Flashback and Charleston Travels

I realized today that it has been forever since our last update, but I hope y'all enjoyed the essential oils blog and have perhaps decided to try some for yourself. Around here things have been busy busy with horse show season wrapping up which means cramming shows into weekends and cramming lessons into the weeks. In the midst of the craziness Mike and I got away for a work weekend/vacation. I worked at a horse show on Saturday in Charleston and then we got to explore the city a bit that night, meet up with Katie and Paul for Sunday brunch and then have a date day. Plus it was the anniversary of when Mike and I first met! Yes, I know it might be cheesy but we met on Valentine's weekend.

From military ball at Virginia Tech to our wedding in Savannah and many more adventures to be sure!

If you haven't been to Charleston,SC yet it is definitely a place to put on your bucket list! Saturday evening Mike and I went downtown to Hyman's to get our fill of amazing southern seafood and tried boiled peanuts for the first time even though we've lived down here for 3 years now.

 

    After stuffing ourselves we walked it off on King's Street. I mean what girl wouldn't be happy walking through stores of Sperry, Lilly Pulitzer and Vineyard Vines?! We ended the night with a trip to Godiva for chocolate covered strawberries which were so so worth the price tag!!

   On Sunday we met up with our friends Katie and Paul for a yummy brunch at The Early Bird, so good. There was a line out in front just waiting for them to open even with the chilly temps. Then Mike had a super romantic plan for the day. I am in love with The Notebook and Mike found the perfect Valentines date to fit in our Charleston trip. We went to Cypress Gardens which is where they filmed the portion of the movie where they take the row boat out with all of the geese. Needless to say I was giddy! The Cypress Gardens were gorgeous, even in the cold, and had plenty of mini attractions as well. One good thing about the cold is that we didn't cross paths with any gators!

Of course we had to stop at our favorite gas station on I-16 on our trek back home! Mike got brave and fed the long horned bull this time!

I'll be sure to update y'all on the end of the show season for the team and share all of our wonderful wedding photos very soon!!! Thank you all so much for your patience as we enjoy looking through all of them and remembering the wonderful day. Thank you also to everyone who has helped us on this journey of life from blind date to wedding to marriage! Love y'all!