White Water Rafting

Matthew and I went white water rafting on the Ocoee River in Tennessee two weekends ago with two other couples from Savannah. We did the middle and bottom sections of the river, with a delicious lunch in between. Matthew only fell out of the raft once whereas one of our friends left the raft 3 times (he still had a great time, though!). We camped right at the rafting place and enjoyed using our new cots for sleeping.

Our campsite.

















The Gang ready to go.

















Matthew cooling off in the river.

















Matthew and I.

















The Girls after getting a few face-fuls of water!

















Where did the raft go?















Taking another plung.















Another raft going down what we are about to ride.

Fossil Hunting

Matthew and I went out on a friend's boat a couple of weekends ago to hunt for fossils on an island in the Savannah River. We spent all day relaxing on the water and walking on the island. We found some pretty cool stuff including two (partial) megalodon shark teeth along with many other teeth from various sharks and other animals.

Lauren's Family boat, we nicknamed it the Teeny-tanic (its so cute!)
















Some of the fossils we found.

Beach House

At the beginning of August Matthew and I spent a couple of days at a beach house with his family to celebrate his mom and step dad's 25th wedding anniversary. His sister also threw us a small wedding shower (a sprinkle!) during our visit. Thank you!

Here is the house we stayed in.





















Can you find Matthew?















Matthew flying a kite.





















Some neat ripples in the sand.















Walking on the beach at sunset.















Matthew and the twins playing the "Push Uncle Matthew Off the Couch" game, which they thoroughly enjoyed. Anthony preferred to just watch.

My Michigan Bridal Shower

While I was back in Michigan for Julie's wedding, my Aunts threw me a wonderful bridal shower. We played a couple of games, enjoyed wonderful food, had some great cake, and, of course, opened presents. Thank you to everyone!!

Family and Friends playing bridal shower bingo.















The most important part of the party, the cake!















Anna helped me open all of my gifts.















All of the fabulous gifts we received. Now we just have to wait for a truck to kindly deliver them to Georgia!















My best friend Julie made me a rehearsal bouquet out of all of the ribbons.

Julie's Wedding

During my July visit to Michigan, I was the maid of honor for my best friend Julie's wedding. Here are a few photos from her big day. It was a great warm-up for me for my own upcoming wedding. Not to mention it was wonderful to be able to see her so happy and beautiful!

The day started off with some up-dos





















The Bride's turn





















The Ceremony
















The Reception, dancing "the twist"















Julie, Jessica, and I. All highschool and horsey friends.





















My mom, Julie, Julie's daughter Kloey, and I