Off to the Beach!

We are headed for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina this morning!

I am super excited, since this will be mine and Mike's first real vacation together...which I think is great. I know we didn't really do things the "traditional" way, as in we lived together before we got married, etc. but I think this is a great way to start things.

Mike's never been to the ocean but he loves to swim, so I think I'm incredibly lucky to be with him when he discovers the beach. I just know he'll love it!

That's one of my big goals for our life together...I want to keep things exciting, see each other's dreams come true, and truly LIVE life.

My goal for the week is to be the stress-free, fun, laughing, easygoing, crazy Carrie that I know Mike wants me to be. No worrying about work, no freaking out if things don't go as planned. Which shouldn't be a problem since we literally have no plans. None!

The airport should be interesting...I've only flown once and Mike never has, so I'll have to wait and see how that goes.

And everyone has been telling us to "take lots of pictures!" I'm SO bad at remembering to take pictures!

I DID start a Flickr account. Not sure what to do with it yet, but I'll figure it out.

I hope everyone has an amazing week! I am sure I will!!! ;)
Hey, we work hard, so I think we deserve it!

The Hangover

Married!!

Aside from the beginning of the ceremony getting completely screwed up, my wedding was better than I could have ever expected.

It was amazing spending time with my friends Hannah, (who made my hair absolutely beautiful. OMG I looooved my hair!) Sabra, (who was so much help it's not even funny and now my mom wants to adopt her) Allison, (who helped me decorate and kept me from being too mean to Mike while we decorated) Jasmine, Shannon, and Heather kept me laughing and calm!

I also loved spending time with Mike's friends and with people from work I don't get to see often enough. Our wedding was exactly what I wanted it to be...an amazing rock n roll party with all of our favorite people.

And now it's over. I cried when Mike read me the vows he wrote last night...but I've cried 4 or 5 times today! I had SO much fun last night, I felt so loved, and honestly, proud that we pulled it off. I was overwhelmed that so many of our friends pitched in to help, even though we didn't give anyone a title of "bridesmaid" or "groomsdude."

Anyway, I really feel sad that this night we worked so hard to make happen is just a memory. It was over too fast.

I'll feel better tomorrow...when we leave for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I am just having a kid-after-Christmas moment. I really and truly am looking forward to spending my life with Mike.

Now that we aren't practicing our first dance and I'm not stalking wedding websites like a crazy lady, I will hopefully get back to blogging more!

I will share how thrilled I am that I heard the best thing any of our guests could have said so many times: "I love the music!" We worked so hard on the playlist and it made my WEEK that people enjoyed it! (There was, like, 6 hours of music that didn't even get played!)

I feel the tears coming again, so I'm going to watch TV on the couch with my...husband!!!

--Carrie Anne Schroeder Winchel