Cardinals vs Braves

We ventured down to St.Louis on Sunday for an Atlanta Braves (Nathan's team) vs St.Louis Cardinals (Amber's team) game for my birthday. We went with a small group including Nathan's cousin Brock and his girlfriend Cassie and met my friend Ali there, who's from St.Louis. We had a great time! Our seats were a little unusual. We ended up in the wheelchair seating, which ended up being really nice. We had space to move our chairs around and there was a steady breeze the whole game. The Cardinals ended up losing and the Braves had their sweep. Better luck next time! This picture below is the view from our seats!

Getting out of yard work

On Sunday evening we decided to rip out some bushes and weeds in the front yard. Nathan made sure I wore gloves and tennis shoes to avoid poison ivy. Well, I'm just not meant to work in the yard I guess because I ended up getting poison ivy so bad on my arms and legs that by Wednesday night Nate talked me into going to urgent care and getting a shot. I'm not a fan of doctors or needles so this was a big deal. After the shot I was told I never have to pull weeds again! I wish I didn't have to go through three days of extreme itching to win that battle! :)

New Harmony

We visited New Harmony today to be corny and celebrate our engagement day. We had a snack picnic by the lake and watched turtles for awhile, which was very relaxing. After our picnic we rented old school bicycles and rode around town. We finally saw the roofless church and the labyrinth. Since the weather was so nice we took the bikes on a random trail and ended up at the Wabash river.

The weather was amazing. It was nice to be able and spend some time with just each other! We had a lot of fun just riding around town and being "tourists". :)

1 month and 5k

It's a sure sign we are settling into married life when the highlight of our Friday night was going to Bed Bath and Beyond and picking out curtains for the living room. It's been a month today and things are going great. We couldn't be happier! :)

Nathan survived band camp and is gearing up to start competitions. He's really excited about the show this year. I'm sure they will be fantastic like always.

On Saturday I ran my first 5K. I did a lot better than I thought, finishing in 30 minutes. I'm almost half way through my half marathon training....I hope I survive!

wedding pictures

The wedding pictures are now up and ready to view. Lvonne Bennette was our photographer and we think she did an amazing job!

www.weddingsbylvonne.com

Back home

We would like to thank all of our amazing friends and family for helping to make our wedding and reception absolutely perfect, a day we will never forget.

We survived our first out of country vacation! The honeymoon like the wedding was just perfect! We got a complementary upgrade when we arrived at the Sandals resort. We got a room with room service and our own private pool! We had the best time! It was nice to turn our cell phones off (even though it drove Nate crazy after awhile) and just focus on starting our new relationship together.

We did learn a few things about the people and island of Antigua:

1. the people there don't drive on the right or left side of the road but down the middle until a car comes and they swirve violently to the left to miss the on coming cars

2. there are no snakes, poisious spiders or monkeys on the island

3. the only two fast food resturants they have are KFC and Subway

4. there are only 87,000 people on the island

5. everyone drives really nice cars!

So far we have had the perfect marriage, nothing but sunshine and rainbows. I'm sure we'll hit rocky spots just like everyone does but Team Embrey has been officially formed and is here to stay!

Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Embrey

Happy Birthday Nathan!

Nathan celebrated his 26th birthday today! We started celebrating by going to get our marriage certificate this morning, then Nathan had lunch with his good friend Nick. For dinner my parents and sister came over for dinner.

The wedding has crept up on us and is only eleven days away! There is still a lot to do, but it's mainly small things. We are both starting to get really excited. I think we are really excited about the honeymoon, we are both really ready for a vacation!