Just to brag a little

Micah's photography has been published!

You can read the whole story here: 

http://www.ncaachampionmagazine.org/Championship%20Magazine/ChampionMagazineStory/Articles0708/tabid/84/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/164/Default.aspx

A picture of the flower girls and our honeymoon

Here is a picture of our flower girls...while AnnaLee didn't know what she was doing, I feel this is pretty representative of the balance we had going with these two!  We couldn't have asked for better flower girls, they were wonderful (and completely adorable)!

We'll get some more pictures of the wedding up in the nearish future.

picture taken by Megan Wynn of meganwphotography, edited by my incredibly talented husband.

We got back from our honeymoon yesterday.  The first week was spent "getting our life together" in Indy.  While we pushed through the mountain of things that had accumulated in Kandice's old room (that I affectionately refer to as "the dump"), we didn't get near the list done that I expected us to...on the other hand, though, I think Micah knew what was going to happen all along.

Colorado was spectacular and a wonderful time of being able to devote full attention to each other.  Just what a marriage needs!  We hung out in Denver for the first few days and saw a variety of tourist attractions (and spent plenty of quality time together inside as well) then headed down to the San Juan mountain range where we poked around Ridgway, Ouray, and Silverton and took a visit to a few historical spots as well as the local candy stores-where we got our one and only free perk of getting married.

On a side note, I believe our traditions will be candy stores and magnets.  We got 3 souveniers this trip-good solid beer glasses, a magnet, and t-shirts from the Mile High Music Festival.  It feels pretty wonderful to be married to a man who would rather take the vacation budget and spend it on a nice meal than knick-knacks.

We ended the honeymoon with a jeep tour of the mountains and the Mile High Music Festival (since the concert at Red Rocks was cancelled).  At the MHMF we saw Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Josh Ritter, Andrew Bird, and Spoon (front row, woot woot).  

We woke up super early Sunday morning, dropped off the car, and managed to be put on a plane that was broken.  So we switched aircrafts and before we could board that plane we found out it had the exact same problem.  Through some great teamwork we ended up on a direct flight to Indy first class.  We sauntered into town, got the dogs, and came home to a beautiful house with no remnant of "the dump" thanks to our fabulous house church.  Seriously, I haven't been able to walk clean footed through the house in over a year.  I got into bed last night and went to wipe off my feet to find them clean.  Our house church RULES.

I don't know how often Micah will post on here-though everyone should hope that it is fairly often, his photography is AMAZING-but, if you have made it this far, I just wanted to share a few pivotal moments I had on the honeymoon.

1) I like spending time with Micah.  We had two full weeks of non-seperatedness (minus 30 minutes at the MHMF where he napped and I watched Gavin Degraw) and I was sad to see him off to work today.  

2) Bedroom relations can only get better from the first time...thanks to lots of prayer and some good insight from great friends.

3) I would rather spend time with my husband than see Tom Petty in concert.  This was a pretty big one for me.  As Spoon was coming to a close I realized that I hadn't really talked to my husband in about 6 hours and, though we were spending plenty of time together, I missed him.  So we ditched the rest of the festival, drank COLD drinks, and went to bed.

4) While I never expect to be a skinny minny, I am tired of this chunky monkey belly and ready to shed a few more than the 6 pounds I gained on our honeymoon...as Micah put it, "You may have to work really hard to lose weight, but your great at gaining it!"  Amen, brother, amen.  Weight watchers, we're going to be best friends real soon.

5) I have a little ways to go in the communication department.  Seriously, I always thought I was great at communicating.  I have learned that talking and communicating are two totally different things.

I am blessed to be married to my best friend and a person who loves ALL of me, chunky monkey, passionate, on fire, and all.

peace&love, Carter

Just a little about us...

Micah and I firmly believe that God not only drew us together because we are ridiculously good looking and intelligent, but also because He has much for us to do...

Our wedding was perfect.  It was so for lots of reasons.  Our ceremony reflected who we are perfectly, the reception was a communal celebration, my family was fairly well-behaved...

But the main reason it was so flawless was in part to the warm reception of others to the causes we were supporting through our union.  We asked people to donate to the African Children's Choir in lieu of a wedding gift and many did (though physical presents were great blessings to us as well).  

Instead of dinging glasses to encourage us to kiss, we asked people to "Ring a bell for the Bells!" and donate a dollar (or more) to Austism Speaks to help raise awareness and funding for people with autism.  (as an aside, my school will host 3 classes of purely children with autism...I really feel these special children are my niche.)  

Also, all the women wore jewelry from ServLife.  You can read more about that here.

peace, the bells.

Pictures

Hi everyone!

We are 4 days into our marriage and they have been absolutely wonderful!  God has given us such a blessing in each other.  

If you would like to experience a bit of the joy we experience on July 5th, check out the following blog:

Megan's Blog

peace & love