Back from traveling...permanently!

Our first month of marriage has been great, but it seems as though we're always planning for our next trip! Our lives calmed down for a bit, just to get busy again! Jason is still in school and in accelerated classes which makes his workload pretty intense. I'm working part-time through Nebo District for the ESY (Extended School Year) program. I work with kids who have severe problems who would regress during the summer if they were not in school and getting the constant feedback and direct attention that they need. So all in all, it's been fun, and in ways difficult. Anybody who has worked with children with autism knows what I mean.

Jason and I spent our one month anniversary in Michigan among wonderful friends and "family". We had the most wonderful open house sponsored by the Sheehan's. Everyone did so much for us without us even asking for half of what we received. Here are some pictures that I took of our trip. Gwen, I think we did pretty good!

Here's what my hair looked like for the open house, which happened Saturday evening. I was worried that it wouldn't work out so well because Stephanie wasn't there to see me through each step, but Gwen helped and made it look 10x better than I would have on my own!

On Monday, we had some time during day while Gwen and Zach were at work so we made our way over to the Holland, Michigan Dutch Village, where we tried on wooden shoes, saw how they used to make them, and tried authentic (pretty disgusting) dutch food.

We also got to see how they make ornate candles. It's an amazing and exact process! It takes someone one whole year to train to do these candles.

After the Dutch Village, we went to Lake Michigan for Jason's first time. We walked out on this pier and were looking over the horizon and all of a sudden a massive wave crashed against the side leaving us soaked! This picture was taken after that happened--notice Jason's shorts, do they seem a little wet to you?

Monday evening Jason and I went to the Pandl's house for some in-land surfing and dinner afterwards. The dinner was great! But we didn't fully catch on to the whole surfing thing...(although Jason did get up for a second. Good job babe!)

We had an absolute blast! Thank you to everyone who helped in big and small ways! And thank you to Gwen and Zach for letting us crash at their place every night! We love you and hope to be able to see you again soon!