pandora.  It was a fun, inexpensive date night!

On Saturday we went to two of our favorite places: Costco and Sams.  Yes, we hit up both wholesale outlets on the same day.  In addition to sitting in some pretty comfy chairs, and one ginormous chair (see photos below), we scored the deal of the century: a Cuisinart ice-cream maker (valued ~$60-70) for $14!!  We made ice cream with the ingredients we had on hand, but any yummy ice-cream recipes you can give me would be appreciated! :)

In other news: we love our church, Watermark.  Tonight we went to a kickoff meeting for Foundation Groups (small groups for young married couples).  We are excited to meet people in the same stage of life who share our love for Christ.  We are praying for the couples with whom God wants us to live life with in this season!!  We won't find out who our group is for 2-3 weeks.

Blessings to you and yours!!  If you are reading our blog, you are in our prayers!

-CG

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