We got to spend seven blissful days in Hawaii for our honeymoon. November is an AWESOME time to go to Hawaii. The high was 83 every day, and the low was usually around 70. We walked along the beach at sunset, drank mai-tais, toured Pearl Harbor & the USS Arizona, ate a delicious Hawaiian-style Thanksgiving feast, and just relaxed. One of the highlights of the trip was dinner in a spindle-top restaurant. Our view of Honolulu changed as the restaurant rotated. It was gorgeous! Funny enough though, by the end of the week, we were both ready to come home.
Going back to work was hard, especially since this has been an unusually busy winter/fall for the moving company I work for. We normally have crazy summers and relatively slow winters. But not this year! I even took on the responsibility of distributing Christmas trees to all the Home Depots in Texas! That was something new!
Two weeks after our return, it was off to Houston for RJ's graduation & party! Technically, he graduated back in July when his degree was mailed to him, but I think it meant a lot to his family when he actually walked at the graduation ceremony. Also, we had celebrated Christmas with his family the night before graduation, and RJ got me an insanely cool Nikon camera with a zoom lens!! So I was able to take good pictures at graduation. P.S. Great gift, RJ! Keep it up!!
On Christmas Day, we got to pack up again and fly to Idaho for 9 days. After a long flight, we spent Christmas afternoon with my brother & his family. His kids (Avi, 4, & Loie, 1) are absolutely precious! RJ & I "played football" in the basement with the kiddos for hours.
We spent the next five days with my parents. I got to show RJ the town I grew up in. And my mom threw us a party! Kind of a second reception. We had a great time! As a bonus to our Idaho trip, we got to spend two days & New Year's Eve in Boise. I hadn't spent much time in Boise since high school, and RJ had never been there, so it is a complete understatement to say we were pleasantly surprised by Boise. What an amazing city!! We both fell in love.
January has been all about getting back to real life. RJ is studying for his CCNA (networking) exam, and I'm busy with work and volunteering at church. We were also able to throw a party with some of our best friends (Jody & Gary, Brett & Diane, Jeff & Emily) one Saturday night. So this is married life. Call it boring; call it routine. I wouldn't trade it for the world!
