Eureka Springs

This is our little cabin in the woods. We stayed at this place called Red Bud Valley. It was honestly the creepiest place I've ever been. It was down in this secluded valley and I think we were seriously the only people there! We were pretty sure the guy that gave us our key was going to murder us in our sleep. Fun times though!

Christ of the Ozarks

This is the Crescent Hotel where the first night we were in town we went on a ghost tour. It was a lot creepier at night. I promise! This place was built in the 1860s and it has been featured on 3 different ghost hunter tv shows. so scary!

Grant looking down into one of the springs that the town is famous for.

The architecture of Eureka Springs was one of the best parts! Everything was either ornate victorian style, or built out of limestone.

Hopefully this video works because everyone should hear these guys. They are called Mountain Sprout and they play classic hillbilly music with a bass, a banjo, and a crazy violinist.
They played in the middle of downtown for 2 hours. It was so great.

There was a VW convention in town while we were there and they had a parade right through downtown. I was in heaven! I couldn't believe how far some people had travelled to be there. There were over 300 VW vans, busses, and bugs all around town.

We spent Saturday afternoon at Beaver Lake. We lounged on the rocks and had diving competitions (Grant always wins). The weather was perfect and the limestone cliffs and rolling Ozark mountains make the whole area so scenic.

We had a wonderful time celebrating our 2 year anniversary in Eureka Springs!!

I would like to thank...

Oklahoma for the 58 degree weather, Vampire Weekend, Bishop Allen, Empire of the Sun, La Roux and of course my girl Brit for the musical boost while I took advantage of this amazing day and went running outside. I would also like to thank my body for being able to dance and run at the same time. It's a life skill, many hours of practice were involved. :)

Ah! Life is good!

We also got the news that our visas are done and waiting for us in Dallas. hip hip hoooray! We'll be in Sao Paulo by Friday!!

{click the links above to listen to the actual song that was on my playlist}

One Year

Yesterday marked mine and Grant's one year anniversary. I can't believe how time flies! We celebrated by staying in a little cabin in the woods by a lake. It was possibly the best day of my life (next only to the day we were married). I'll post some pictures and write more about this later.

August 22, 2008 was such a wonderful and beautiful day. I'm so grateful I get to be with Grant for eternity. Lucky me!

Grant, this has been the best year of my life, and the amazing thing is that I know next year will be even better! You make me laugh, and you are so cute. You are an amazingly sweet and kind husband to me and I know that one day you will make a great father. I am so grateful for you and I thank Heavenly Father daily for him letting you be in my life. Thank you for marrying me and sticking with me. I'm the luckiest girl in the world. I will love you forever.

xoxo