Well hello everyone! I'm at work a little early this morning and decided to get some good old fashioned blogging done. First off, here is what Kara's car looked like after it got in a fight with a mustang. Like my dad said, we are so blessed that Kara and mom are okay. It really could have been a lot worse. We can laugh about it now, though. It was funny because we were moving that day and didn't have enough seats for all of the people that were helping. My brother-in-law, Logan, was on a motorcycle with Shawnee (I didn't like that very much, but oh well). He wanted Kara to ride on the back of the motorcycle with him. Kara refused though, saying that it would be more dangerous on the motorcycle.
We are happy to be finished with all of the wedding stuff. Thanks for all of the love and support. We had two outstanding receptions. We know that there was a lot of blood, sweat, and tears that went into getting everything ready. Mostly sweat though, because it was really hot. This is such a great family and I can't wait for Shawnee to meet the rest of you. We had a wonderful time in Florida. We got there late on monday night (thank you tropical storm enrique), but it wasn't too bad. The hotel was very nice. We spent the entire day on Tuesday at the beach. We went to Clearwater beach first, but it was a little crowded, so we drove about an hour north to Honeymoon Island. We of course had to eat lunch at Honeymoon Cafe. It was really cool, then we took a ferry to Caladesi Island. That's where we spent the rest of the day. It was really beautiful. There was probably 30 or so people on the entire island with us, so it was easy to just sit and relax. We spent the next day at Busch Gardens in Tampa. We both love zoos and rollercoasters, so we were excited to go somewhere with both.
We're back home now. We are both just working hard, but also trying to squeeze time in for date nights and so forth. Last Friday we went to Guthrie, OK and had a "Drive-in" themed date night, which included a trip to our favorite drive-in, Sonic and then a movie at the Drive-in. We saw "The Dark Knight" for the second time. It was really fun. I've really been enjoying grilling as of late. I hope to be a grill master soon, but only time will tell. Shawnee and I have both talked about how excited we are for the Colorado trip. It's going to be so much fun. This is such a great idea! I hope we can hear from everyone soon!
We love you!
-James and Shawnee
