hilton head - three.

i know, it's sad. three months after we've been back and i'm still working on posts about honeymoon. but life is crazy and i took a month of that to write about being a newlywed, every-single-day. which i think means i'm only two months behind! there. i feel better. i've recently discovered the joy of picnik online - and the multiple photo spreads that are available - hold on to your seats...really this is for us to remember all that we did!

so, while it's hard to believe that it was three months ago, and we were in the heat of our lives (ok, not so much me, i grew up in ontario, i've done disney in august, i knew heat like this...) we're back in hilton head. oh how wonderful it was!

i was super glad to have a classy hat. on this particular day we went to a local church for their sunday service. it was the sunday before school started so they dedicated the teachers and the students, and it was a really neat thing to see! we went for lunch at the salty dog cafe. we understood it was a HHI institution - we now know why. oh. my. word. GOOD! of course, i had the crab cake sandwich. unbelievable. i'm not sure i'll ever get crab cakes that good again - i guess we'll just have to go back!

one of the best nights was when we hopped on our bikes just as the sun was setting and headed to the beach. the water was so warm and it was still humid as anything, but it was so lovely to swim as twilight settled.

dinner that night was at the beach shack - you know i re-visited those fish tacos. so so good. even the second time around!

most of our days can be summed up by this collage: ride to the beach. set up camp. sit.

beach walk = photo shoot.

and while i thought this might be the last - we did do a day in charleston and really that deserves it's own post. so i'll leave you here. i know, the suspense is killing you.

hilton head - two.

and maybe some savannah?

we basically just hung out for the first week of our honeymoon. ok, who am i kidding. we basically just hung out for all of our honeymoon! i finished three books while away. it was incredible. canadians will appreciate the series (is two a series?) by terry fallis. and really anyone who loves politics will be entertained. cutting for stone was so good i ignored my brand-new husband while travelling to finish! and the slap, was a compelling read.

so reading on the beach was a regular activity.

but we did decide to do a day trip. and savannah, ga is only an hour away. so we piled into the car and took ourselves on a mini roadtrip. savannah was gorgeous, but HOT. unfortunately hotter than we were able to handle. i imagine it to be a place that we'd have loved if it was less than 110 F, but sadly, it was not...and we were in the first stages of honeymoon tired - ie the wedding and it's joyful exuberance had finally become joyful tiredness.

however, we did manage a few key things. an ipod walking tour - really rather good and nice because we could go at our own pace.

hat shopping.

isn't he handsome?

ice cream eating.

and of course, paula deen. oh. so. delicious.

we'll go back some day, surely. in the meantime, we highly recommend this beautiful and historic city!

hilton head - one.

i thought i'd be realistic and say, this will probably take a few posts. honeymoon was only three weeks ago! it feels like a year, but the last three weeks have been busy and fun and full of the joys (and jobs) of getting back to work and setting up a home.

but three weeks ago we were on hilton head island, sc. and it. was. glorious.

i should probably start from the beginning. when we got engaged we decided that while le boy would probably be involved in much of the planning of the wedding day, he's more of a big picture guy, not so much a tie-ribbons-on-popsicle-sticks kind of guy. i personally, like the ribbons. and while i love planning trips and i love travelling, le boy is equally enamoured and so we decided that honeymoon was his responsibility. and it was a secret. which in retrospect was great because i didn't worry about it for a second but annoying because he could hold it over me and teased me mercilessly.

the day after the wedding we had brunch with family and friends at a local restaurant and then enjoyed opening presents and cards at home with some dear peeps. and then ab^2 (a.b.barton & jose) were oh so kind as to drive us across the border to buffalo, after assuring the border crossing that le boy was just a brit on vacation we hopped on a flight to charleston. arriving late to the land of humidity we collapsed into bed. the next morning we got our rental car and started driving.

we made a stop to the sweetest country store - the pecan pie basically slayed me. i would fly back there right now for another slice.

we arrived at our resort, palmetto dunes, on HHI in the mid afternoon and promptly headed to the nearest beach shack/diner for lunch. the fish tacos actually did. me. in. i am still dreaming about them.

we spent time biking.

admiring wildlife:

and enjoying god's glorious splendor:

i will reveal more of our trip in future posts. but if you need an idea for next summer's vacation, HHI is pretty spectacular. i'm fairly certain we'll return.