Catching Up!

I am feeling more and more at home in Tampa every day. I met with a really nice girl from the Junior League of Tampa this week for lunch and had the best time in South Tampa at an adorable restaurant Pane Rustica!! She took me to Davis Island to see the Tampa JL Headquarters and surprise surprise it's completely Southern! White brick, on the water, beautiful flowers, etc.  She also set me up with my first WOLFPACK friend in Tampa who then connected me to the NCSU Alumni Chapter of Tampa. So now Ryan and I have a whole new network of PACK fans, which we are so happy about.  We also got a chance to have dinner at Kona Grill, one of our favorite Tampa restaurants with two of Ryan's friends from School who recently got engaged and moved to our area. It was great catching up with them.  I arrived in Greensboro Thursday and Mom and I took off on our many post wedding errands and girls time.  We are having a blast! Now if Ryan can just get here..... This is not the first time his flight to Greensboro has been delayed.  We are so excited to attend the wedding of a dear friend of mine, Rachel who is getting married tomorrow. What a wonderful weekend at home. More updates soon!!

P.S. Here is a picture of the JL of Tampa Headquarters:

First Weekend Home

This past weekend was our first weekend at home since moving to Tampa together.  It was a really fun and relaxing one.  Friday night Ryan took me on a dinner date to Bungalow Bar and Grill in South Tampa. The food and drinks were GREAT and it was such a neat atmosphere. We really enjoyed it, and I know we will be going back.  Saturday we decided to go explore Tampa.  It is a large city and we wanted to pick an area where we would like to move.  We fell in love with South Tampa.  Everything about it was just amazing and so Southern and we had such a wonderful time exploring.  Hyde Park is very similar to Cameron Village in Raleigh and it has some great shopping and restaurants.  We ate at a great Wine Bistro. YUM...  Oh and did I mention that South Tampa in located around the Tampa Bay. What a gorgeous area!!  After that we took a trip to St. Pete Beach, and got our feet wet.  It was a beautiful scene.  Sunday was very relaxing.  We missed our Dad's ( I cannot wait to see mine Thursday) but we went to church at the Greek Church in Hyde Park and then we headed to Fort Disoto Beach.  We enjoyed just relaxing and walking along the beach and then we topped the night off with Mexican and our neighborhood Mexican Restaurant.  What a wonderful weekend of exploring!!

Honeymoon

We had such a wonderful honeymoon trip to Jamaica.  The Sandals at Ocho Rios was very nice and we met some great friends there.  Jamaica is such a beautiful place, and we loved seeing a lot of the sites.  Ryan enjoyed diving a couple of times and we both has a blast on our cruise and hiking the Dunns River Falls.  Hiking the Falls was such a great experience and one we will always treasure.  Being in a tropical location together away from the real world was wonderful for us.  We were a little sad to land back in Tampa, but we look forward to our next trip together..... <3

Our Beautiful Wedding

Ryan and I were so blessed to be surrounded by all of our closest family and friends for what was the best day of our lives thus far. Our wedding and reception were both absolutely beautiful and we feel that it exceeded our expectations immensely!  I had a vision in my head of the entire weekend and I was just so overwhelmed with how much better it was.  Everything was just perfect!  It is a day and a weekend we will never forget and we were so glad that everyone was able to share this special time with us and join in on all of the fun festivities. I am so excited to get the pictures back and have a way to look back on all of the wonderful memories made. :)