wedding wednesday # 23: our honeymoon! {part 2}

all i wanted to do on our honeymoon was sit in the sun, read some books, eat tons of good food, & hang out with my amazing husband. 

& that is exactly what we did. 

 {first night sunset}

 {unbelievably gorgeous sunsets in pv}

 {THE feet on the beach honeymoon pic}

 {maybe add "drink a few tropical drinks"

to the list of things i wanted to do}

 {my new honeymoon hat!}

 {blakey's creation in the sand.

love him.}

 {although most days we played at the pool,

we did have a beach day!}

 {i do}

{2010}

 {reading books in our hot tub on the porch}

{love you, husband}

oh, pv, you were amazing to us.

love love,

kjp.

christmas @ the porters!

our third & final christmas celebration was at blakey's parents'!

{lisa might have been as (more?) excited to see the tanky as she was to see us!}

{with this cute little face,

how could you not be excited?}

{play play play}

{my boys}

dave's brother + family joined us for the christmas celebration!

{the mrs porters & soon-to-be mrs porter}

{the men}

then we got to open gifts!

{blakey got a shuffleboard trophy!}

{the pre-wedding flippers}

{lisa & dave got puppy print ornaments from all 4 of their grandpuppies!}

{tanky's paw vs rooney's paw}

{the boys & their pups}

{tanky really wanted to make sure we were not leaving him,
so he jumped into the car as soon as we started packing it.
no worries, my dear puppy,
we would not forget you!}

christmas in oklahoma with our families was so much fun.  love you all.  & miss you already.

what a wonderful first christmas as mr & mrs porter.

love love,

kjp.

day of fun in tuscaloosa!

{our bear bryant hat cup}

blakey & i had so much fun exploring tuscaloosa & the university of alabama this weekend!  roll tide :)

first stop was lunch at the original dreamland bar-b-que.  delicious ribs, sausage link, & potato salad.  yum!

{ain't nothing like 'em nowhere"}

the most telling parts of the lunch: there were 3 tvs inside of the joint.  one was on the alabama vs arkansas basketball game.  the other 2 were on fox news.  not a person was watching the basketball game.  

they live for football.  & they make oklahoma look like a state of liberals.

{alabama stuff everywhere!}

{almost gone}

{the waitress took the plate of sausage away with two pieces left.

blakey was very sad.

haha}

next, stop.... THE KAPPA HOUSE!!!

{3 cheers for girls who wear the blue & blue!}

the alabama football stadium is huge.  gigantic.  & it is only the 2nd largest in the SEC.  it has a super prominent spot on campus, next to greek row.  in fact, kappa is across the street, maybe 50 yards away.  so neat.  

{that is me with the statues}

{proud}

{me again catching a pass}

in front of the stadium is the walk of champions - statues of each alabama coach leading his team to a national championship.

{blakey with coach bear bryant}

{where is saban??}

this is awesome - phi psi's back yard is the football stadium.  

{blakey just chillin at phi psi}

{some things never change}

so we decided to continue our stroll around campus...

{the business building}

{one of the oldest celestial observatory buildings in the US}

{the quad}

{the mound:

the site of an old dormitory building

that was destroyed by the Union in 1865.

craziness.}

{a sentry post:

a look out for the confederate soldiers.

1 of 4 structures that survived the civil war.

seriously neat history.}

{manly hall.

enough said.}

{gorgeous architecture.}

{hahaha}

{more southern architecture}

{massive, old trees}

{denny chimes: the clock tower.

built in 1831.

destroyed by the union in 1865.}

around the clock tower, each captain & co-captain has their name, year, hand print, & cleat print, going back to 1947.  as i said, they live football.

{leron mcclain now plays for the baltimore ravens.

rashad johnson now plays for the arizona cardinals.}

{large feet}

{not so huge hands in the '50s}

love love,

kjp.