who says we can't be newlyweds anymore?

here are the guys...playing football on the beach.

Here are the ladies...soaking up the sun!


A penguin you might ask?? Lets just say it is now the Beach Trip mascot...it mysteriously would show up around the house in random places! Just imagine waking up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom...you open up the door and find the penguin standing there staring at you! funny...


Its official...Daniel and I are working on our 2nd year of marriage! Its hard to imagine that a whole year has gone by since our wedding but it has. This time last year we were on our way to St. Thomas and St. Croix. We have truly been blessed this year in so many ways...especially with our friendships!

This past Friday we set our for our 3rd annual Myrtle Beach trip with our friends. 2 years ago this tradition started with just the girls...now, since all of us friends are married we have included the husbands in on the trip too. Kelly and Chris have a beach house in Myrtle Beach so this past weekend 7 couples crashed it and had a wonderful time! We did our usual crab leg feast on Saturday night (the beach trip tradition). Most everyone left on Sunday...Daniel and I along with Matt and Rachael stayed until Tuesday afternoon. We didn't want to leave...

Daniel and I got away for dinner Monday night to celebrate our anniversary! We, of course, had seafood...yum!!
We had a blast...it was so great to celebrate our anniversary weekend with our friends...all of them were a part of our wedding day and now a year later, all of them were a part of our anniversary! We truly have amazing friends!

Table 1--getting ready to dig into the crab leg feast!

table 2--ready to dominate

Kendra and Jamie

Matt, Rachael, Daniel and I--enjoying a little ice cream!

Charlotte or Bust---the Shaughnessy's on the way home from the beach. Imagine taking a 4 hour trip and only paying $15 in gas as opposed to $60! Yup, Daniel really wants a scooter now...I'm game.