Newlyweds!!

Hi from Austin! We made it back safely from Maui on Sunday, and are beginning to get things organized around the apartment; by starting I mean this place is a madhouse and we finally got rid of some extra boxes.

Starting from the beginning, though, on September 1st, 2007 Brad and I became Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Allison! We had such a perfect day, and neither of us could have even hoped for a better day! For those of you who were involved in the wedding, can we just give you a HUGE thank you! Our wedding party, the musicians, the readers, the singers, the pastor, the coordinator, our parents and family, WOW we are so amazingly blessed! For the past week, as we have been thinking about the wedding, unpacking gifts and all our belongings, looking at pictures, and just remembering the day we are just so overwhelmed by how the Lord has blessed us with amazing family and friends! Thank you all for being a part of us!

Onto a lighter note, yes we had a fantastic time at the wedding! I have some pictures that Sarah and Phil took, (which are amazing! and if I can figure out how to post I will if this is ok with the photographers) and after all the craziness of planning the day just came together. After the wedding we drove to Indy, and flew out on Sunday morning to Maui, Hawii!! Oh my goodness, Maui was absolutely gorgeous! How can you describe a place that is clearly the artwork of our God? (We have pictures of this also, soon to be posted!) While in Maui we watched a sunrise on Haleakala - BEAUTIFUL, went on a sunset dinner cruise, enjoyed snorkeling with the fish and sea turtles, and had some major relax on the most beautiful beach/awesome resort pool and read time. Could not get any better than that!

Sunday we arrived back in Austin, and it finally hit this girl that Austin is now home. Brad has been a wonderful husband and very encouraging even when I get sad about missing the family and friends. Our apartment was so fun to come home too, though! It was like Christmas in September! We opened all our gifts and then went to dinner with some friends. It was wonderful, and great to see them.

On Monday, we both had the day off, so we spent some time down by the Heart Hospital trying to fill out my new hire paperwork. This was a task, but I believe it will be completely worth it!

Today, Brad had to go back to work, and it was my job to navigate the town of Austin/Round Rock all by myself. I dropped him off in the morning, and then came back to the apartment to get some things finished. I attempted to be a good housewife...although Brad will tell you I clearly have some work to do. :) All is good in the hood though! Except for the fact that I spent 2 1/2 hours in an office today for a 5 minute physical. Could have passed on that adventure! Life is good though! We love married life! We love being in the same city and being able to come home to each other at night! We love that the Lord gave us this and it is so much better than we ever hoped for! YAY! So, we'll update you all soon! Pictures from the wedding and honeymoon to follow! Hasta all!