Runs with Crayons: May

So, I've nearly missed the month of May. HEY! I've been a little busy! Brent & I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on May 7th with a trip to Charleston, SC. I had never been, but I loved it! It's a beautiful place, the weather was great, we spent one afternoon at the beach, we walked a ton (as evidenced by the blisters I had on my feet from wearing the wrong shoes the first day---had to buy flip flops while we were out), and we ate WAAAAY too much! For a girl who LOVES her some shrimp and grits, Charleston is the place to be! We took along our frozen top layer of wedding cake, let it thaw out on the car ride there, asked our hotel for some utensils and tried a bit after dinner the night of our anniversary. We were not expecting much when it came to taste because we have heard most married couples say that their saved cake tasted terrible, BUT it was GOOD! Really, REALLY GOOD! I was beyond excited because I did NOT get my fill of it on our wedding day. I was too busy dancing! I cannot believe that we have already been married for over a year! It surely has flown by. I'm happy as I've ever been and I owe it all to my best friend/husband, Brent. He truly is too good to me and I couldn't ask for more!

After our anniversary getaway, I started my first session of summer school. I was dreading it for sure because it was also the beginning of my graduate school courses (up until now I have been taking what they call "bridging coursework" or undergrad classes in the education field to catch me up). However, so far I have received an A on everything I have submitted and besides the LARGE amount of reading I have to do, I have found grad school easier than undergrad! WHOA! We'll see if that lasts, of course. I'm working hard, regardless, to keep up my 4.0GPA. I'm actually not minding all of the reading when I can do a lot of it while laying in the sun at the pool or in my backyard with a nice frosty beverage in hand ;)

In addition to summer school, I received the results for two of the PRAXIS II exams that I took at the end of April...PASSED! WHOOP! WHOOP! You can ask my husband, I did a little dance when I opened the results. Now, I only have 4 more to complete--2 of which I will take on June 9th. Wish me luck!

Our wedding rings and my hanky

Our self portrait taken in our hotel room on our 1st anniversary--this was probably #1,004,599. Yes, we did have someone else take a photo of us while we were out, but this is more "us".