Who gets married in the middle of July in Georgia??

Andrew and I - that's who!!

Thanks again to our family and friends that made our wedding day so wonderful!

Pedicure and Manicure with MB, Mom, and Grandmom - a memorial tradition!

Dinner at Amici's and our walk to the random concert on Thursday - cool man!

The boys playing golf - perfect!

The Bridesmaid Luncheon including the strawberry cake - delightful!!

The Ring Pop rings at the Rehearsal - Gary and MB to a tee!

The Rehearsal Dinner was awesome...yummy O'Hara's - awesome!

Gary's speech - nothing can be said...

The Oconee Gun Club Clay Shooting (and dad winning) - kick butt!!

The Walk around Madison with my best friends (and bridesmaids) - hot, but relaxing!

Our Wedding - Just as we dreamed!

Our Classy, Southern, Rustic Reception - Well, Beer, BBQ, and a Country Band - Perfectly Us!!

The Honeymoon to Whistler - Refreshing!

Most importantly - our life together - well it is just plain amazing!

Friday, the 13th...

Nope not the movie - the day Andrew (finally) proposed!! Today marks 3 years from the day I walked into Andrew's apartment in Macon to find a dozen yellow roses (my favorite) and a note that sent me on a wild goose hunt.

First stop was at the kitchen table, second stop was at the kitchen counter, third stop wasn't part of Andrew's plan but it was at the bathroom which was locked with the fan on as a means of tricking me...it worked, I figured he was in there so I beat on the door and yelled at him, fourth stop was in the bedroom where I found a ring box but not "the ring box" this was a fake with another note, fifth stop was back at the bathroom to yell some more, sixth stop was in the living room where he came out of hiding and met me in his suit with tears in his eyes. For those of you wondering...he was hiding in the laundry room and crawled out while I was in the bedroom and beating on the bathroom door.

I can't remember exactly what he said, but I do know that it he said something about wanting me to accept all his med school debt - just kidding - he wanted me to be his wife and the mother of his children. Of course I said, "Yes and would you please stand up!" Then I asked, "What does the ring look like? I am crying to hard to see it. And did you wait until you knew I wasn't packing "Church Clothes" anymore, just in case?" He just laughed, told me that the ring was exactly what I wanted (he was right) and said, "No, I waited until you stopped pestering me daily about it."

It was a wonderful day and a day neither of us will forget - especially since I still have each of the handwritten notes that he used to send me on this crazy adventure. If I had the camera I would load other pictures from that day, but I don't have it now, so I will add some more later. But do note that the clothes that I am wearing were the nicest thing I had with me...go figure.

The best part of this whole story actually happened on the Wednesday before he proposed. He was staying with Jimbo helping out on the farm. I went up to visit for the afternoon and was quizzed no less than 10 times about being superstitious in regards to Friday, the 13th. I sounded like a broken record by the end of the day - I said over and over again - "nope not at all. I am not a crazy baseball player like you." Poor Jimbo, he was about to fall out laughing and I think started to get worried that Andrew was going to blow the whole thing with the repeated question. I was too slow to catch on and Jimbo never blew the cover either!

Oh and lastly - we are still working on perfecting the "wife" thing - once we get it down we will worry about the "mother" part so it will be a while!

Jonathan and Kara Wedding Pictures

Here is a beautiful slideshow from the wedding...enjoy!

Hunting Pictures

Warning - if you don't like to see dead animals, don't look. Otherwise, here are all the old hunting related pictures I found on the camera.

Woodford Reserve Tour

Just found some pictures from our tour of Woodford Reserve while we were in Lexington, KY during the residency search. While we were there, it never got above 10 degrees...even Andrew said it was cold.

Click here for pictures.

Memories...

In order to get the pictures of John and the cruise off the camera, I had to flip through all these memories. Neither of us will delete pictures from the camera so every picture ever taken is still on it...so here we go...

Bailey and Andrew at the lake -- please note that the dog is on the float waiting for his command to get the ball.

Bailey showing off his ability (and lack of concern) to jump after the ball at a full run.

Andrew and Gary with Bailey and General with beer...enough said...

Andrew tricked Annie to get on the float...unlike Bailey she was not enjoying this...
Engagement!! It has been almost 3 years since this picture was taken!

We did not ask Bailey to sit there - he just did and would not move...

At the top of Whistler Mountain...

After riding 4-wheelers up a mountain in Whistler...

Right after a round of golf at Big Sky outside of Whistler - that is Mt. Curry behind us.

Andrew and Bailey after Bailey's first duck hunting trip - I might add that it was successful!

The frozen pond outside our hotel in Lexington, KY. We were there for a second look for residency.My ride with Mom during our vacation in Blue Ridge in May 2009...And the hill we went down...might I add that it was not fun going down this hill...

Cruise 2010

They finally let Andrew out of the hospital and I ran away from Highway 80 for long enough to celebrate Jonathan Koetter's wedding and take a cruise. We visited Princess Cay, Ocho Rios Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. I admit that I am not very good with 1) remembering to take pictures and 2) actually taking pictures, so we don't have many.

Although Jamaica is beautiful, the beauty disappears as soon as you step off the boat and the pestering begins. Grand Cayman is wonderful. It is beautiful and has awesome shopping. Cozumel is Cozumel and Andrew and I thoroughly enjoyed the all you can drink trip to the beach (so obviously I forgot to take pictures).

Click here for cruise pictures. When I get some of Katherine's pictures I will add them here because I can assure you they are much better than mine.