Fields Visit

After Ryan & Emily were married last year (see post here), Ryan & Curtis planned for the four of us to meet up in Savannah.  We couldn't wait for them to arrive, especially Curtis!  Although the three of us (Curtis, Ryan & I) have spent lots of time together, we hadn't had the opportunity to spend time with his new bride, Emily.  

One of the new traditions of spending time together includes playing Rock Band 1 & 2.  Here's some action shots:

Oh, the drama!

Lion-O just took it all in.

The next day, we went to Tybee Island to introduce the Fields to our beach.

The weather was amazing and so was the conversation.  Imagine - two young pastors and their wives discussing world issues at the beach. ;)

The water was really refreshing!

I really enjoyed getting to know Emily.  In the little bit of time that I spent with her, I could see her caring heart for others and her love for Ryan. :)  I look forward to continually getting to know her throughout our lives!

Of course, these two best buds were on Cloud Nine together!  

We also played mini golf, introduced them to Just Dance 3 and showed them all over downtown Savannah. 

Hanging out with Johnny Mercer

What a fun and memorable weekend; we can't wait to do it again!

A Beautiful Beach Wedding

We had the privilege to go to a beautiful wedding located on Tybee Island, which is about 15 minutes away from our house.  Harry and Candace Brodmann were determined to have a beach wedding, but they had a lot of things to overcome to get to this point!  One of the biggest challenges was the annual Beach Bum Parade (a huge water fight of water balloons, water guns, etc.).  The wedding party was concerned about this parade because it makes it very difficult to get onto the island and they were afraid all the wedding guests would get soaked.  This parade was beginning at the exact same time as the wedding ceremony and they were located only a few yards away from each other.  Instead, the weather became the largest challenge as the sky opened up and rain poured down for about an hour and a half.  I heard the parade didn't have a very good turnout, so that actually didn't become a big problem. The wedding guests patiently waited for the rain to stop so that we could witness this couple get married.  Boy, was it worth the wait!  Just look at these amazing pictures:

You May Now Kiss The Bride!

The bride walking down the aisle with her father

Me with the groom's mother, Cheryl

Harry and Candace were married on the beach right before the sun went down.

Margaret's Bday & the Tybee Island Lighthouse

I turned 27 on November 30.  Even though it was my birthday, the day was beginning as any typical Wednesday morning - I woke up early and headed off to my bible study in BSF (Bible Study Fellowship).  When I came home, my parents surprised me and came up to Savannah for the day!  Curtis was in on it and he really had me oblivious to his plans for me.  Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures of our visit, but it was a lot of fun.

The next day, my birthday celebration continued as Curtis took me to see the Tybee Island Lighthouse.

 The view was amazing...

 Me!

 Curtis!

 Both of us!

 The weather was perfect!

 Here's the birthday girl again!

 I thought this was a cool picture - while we were at the top of the lighthouse, we took this picture of the shadow of the lighthouse on the parking lot.

 If we were doing a Christmas card this year, this one probably would have made it.

 Here's our shadows. :)

While we had our fun, Lion-O stayed home and slept under the Christmas tree.

Curtis also took me out that night to Outback Steakhouse and to see a movie (Breaking Dawn Part 1).  The greatest part about this day was that we didn't have to pay for anything!  We had gift cards for the lighthouse, restaurant and movie!  It's my type of birthday date - free! :)