Weekending: Winter Break is here!

We have reached winter break, can I get a hallelujah?

Unfortunately the weather wasn't cooperating and while we were supposed to travel to my in-laws on Friday after school, we had to wait until Saturday morning because the mountain pass was closed. It opened on Saturday, but the roads were super snowy and it was a terrifying drive. Thankfully we made it here safely.

I did some last minute shopping with my sister in law and picked up a few stocking stuffers for C. I am trying really hard to make our first married Christmas a memorable one and I think it's going to be great.

Today we are celebrating with his family and exchanging gifts. I love all of the things that we got them and I can't wait to see them open them all. It's been a relaxing few days here with his family, but I'm excited to go home to our apartment and enjoy the last day before Christmas! We have a full Christmas Eve and Christmas day, so I am excited for the festivities to begin!

Linking up with Meghan! 

Nationals Bound!

My alarm clock is set for 2:30am and I will be heading to school to meet my students and then we are off to Louisville.

We will be hanging out with 60,000 friends at the National FFA Convention. 

This is always one of my favorite weeks of the year, let's hope this year lives up to my expectations. 

Wedding Wednesday: Honeymoon Plans

Last week we booked our Honeymoon! Since neither myself or my fiance have valid passports we decided to stick with staying in the US and decided on Hawaii for our Honeymoon. We went to Maui this summer with my family and both loved it. This time we decided for the more romantic island, Kauai! 

We booked 7 nights at a resort on the island with an ocean view room. The resort has 4 pools, including one with a sand bottom and another with a water slide! 

We rented a car and two other things I want to do during the week are tubing through some caves and plantations...

...and going on a helicopter tour of the island. 

We didn't do either of those things in Maui so it will be special to do them on our honeymoon. Besides enjoying those adventures I'm thinking there will be plenty of sipping fruity drinks and relaxing by the pool. 

Anyone else go to Hawaii or have any honeymoon advice? 

Linking up! 

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Check out my other Wedding Wednesday posts:

I'm Engaged!

The Proposal

Venue Dilemma

The End of the Venue Search

Wedding Expo

Bridesmaids

Dress Shopping

Engagement Photos

Pin-Spiration

Pre-Wedding Events

Boston.

My brother and I made a little trip up to Boston for a couple of days and it has been a blast. I haven't been here before and since I am such a history buff it is really cool to see all of the sights. I have picked out some of my favorite pictures to tell a little bit about our journey. 

In Boston we traveled along the Freedom Trail which is genius. They literally have a trail of bricks (or red paint) that you follow the entire way. It's great because then you don't have to have your map out and constantly be checking it. We were able to leisurely walk it and enjoy looking up at all of the architecture surrounding us. I bought those sparkly silver shoes yesterday and I LOVE how they look in the picture. To the right is Paul Revere's grave. We also went in his house and visiting the Old North Church where he hung the lanterns to warn the colonists that 'The British are Coming!" 

Before we got to Boston we stopped at Yale! I am a sucker for visiting colleges (even though I'm already done with college) and exploring their campuses. We didn't spend a lot of time at Yale but we stumbled upon a copy of the Gutenberg Bible (circa 1450) and a dining hall that looks just like the one that Rory eats at in Gilmore Girls. I'm not going to lie, I spent most of my time at Yale trying to picture scenes from Gilmore Girls and I wasn't too successful. I'm not convinced she actually went to Yale. 

In Springfield, Massachusettes there is a Dr. Seuss Memorial Garden and we couldn't resist. They had statues of Horton, Sam I Am, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and the Cat in the Hat. It was cute. 

           

As I mentioned above we love college so of course we went to Harvard. It was absolutely beautiful. I was amazed by the brick buildings and how pretty the entire campus was. We went on a tour so we got to learn about some of the history and that really made the campus come to life. I decided that I definitely liked Harvard more than Yale (the campus was easier to navigate, it was in a better location, their color is crimson...haha jk) but maybe I'm biased since we didn't do a formal tour at Yale. Regardless I'm glad that we visited.

Tomorrow morning we have a little more sightseeing then it's back towards my Dad's for a couple more days before we return home. I don't want to leave, vacation is too much fun.