Vegas Baby Vegas!!

The Love Dare

Let me first start by saying we had a wonderful trip back to Kansas and enjoyed seeing lots of friends and family while we were home. It definitely makes me miss everyone even more than usual!!

So, Jeremy and I decided once we got home we would start reading a book his dad and stepmom gave us as a wedding gift. Well, more like I do the reading, he does the listening...but we are reading it together none the less. the book, called The Love Dare, is a 40 day challenge to help strengthen the marriage. I know we haven't been married long and just started the book a couple days ago, but so far so good. Each day the book gives you advice and a "lesson" if you will, followed by a love dare we will complete the following day. The first two days have been about patience and kindness. It's kind of exciting and we are trying really hard to meet each challenge, although some are easier than others.

I am encouraging other married couple to read the book along with us then maybe we can have little blogs along the way about different ideas and dares.

All is well here in the South! We have been traveling a lot as most of you know. This weekend we HAVE to go the the beach for WORK. It's a rough life, but someone has to do it. :-)

Hola from Punta Cana!

Jeremy and I traveled to Dominican Republic for our honeymoon. We had such a wonderful time and definitely did not want to come home. We started the trip by deciding to splurge, since this would be our only honeymoon, and upgrade ourselves to first class. We enjoyed a nice, comfortable flight and enjoyed free lunch and beverages. We got to the resort, checked out our room and balcony, and then headed for the water. We had a beautiful view and the beach was wonderful! Friday we hit the beach and the swimming pools for a whole day of fun in the sun. And, boy did we pay for that. We were sooo sunburned it was miserable! But onward we must press!! We decided to take a little day trip away from the resort on Saturday to an uninhabited island on the Caribbean Sea. We started by taking a long bus ride through many small dominican towns to get to the place we would catch our speedboat to the island. We saw some interesting things while on that bus. People there live so much differently than we do. We even saw a man in his birthday suit just strolling down the street!! We got on the speedboat and headed for the island. On the way we stopped to swin in a natural swimming pool in the middle of the ocean. It was really cool! Then we headed off to the island for some swimming, lounging, and an authentic caribbean BBQ. The Caribbean Sea is so beautiful! We had never seem such clear water before. After a couple hours on the island, we took a catamaran back and got on the bus for the long ride back. We met some really fun people on the bus and ended up hanging out with them a couple other times during the trip. We were so sunburned after this day, we spent most of the rest of the vacation indoors. We had such a wonderful time and I would love to go back there again! Here are some pics for you...

Jeremy and I indoors after too much sun

Way too much sun!!

The Caribbean Sea...picture does not do it justice!

The view from our balcony

Natural Swimming Pool...middle of the ocean and it was only waist deep

Two in a Row!

This is my second blog in two days, so I'm pretty proud of myself. Just wanted to give a little update on our lives since it's been awhile since I blogged. We are very busy now since fireworks season is upon us again, so we are working lots of hours and days. Not a lot of time for much else, but things are going good.
I did put us some Uppercase Living things I bought from Sarah, so I wanted to share some pictures. They have such cool stuff on their website, I would order a ton if I could afford it.



Jeremy and I have also booked our "honeymoon"!! I can't wait to go and celebrate our wedding. We put it off until after the 4th of July, and I am counting down the days. We are heading to the NH Real Resort in Punta Cana. Should be lots of fun!

That's all for now!

Happy Birthday Honey!!

I just want to wish my husband a very happy birthday today! I am so thankful to be your wife and to share this birthday with you and many more! You're the best!!

I'm officially Mrs. Kraft!!!

The wedding weekend was amazing. The day was more perfect than I had ever imagined. Here are some pics Julie took. She did such an awesome job!

Our first time seeing each other

The best matron of honor in the world

Me getting on the elevator thinking holy crap i'm getting married!

My mom fluffing my dress...it shows the great flowery detail. Awesome pic Julie!!

It's that time of year

Wedding season is upon us and today is a special day for my wonderful friend Katie. She and Steven are getting married today in Bolivar. I am so excited for her, and wish so much that I could be there to celebrate this happy occasion with them. I love living here in South Carolina, but these are the times I wish I was a little closer to home. I know she will have a great day and be a beautiful bride, and I wish them the best of luck! Congrats Katie & Steven!!!!